Colin Browne

Colin Browne is a Canadian writer, documentary filmmaker and academic.[1] He is most noted for his documentary film White Lake, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990,[2] and his poetry collection Ground Water, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2002 Governor General's Awards.[3]

A longtime professor of film at Simon Fraser University,[1] he launched the PRAXIS workshop for aspiring screenwriters[4] and has been active in efforts to preserve and archive old and rare British Columbia films.[5]

His other films as a documentarian have included Strathyre (1979), A Visit from Captain Cook (1980), Hoppy: A Portrait of Elisabeth Hopkins (1984), The Image Before Us (1986), Father and Son (1992) and Linton Garner: I Never Said Goodbye (2003).[6] As a poet, he has also been a two-time nominee for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, receiving nods in 2003 for Ground Water[7] and in 2013 for The Properties,[8] and a ReLit Award nominee in 2008 for The Shovel.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Lynne McNamara, "Vancouver film buff's passion is very old movies". Vancouver Sun, December 1, 2003.
  2. ^ Noel Taylor, "Jesus film leads Genies". Ottawa Citizen, February 13, 1990.
  3. ^ Marc Horton, "Local storytellers find a spot on short list: Sawai and Nikiforuk get the nod for Governor General's honours". Edmonton Journal, October 22, 2002.
  4. ^ Gerald Peary, "Aspiring screenwriters hope PRAXIS makes perfect A scenario for success". The Globe and Mail, July 1, 1988.
  5. ^ Marke Andrews, "Heritage moments may be fading for ever: The end?: Western Canada has no facility to store and preserve film and video -- yet". National Post, February 9, 1999.
  6. ^ Marke Andrews, "Garner's good nature moved director: Colin Browne made film with jazz man, not about him". Vancouver Sun, October 4, 2003.
  7. ^ "35 books short listed for awards". Vancouver Sun, March 20, 2003.
  8. ^ Christine Hinzmann, "Geographies of a B.C. Book Prize winner". Prince George Citizen, May 10, 2013.
  9. ^ "Local author's work on shortlist for national award". Omineca Express, July 15, 2008.


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