Graham Pritz-Bennett

Writer/Producer/Cinematographer

Graham Pritz-Bennett is an independent filmmaker based in Scotland. Originally from North Carolina, he moved to Vancouver, Canada to receive a Masters in Arts and Theology. It was there he started his filmmaking career.

Graham has served as cinematographer, director, creative producer, and editor on everything from short-form digital content, tv commercials, short films, and music videos to longer-form documentaries, tv pilots, and feature films, which have garnered him awards such as: Best Director, Best First Time Screenwriter, and Best Cinematography.

Graham has taught film workshops in Edinburgh and was a Teaching Artist for Authoring Action's program Just Us, a North Carolina non-profit organization where teens going through the juvenile corrections system create original short films.

Alongside filmmaking, Graham has volunteered with several organizations working with the homeless, drug addicted, and sex offenders. He worked full-time as a Mental Health Worker in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, Canada. 

www.grahampritzbennett.com

Byron Lamarque

Director/Editor

Byron Lamarque is an award-winning director who started his film career as a young boy in Cape Town, South Africa. His MFA graduate film After was the first of three short films programmed at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival. The second film, Once Upon A Time On The Beach, garnered six LEO award nominations, winning "Best Direction in a Short Drama” and "Best Music".

Byron has taught filmmaking at the University of British Columbia and Langara College producing over 70 short films with aspiring directors, writers and actors. He's directed for television, music videos and commercials including directing video game commercials for top rated video game titles including Deus Ex, Just Cause, Dungeon & Dragons and Star Wars Uprising. His feature credits include Dancing With Shadows, Solitude and The Desiring. The Desiring garnered awards for “Outstanding Director of a Narrative Feature” Brooklyn Film Festival and “Best Emerging Director” Seattle Film Festival”

Byron's professional training includes graduating with his Masters in Film Production from the University of British Columbia in 2001 and completing the 2003 Director's Lab at the Canadian Film Centre, Canada’s preeminent training program in film and television.