Andrew "Andy" John David Keen is a

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maker whose films include ''

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'' starring

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(2012), ''

Escarpment Blues ''Escarpment Blues'' is a Canadian concert and documentary film starring singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer."From the heart as Harmer traces bluegrass trail". ''Vancouver Sun'', August 17, 2006. Directed by Andy Keen and produced by Keen, Harmer, Bry ...

'' starring

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, and the documentary '' Seven Painters Seven Places'' (1999). He was a director of photography on " Know Your Mushrooms" (2009), directed by

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. Keen has worked as director and cameraman on numerous television commercials and music videos, and in 2010 he was honoured with a

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in the category of Activism for a series of online videos he produced for The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation. ''

'' is a feature film about Canadian rock band

and their riotous concert in

. The film had its World Premiere at the 2012

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(VIFF) and in April 2013 won the

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for Music DVD of the Year.

Biography

Born to Bonnie and Martin Keen in

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, he moved frequently for the first five years of his life until the family settled in Oakville, Ontario. Keen studied at

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, and Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in

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, before completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Art History) at

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. A

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inspired bus trip through the United States, where he met

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in New Orleans, decided his career in film. After graduating, Keen moved to Toronto, where he began work in the film and television industry as a production assistant. Keen founded

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in 1997 to produce documentaries and related works.

Filmography

, 2012 (producer, director, editor (credited as Kenny None) * Know Your Mushrooms, 2008 (credited as director of photography) *

, 2006 (producer, director, editor, camera) * Seven Painters Seven Places, 1999 (director, editor, camera)

Awards

* 2000 Best Picture Editing in a documentary

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Nominee ''Seven Painters Seven Places'' (1999) * 2006 Music DVD of The year

Juno Awards The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

''Escarpment Blues'' 2006 * 2010 Winner People's Voice Award 2010

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Best Website (Activism) www.stemcellcharter.org * 2011 Award of Merit Advertising and Design Awards "Manifest Moves Issues" 2010 * 2013 Music DVD of The Year

2013 Juno Awards The Juno Awards of 2013 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2011 and in most of 2012. The awards were presented in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, during the weekend of 20–21 April 2013. The main ceremony was host ...

"Bobcaygeon" 2012

References

"2013 Juno Award acceptance speeches"

"Official Bobcaygeon Website"

"VIFF Canadian Images Line-Up"

"Singing the Escarpment Blues"
''SOCAN''
"Highlights"
''TVO'' April 2007

"Planet In Focus Film Festival"

"Now Magazines Pics"
16 November 2006
"Andy's Web Page"

"Know Your Mushrooms: Fungus film on the button"
Toronto: ''The Star'' 30 January 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:Keen, Andy Canadian documentary film directors People from Cambridge, Ontario Living people Bishop's University alumni Concordia University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian documentary film producers Film directors from Ontario Film producers from Ontario