Jeff McKay – resume
EDGELAND FILMS
248 Princess Street, 2nd fl, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 1M2
Tel: (00) 1.204.775.4092 ext 25
e-mail: edgelandfilms@ mts .net
Director/Writer - 'The Arctic Defenders' A feature documentary
Producer - ' The Photographers'
a 13 part HD documentary series Produced by Edgeland Films
ProduDirector /camera /editor – ‘Inside the Frame - a portrait of photographer Linda Troeller'
A film portrait of New York photographer Linda Troeller as she shoots the Chelsea Hotel in NY and exhibits in Europe.
Produced by Edgeland Films.
Director /camera /editor – ‘From Flin Flon to Moscow - the story of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet ’
A one hour documentary on the history of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as told by past and present dancers of the company. Produced by Merit Motion Pictures and RaiseTheBarre Productions. Producer Donna Gall, Executive Producers : Merit Jensen Carr and Patti Ross Milne
Producer/director/co-writer & editor, add’ camera – ‘Haunts of the
Black Masseur – the Swimmer as Hero’. 53 minute documentary film on
obsessive open water swimmers based on the book by Charles Sprawson. Co-
production Edgeland Films (Winnipeg) with ZDF Germany, ARTE France and TVOntario
Director/editor/co-writer/add’ cam/ prod.mgr.– ‘Crapshoot – the Gamble with our Wastes’ 52 min. documentary how sewers have led to sewage pollution the world over. Produced by NFB Winnipeg.
Director/writer/editor/prod.mgr. – ‘And so to Bed’,
60 min. documentary on the culture of the bed. Produced by NFB Halifax.
Script Editor – ‘Lyric’, Feature screenplay by Ruth DeGraves.
Supervising editor – ‘Guy Maddin, Waiting for Twilight’.
Director Noam Gonick. 1 hour documentary profile of filmmaker Guy Maddin produced by Marble Island/Bravo
Editor – ‘The Big Pickle’ 35mm short drama.
Special jury prize - Toronto Film Festival. Director Gary Yates, Producer Liz Jarvis - Buffalo Gal Pictures & Under the Counter Pictures
Production Manager/Assistant Camera – ‘The Gypsies of Svinia’ .
Feature documentary by John Paskievich. Produced by NFB Winnipeg.
Duties included: International travel [eastern European] responsible for all cash transactions/carnet of all equipment - often demanding & difficult shooting conditions.
Editor – ‘The Big Pickle’ 35mm short drama.
Special jury prize - Toronto Film Festival. Director Gary Yates, Producer Liz Jarvis - Buffalo Gal Pictures & Under the Counter Pictures
Production Manager/Assistant Camera – ‘The Gypsies of Svinia’ .
Feature documentary by John Paskievich. Produced by NFB Winnipeg.
Duties included: International travel [eastern European] responsible for all cash transactions/carnet of all equipment - often demanding & difficult shooting conditions.
Editor – ‘The Woman Upstairs’ , 30 minute drama.
Director Shereen Jerrett. Produced by Liz Jarvis - Rushbay and Global TV
Director/editor/co-writer – ‘Fat Chance’, feature documentary.
Produced by NFB Winnipeg.
Editor – ‘If Only I Were An Indian’, feature documentary.
Directed by John Paskievich. Produced by NFB Winnipeg & Zemma Pictures
* Blizzard Award [Manitoba] Best Editing: Documentary -
Editor – ‘Sedna – The Making of a Myth’, Directed by John Paskievich
1 hour documentary. Produced by Zemma Pictures and NFB Winnipeg.
Writer/director/editor – ‘A Game of Death’, 16 mm experimental short
black comedy/satire
AWARDS, FESTIVALS AND REVIEWS
‘A GAME OF DEATH’:
Honorable mention – American Film and Video Festival [NYC, USA] 1987
Certificate of Merit – Yorkton Short Film Festival (Canada) 1987
Screened at (1987) : Toronto Festival of Festivals, Canadian Film Institute, British Film Institute, Mill Valley California, Edinburgh Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival, Tehran Film Festival …
‘FAT CHANCE’ :
Peabody Award (USA) 1994
Joan Chalmers Awards - Nomination Best Documentary (Canada) 1994
Genie Awards – Nomination Best Feature Documentary (Canada) 1994
Blizzard Awards – Best Documentary, Best direction, Best script 1995 (Manitoba)
Broadcast: A&E/USA, CBC/Canada, ZDF Germany, Australia, South Africa, Austria.
‘AND SO TO BED’ : 1998
Broadcast: TVOntario, Star TV – China, NHK – Japan, Australian and Brazilian Television
‘CRAPSHOOT’ : 2003
HUGO Award – Silver Plaque (Chicago 2005)
Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
Runner-Up in Category, EarthVision Environmental Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
Golden Sheaf Awards – Best Science/Medicine Documentary
United Nations Association Film Festival
Environmental Media Awards, Los Angeles California - Nomination Best Feature
length Documentary
Vermont International Film Festival
The United Nations Green Film Festival, Washington DC
Global Visions Film Festival
World Community Film Festival, Courtenay, BC
Broadcast: Radio Canada International, PBS (USA) Cable networks South America
Broadcast Sundance Channel May 2007
Broad
US distribution of Fat Chance and Crapshoot:
Bullfrog Films
P.O.Box 149, Oley, P.A.
19547, USA
Contact: John Hoskyns-Abrahall
Toll free 1 800 543 3764 Tel: 1 610 779 8226 Fax: 1 610 370 1978
Email: john@bullfrogfilms.com
CRAPSHOOT’ Reviews:
"***1/2... Despite the lighthearted title, this...production takes a serious look at the question of what happens when we flush... The visuals here are occasionally spectacular... Thought-provoking, scary as all-get-out, and engrossing, Crapshoot is a must for environmental studies collections and highly recommended in general." Video Librarian
"Out of sight and out of mind, most people will say, however there exist some fairly significant questions regarding our massive investments and miscalculations in waste management. Well, Canadian director Jeff McKay has tackled the dirty issue and formed it into a stunningly disgusting and thought-provoking documentary." Creative Generalist
"One of the very best films I've screened this year is a thoughtful NFB doc about what happens to human waste and the dilemma ridding ourselves of it is creating...Yeah it's disgusting alright, and it's also a harrowing look at yet another environmental travesty that's unfolding everywhere - not just third world spots..." Matthew Hays, (Montreal) Mirror
"The haunting message of the film is that nothing flushed down the toilet is ever just gone. The problem caused by using water to move our waste cannot be solved by technology. This will take a major social change...Crapshoot could generate a healthy discussion. The film would have great applicability in courses with environmental units, but it could also be used in Sociology, Law, Civics, Science, Ethics or Technology." Frank Loreto, CM Magazine
"[A] strongly recommended addition to school, college, and community library collections." The Midwest Book Review
"The City of Moncton was gearing itself to promote the use of 'bio-solids' with its new plant. I think [Crapshoot] showed a lot of people that the use of bio-solids has serious long-term effects on the environment and people's health...a few people who saw the film wrote editorials in the local paper and that stirred up interest and questions from the local community. This might not have happened if we had not seen the film." Eric Arseneau, Coordinator of the Petitcodiac Watershed Monitoring Group
‘HAUNTS OF THE BLACK MASSEUR – THE SWIMMER AS HERO’: 2004
Broadcast: ZDF Germany, Austria, Switzerland
ARTE France
TVOntario – Canada
Knowledge Network – British Columbia, SCN – Canada, IFC – Canada
