Paul De Decker has over 20 years of experience in studying and teaching about dialects. He is Associate Professor in the Linguistics Department at Memorial University of Newfoundland. As a Fogo Island Research Fellow, Paul spent 1 month on the island capturing footage of the beautiful scenery and colourful accents of local Fogo Islanders for short documentary on Fogo's dialect. Paul has worked with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a forensic phonetician.
My name is Pierre Cormier, I'm a graduate film student from the 2013 Digital Filmmaking program at the Centre for Arts and Technology in Fredericton, New Brunswick (now called DaVinci College).
I'm a Saint John-based actor and composer. I have worked on several short films, plus some features, webseries, and documentaries. I'm also a regular on stage with the Saint John Theatre Company. My acting roles have ranged from dramatic to comedic to supernatural, and I love taking on new challenges.
Over twenty years as a photographer/videographer. Retired from the DND in 2007 and founded Canada (East) Films Inc. Produced and directed several commercials, music videos and recently wrote, directed and co-produced the short film The Window. Currently re-writing the short script for Whispers.
Tim O'Neill was born in Saint John and calls Quispamsis his home. He has an English/History degree from Mount Allison University and also attended the film certificate program at Ryerson Poly-technical University. Tim has been an active member of the NB Film Co-op since 1996, but he has lost track of the total amount of productions he has worked on and how many crew members he has trained.
Tim Rayne joined the NB Film Co-op in 1998 and has worked on independent and commercial film productions and learned theoretical film concepts in graduate classes in film studies at Carleton University.
Tim directs and writes his own films including Song Bird (NB Joy Award) Hopewell (Short Venture Grant), Natural Remedy with co-director and co-writer Tony Merzetti, and Soup Du Jour.
First as a volunteer and now as Executive Director of the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative, Tony has devoted over twenty-eight years to making the province of NB a center for film creation in Canada.
Tony is known for his patience and dedication in his work with budding and experienced filmmakers alike. He has been instrumental in helping them to achieve their dreams and aspirations, all the while keeping the Co-op on solid financial ground.
