Ervin Chartrand is a Canadian
Métis
The Métis ( ; Canadian ) are Indigenous peoples who inhabit Canada's three Prairie Provinces, as well as parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, and the Northern United States. They have a shared history and culture which derives ...
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Ojibwe director, writer and producer.
He is best known for directing the films ''504938C'' (2005) and ''First Stories: Patrick Ross'' (2006).
Personal life
Ervin Chartrand is a Métis/Ojibwe
from
Pine Creek First Nation
The Pine Creek First Nation is a Saulteaux First Nation in Manitoba, Canada. The First Nation's homeland is the Pine Creek 66A reserve, located approximately 110 kilometres north of Dauphin along the southwestern shore of Lake Winnipegosis betwe ...
Camperville, Manitoba
Camperville is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Camperville's residents are mainly Métis. It is situated on the western shore of Lake Winnipegosis. Manitoba Highway 20 passes through the village.
Local economy includes salt ...
, Canada.
Chartrand earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies
from the
University of Winnipeg in 2017.
Career
Chartrand first began his career in film in 2003, after enrolling in Winnipeg's Aboriginal Broadcast Training Initiative,
sponsored by the Manitoba Indian Cultural Education Centre.
He worked as a camera assistant on the
APTN TV series ''The Sharing Circle'' and the Canadian TV series ''
Tipi Tales
''Tipi Tales'' is a Canadian children's television series about a First Nations family living in a woodlands cottage, and focused on teaching children about the importance of family and friends, as well as First Nations culture.
The show premi ...
'' as a puppet wrangler.
Chartrand studied acting with the Academy of Broadcasting Corporation in Winnipeg.
In 2005, Chartrand received the
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival is an annual film festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, which programs a lineup of films related to First Nations in Canada, First Nations, Métis people, Métis, Inuit people, Inuit and other international in ...
, Best New Talent award for the film ''504938C'' (2005).
''50938C'' was created with the support of the
Winnipeg Film Group's First Film program.
In 2006, he won the
Reelworld Film Festival, Reel World Award for Outstanding Canadian Short Film for ''Patrick Ross'' (2006).
He was invited to direct this short film by the
National Film Board of Canada for the movie series ''First Stories'', the Manitoba (Volume I).
''Patrick Ross'' also won the 2006
Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Aboriginal.
''If this Was Right'' (2008), a film with rap artist and
CBC host
Wab Kinew and directed by Chartrand, was nominated for the 2008
Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award
The Indigenous Music Awards, formerly called the Aboriginal Peoples' Choice Music Awards, is an annual Canadian music award, given out to Indigenous people who are in the music industry.
The APCMA receives financial support of the Department of ...
, Best Music Video.
Chartrand was the winner of the ''Canwest Mentorship Program'' at the 2010 imagineNATIVE film + Media Arts Festival.
In 2017, ''Other Side of The 49th: The Garry Sawatzky Story'' was nominated for the
Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Documentary History & Biography.
Filmography
Further reading
* Friesen (2016)
Tackling the Gangs 1998-2000"in ''The Ballad of Danny6 Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw''. Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Pg. 133.
References
External links
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Twitter
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Vimeo
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Film directors from Manitoba
First Nations filmmakers
Artists from Manitoba
Living people
University of Manitoba alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
First Nations screenwriters
Canadian Métis people