Lulu Keating - Resume
P.O. Box 825 Dawson City YUKON Y0B 1G0
Mobile: 867-993-4467
lulu@redsnapperfilms.ca
www.redsnapperfilms.ca
Lulu Keating has a diverse and prolific practice in film and video crossing genres of fiction, animation, experimental and documentary. With pan-Canadian connections, from Halifax to Vancouver to Dawson City in the Yukon, Lulu remains a vital force in the creative community of artists working with the moving image. She spent several years in Halifax, contributing actively to the community there in her work with the Linda Joy Media Art Society and the Atlantic Filmmakers' Co-operative.
Following studies at St. Francis-Xavier University, the Vancouver School of Art and Ryerson University, Lulu taught workshops in Vancouver at the Emily Carr College of Art + Design and Halifax at the Nova Scotia College of Art + Design.
Besides her many short works exploring hand processing and the personal narrative, Lulu has directed two feature films. The Midday Sun (1989) was the first Canadian feature shot entirely in Africa (Zimbabwe). Lucille's Ball (2013), was made in Vancouver, created with assistance from the Women in the Director's Chair Feature Film Award. Its success on the festival circuit included Best Canadian Feature Film Award at Toronto's Female Eye Festival and capturing one of Vancouver's Leo Awards (Best Editing).
While continuing to explore the compact and plastic visual language of the short film medium, Lulu is working developing a dramatic comedy series to be shot in Dawson City, another feature and several short documentaries.
FORMAL EDUCATION
St. Francis Xavier University, Arts, Antigonish, Nova Scotia 1969 - 1972
Vancouver School of Art, Fine Arts Program, Vancouver 1974 - 1976
Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Film Program, Toronto 1976 - 1977
Professional development
Praxis Centre for Screenwriting – Vancouver, Nov. 2013 – June 2014
CTV Women in the Director’s Chair - Career Advancement, Vancouver, March 2009
Women in the Director’s Chair, Banff Alberta, Dec. 2007 – Feb. 2008
Banff World Television Festival, June attended 1985 - 2011
Strategic Partners Co-Producers Forum, Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, NS attended 2003, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2015
Tools of the Trade, sponsored by B.C. Film, December, 2002
After the First Draft, Praxis Centre for Screenwriting, February, 2002
Understanding Story, Academy of Canadian Cinema, Halifax NS, February 1995
Acting Techniques for Directors Writers and Producers, Judith Weston, Rockport Maine Workshops, May, 1991
Summer Institute of Film, Ottawa, June 1983 – 1985
organizational involvements
Dawson City Arts Society – Board of Directors (2009 to 2015)
Moving Images Distribution – Board of Directors (2001 to current)
Red Snapper Films Limited – President (1985 to present)
SPYA (Screen Producers Yukon Association) – member
Yukon Film Society – Board of Directors (2009-2011), member
Atlantic Filmmakers’ Co-op (Executive Director, Board of Directors, Committee member 1980-1986)
Linda Joy Media Arts Society (Founding member, past President)
National Screen Institute of Canada (Board of Directors, 1992-94)
Nova Scotia Talent Trust, Board of Directors and Jury, 1994-96
Praxis Centre for Screenwriters (Fellow)
SOCAN – member
Languages: English and French
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