powys dewhurst
My blogs
| Industry | Communications or Media |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Producer, Media Event Producer, Filmmaker |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Best thing ever?: Sidney Poitier asked his assistant in front of us "Why don't I ever meet young men like this?" Yup. It's all downhill from that life experience. An independent filmmaker, media event producer, programmer, with a focus on filmmaker development. His work includes sci-fi, fantasy and satire and exploring racial dynamics in fresh ways. He has a deep love of movie history. For over 10 years Powys has produced forward-facing film and TV industry events with a focus on filmmaker development initiatives. He has worked in collaboration with the gamut of Canadian and US media organizations and film festivals including Bell Media, Corus, CBC, Visual Effects Society and others to create training, funding, access and screenings for diverse emerging to mid-career film and TV creators and students at venues including Ontario Place Cinesphere, Hot Docs Cinema, Ryerson University, and Canadian Film Centre. He has been an industry judge and speaker at CMPA: Prime Time, Planet In Focus - Canada’s Environmental Film Festival, The Canadian Screen Awards, Female Eye Film Festival. |
| Interests | Innovation, World Issues, Movies, Science, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Encouraging young Black filmmakers/creators to push the boundaries of what is expected of them and what they expect from themselves |
| Favorite Movies | Get Out, The Best Years of Our Lives, I am Cuba, A Man Called Adam, Alien, The Red Shoes, All About Eve, The Truman Show, Minority Report, Network, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Sankofa, On the Waterfront, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Snatch, Sounder, Manchurian Candidate, Man on Wire, From Here to Eternity, Gigi, Path of Glory, Kubrick’s The Killing, Jaws, The Incredible Shrinking Man (amazing story and VFX still hold up), The Count of Monte Cristo, The Fly both versions, Fantastic Voyage, A Raisin in the Sun, The Killing Fields, Cronenberg, The Sweet Hereafter, Ray Harryhausen, Double Indemnity, Film Noir especially Raw Deal, Lord of the Flies, Dog Day Afternoon, Hoop Dreams, Dawn of the Dead, Most Joseph Mankiewicz Films, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Spiderman 2, X-Men 2, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Awful Truth, Anything by Peter Weir, Koyaanisqatsi, Them, Matrix 1, Lord of the Rings (near perfection), Rosemary's Baby, Manhattan, most Woody Allen after Sleeper and before Husbands And Wives, Metropolis Fritz Lang's and the animation Metropolis loosely related, The 400 Blows, Predator 1, The Battle of Algiers, Kung Fu Hustle, The Night of the Shooting Stars, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Raise the Red Lantern, Nosferatu 1922 (still terrifies me and I can't exactly say why), The Dark Knight, Shawshank Redemption, Sunrise, Sunset Blvd, Dr. Strangelove, Alien and Aliens, Requiem for a Dream, Back to the Future, Akira, The Thing (both versions), I am Legend, The Omega Man, The Last Man on Earth, Se7en, Mutiny on the Bounty, Testament, The Ring, District 9, Control Room, Monster House, Stalag 17, Justice League, Blade 1, Xala, Raging Bull, Cinema Paradiso, C.R.A.Z.Y, Casablanca, Blade Runner, From Here to Eternity, Goodfellas, Best Years of Our Lives. |
| Favorite Music | Too many to list. However the ones I listen to most frequently are: Classical Soul Cuban Latin, Coltrane, Sparrow, Classic Reggae, Sinatra, Elton John, Johnny Cash, Nina Simone, Movie Soundtracks from the last century. Neville Brothers |
| Favorite Books | Ray Bradbury anything. |
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Sigh. I can't change these dumb "random questions" from blogger. Man. Oy.