29/03/2022
If You own a camera and take videos this episode is for you. I had a blast with award nominated film maker, director, producer & incredible dude Jon Mann on the podcast this past week. I hope You Enjoyed This Conversation As Much As I did.
Jon Mann is a graduate of Acadia University (POLS, 2011) and the New York Film Academy (Screenwriting, 2013). In 2012, he wrote the documentary Drink ‘Em Dry which premiered at Harvard Law School, making Jon the youngest person in the school's history to present written work (at age 22).
After Harvard, the film Drink 'Em Dry is now in universities and colleges in North and South America, Europe, and Australia. Drink ‘Em Dry was also nominated for Best Canadian Documentary at the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (2012).
In 2014, Jon completed his first feature-length documentary, Project Power, which follows the social movement against the sale of NB Power to Hydro-Quebec in 2010. In 2015 Jon co-wrote and directed the short-film Rearview which racked up wins and nominations at film festivals worldwide.
In 2017, Jon and production partner Rob Ramsay's project Wolfville won the 2018 National Screen Institute's Totally Television program. Filming for the short film's Cahoots & Missy, written and directed by Jon, completed Fall 2017. In 2018, Jon was a Production Coordinator for TIFF Pitch This! short film winner Wildfire.
In September 2018, Wolfville was optioned by Take The Shot Productions.
In October 2018, Jon adapted Stephen King’s short story Popsy into a short film. The film is currently in post-production.
In February 2019, Cahoots won Best Canadian Film at the Canadian International Comedy Film Festival in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In March 2019, Cahoots was nominated for Best Comedy at the DeReel Film Festival in Dereel, Australia.
Missy is now on CBC GEM
Jon is currently an Associate Producer on North Star, a short film starring Kevin Bacon and Laura Innes, from 2019 Oscar-winning producer Andrew Carlberg.
Filming began in August 2020 for Pub Crawl, an unscripted series on the historically significant bars of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The series will be broadcasted by Bell TV!
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Jon Mann joins the podcast today to discuss his rise into film making, career highlights, cool partnerships he has formed and even shares some amazing storie...