Trevor Mack
| Trevor Mack | |
|---|---|
 Trevor Mack on the set of The Blanketing | |
| Born |
Trevor Ryan Mack June 28, 1992 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Film Director, Film Producer, Extreme sport athlete |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Notable work | Clouds of Autumn |
Trevor Mack (born June 28, 1992) is a Canadian Tsilhqot'in filmmaker and extreme sports athlete.
He is best known for writing, directing, and producing the short film The Blanketing.[1][2] He also has been competing in the extreme sport Red Bull Crashed Ice since he was 18 years old.[3][4][5]
Film career
At age 15, Mack started his pursuit in film by editing together footage from the popular Xbox video game series Halo to create montages in which he posted to on-line forums and YouTube. As he gained popularity with his Halo montages, he helped co-found a freelance video editing, motion graphics, and videography group called 'Viral Design' in which all of the members were flown across North America to produce product promotional videos for companies such as RedBull, SteelSeries, and Gunnar Optiks.[6]
The Blanketing (2013)
In the fall of 2011, Mack started a Crowd Funding campaign asking for funds for his first short film The Blanketing. After 10 months of development and pre-production he began principal photography in the summer of 2012.[7]
After he premièred the short film in his home town of Williams Lake, British Columbia on May 3, 2013, the short film was accepted into the following film festivals:[8]
- imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
- Toronto Independent Film Festival
- Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival
- Red Nation Film Festival
- Square Pegs IV Film Festival
Clouds of Autumn (2015)
After receiving a production grant from Canada Council for the Arts, Mack started principal photography for Clouds of Autumn in August 2014.[9] The short film deals with affects Canadian Indian residential schools have had on First Nations families in Canada.[10]
The film had its North American première at the Toronto International Film Festival[11] and also screened at the following festivals:
- Vancouver International Film Festival[12]
- Ottawa International Film Festival[13]
- Tacoma Film Festival[14]
- Whistler Film Festival[15]
- imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival[16]
Awards
In October 2015, the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival awarded 'Best Canadian Short Drama' to Trevor Mack's film Clouds of Autumn.[17][18]
References
- ↑ imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, The Blanketing official page.
- ↑ Toronto Film Scene, 'The Blanketing' review (October 19, 2013)
- ↑ WL Tribune, Mack qualifies for Red Bull Crashed Ice nationals (Nov 7th, 2012).
- ↑ Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championships, Quebec City Final Results (March 19th, 2011).
- ↑ HQ Cariboo, WL's Mack at Red Bull Crashed Ice Niagara Falls (November 30th, 2012)
- ↑ Native Mens Magazine, The Q&A with Trevor Mack (2013)
- ↑ WL Tribune, Trevor Mack seeks support for new film project (May 2nd, 2012)
- ↑ WL Tribune, Spend an evening with local filmmaker Trevor Mack (April 26th, 2013)
- ↑ Urban Native Magazine, Trevor Mack talks Clouds of Autumn (July 25th, 2014)
- ↑ IMDb', 'Clouds of Autumn' IMDb page
- ↑ Toronto International Film Festival Film Portal 'Clouds of Autumn'
- ↑ Vancouver International Film Festival Film Portal, 'Clouds of Autumn'
- ↑ Ottawa International Film Festival Film Portal, 'Clouds of Autumn'
- ↑ Tacoma Film Festival Youtube Channel, 'Clouds of Autumn' Tacoma Film Festival Trailer (Youtube)
- ↑ National Screen Institute, Lineup unveiled for Whistler Film Festival's 15th anniversary celebration
- ↑ imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival Film Portal, 'Clouds of Autumn'
- ↑ ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, 'imagineNATIVE 2015 Award Winners'
- ↑ WL Tribune, Clouds of Autumn a winner (October 21st, 2015)