When I was growing up, I wanted to be two things, a masseuse, and a writer. The masseuse dream dried up after I realised I would have to touch people’s bare backs, but the writing stuck. Growing up on my family’s farm in Kelowna, B.C. I didn’t have much to do but walk around in the fields, read, and watch TV. I became captivated with stories, to the point that I kept several notebooks that I filled with a variety of ideas and brainstorms. I used cheap pens on cheap paper, so they often smudged or leaked while I wrote. There were many times after a particularly inspirational day, that I spent the evening trying to wash off the black ink from my fingertips.
I’ve always had a fascination with cameras, from how they work, to how people compose images, it’s all just so interesting to me. So, it’s no wonder that I decided to go into film after I graduated high school.
I moved to Vancouver in 2021 to pursue a career in film, I attended Infocus Film School for Film Production, and graduated in 2022. Since then I’ve worked on many indie film sets in a variety of roles. Sound and Lighting are my favourite, but I’d be able to work on the camera or production team if needed. After graduating school, I gladly worked for a year at Empire Props, where I learned the behind the scenes work of Vancoucers movie and TV shows. There was the general work of preparing orders and sending lengthy emails about missing returns. However I also got the chance to play around with a variety of old camera gear (including the same Beta cameras that are used in news), which, besides the people I met, was the highlight of my job.
I eventually moved onto attending BCIT’s Journalism and Broadcast Media program, as I looked for ways to expand my credentials in storytelling. I’m not too sure what I’d like to get into in the news world, but I do know that I like talking to people. So far I’ve been amazed by the amount of people that talk to me when I reach out asking what they have to say on a matter that’s close to them. This has opened up the world to me in ways that I never thought possible, and I’m looking forward to exploring this path of my life and my career.