Brett Gaylor is a

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maker living in

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. He grew up on

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. He was formerly the VP of Mozilla's Webmaker Program. His documentary, ''

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'', explores privacy and the web economy. He was a founding member/director of EyeSteelFilm documentary production company and its head of new media. He was the founder of the Open Source Cinema project and the web producer of Homeless Nation. He served as executive producer of ''Stealing Ur Feelings'', Noah Levenson's interactive film about emotion recognition AI in consumer applications.

Documentaries

He took part, alongside his fellow directors Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin (all three of the EyeSteelFilm production company) in a

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initiative to teach

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students in a high school in Inukjuak, Nunavik (

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) to document their final year in the high school through film. The result was '' Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive'' a joint 58-minute 2004 documentary by 8 students from the Inukjuak - Innalik School. His 2008 film '' RiP!: A Remix Manifesto'' is a documentary about "the changing concept of copyright". ''RiP!: A Remix Manifesto'' is a call to overhaul

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laws. As the title suggests, this documentary is particularly interested in the "legally grey area" of remixing existing works. His 2015 web documentary ''

,'' explored issues related to

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. His 2018 short animation OK Google chronicled a year in his son's life via

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searches.

Festivals and awards

'' RiP!: A Remix Manifesto'' was shown at the

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(IDFA) in November 2008, where it won the Audience Choice Award. In December 2008, it was shown during the Whistler Film Festival, winning the Cadillac People's Choice Award. It won the Audience Special Jury Prize in

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and was a Special Selection at South by Southwest Film Festival (also known as SXSW). It also won the audience awards at the

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and the Encounters Documentary festival in South Africa. ''

'' presented as an

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in the Storyscapes section of the

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. It was nominated for Best Original Program or Series, Non-Fiction at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards. ''Do Not Track'' received a Peabody Award for the Web category, an International Documentary Association Award for Best Series, and a

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for Best Interactive Series. ''OK Google'' received a 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaylor, Brett Canadian documentary film directors Film directors from British Columbia 1977 births Living people People from the Capital Regional District