Workshop Instructor: Gia Milani
Description: In this beginning directing class we will go over how to break down a script in preparation to shoot, creating rapport with actors, troubleshooting on shooting days and technical basics.
Biography: Writer, director and producer, Gia Milani’s work has been celebrated from coast to coast. Her feature film All the Wrong Reasons premiered as an Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Gia won the Discovery Prize. The dramatic comedy film additionally won the Script Accessible Award at Slamdance and the Viewer's Choice Award at the Silver Wave Film Festival. After her feature win at TIFF Gia was named one of Canada’s top film Talents to Watch. Gia was awarded a prestigious “A Grant” from ArtsNB for writing and directing her newest experimental comedy film, At the Back, which premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival’s Gala and was picked up by CBC Gem. Gia was selected to participate in the Women in the Director’s Chair Career Advancement Module and the NSI’s Business for Producers, Atlantic Women’s Edition. In 2021, Gia was honoured with a Wave Award, and in 2018 with a Salute to a Woman Working in Entertainment in New Brunswick Award, both from WIFT-Atlantic. Gia was a Writer’s Guild of Canada National Writer’s Forum Delegate (elected) Representing New Brunswick for 2015 and 2016 and is a DGC member in the Director’s Division and is a former board member of the NB Producers Association (renamed MediaNB). Recently Gia was the executive producer on two New Brunswick Talent to Watch feature Films, Queen of the Andes and the upcoming Do I Know You From Somewhere.
