December 7, 2011

Film Producer Lectures PAVI Students

On December 7th veteran filmmaker Kirk Shaw lectured the Film & Music Business and Film & Digital Arts students on raising capital for independent productions.

Kirk Shaw is a Canadian-born producer who founded Insight Films in 1990. Insight Films was Canada's largest independent production house.

Through Insight Films, Shaw has produced more than 100 award-winning films, including "Helen", a 2009 Drama starring Ashley Judd that won a Leo Award in 2009 for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Feature Length Drama and was also nominated for Best Feature Length Drama.

Shaw also produced such notable films such as Battle in Seattle in 2007, directed by Stuart Townsend and starring Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson and Joshua Jackson; the 2008 film Kill Switch with Steven Seagal; and two popular TV series: Blood Ties and Painkiller Jane.

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