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With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessness in Vancouver. "A Piece of Glass" is a facebook group desined to serve as a discussion forum to raise awareness about this important topic. It's creator, Tim Travis, discusses the problem as he sees it.

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Before moving to Vancouver, Kristin was working on documentaries advocating for social justice in Baltimore. She is currently directing a feature-length documentary entitled, "The Altered States of America" www.thealteredstates.net
Education:
Maryland Institute College of Art, Emily Carr Inst
Awards:
Current Projects:
Directing a feature-length documentary entitled The Altered States of America and developing a couple of scripts.
Job:
What I've done:
My Gear:
Things I like to do:
Travel, try new foods, dance (I’m trained in jazz, ballet, modern, etc), paint, play Tetris, rent movies, camp, go to concerts
Political leaning:
I definitely lean to the left but do not feel comfortable associating with any particular political
Organizations:
Women in Film and Television, Your Local Farmers Market Society, Art Students League of Denver
Things I like:
Music and food in healthy doses, dogs, waves, bubbles, train rides, road trips, theatre, sports (soccer, baseball, hockey), bonfires, fresh air, art…
Things that bug me:
Snow in my shoes, bird poo on my car, parking tickets, no left turn signals in Vancouver(!), George Bush and politicians hitched to his wagon, and a whole slew of political issues that I shouldn’t get into right here, Hummers and the people who buy and
People I like:
People that bug me:
Inspirations:
Roger Deakins, Salvador Dali, Andy Goldsworthy, Martin Puryear, Ani Difranco, Chuck Palahniuk, Noam Chomsky, Guy Debord, Barack Obama, music and movies of all kinds…
Favorite movie:
American Beauty, City of God, Fight Club, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Big Lebowski, Office Space, Dazed and Confused, the Edukators, the Corporation, Metropolis, Requiem for a Dream, Amelie, I Heart Huckabees…
Favorite bands:
Favorite websites:
WatchingAmerica.com, CNNexposed.com, youtube.com (I generally spend enough time at my computer editing that I don’t want to surf around the internet recreationally)
Favorite directors:
Wes Anderson, Wong Kar-Wai, Darren Aronofsky, the Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Hitchcock…
Favorite actors:
Kevin Spacey, John Malkovich, Edward Norton, Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ellen Burstyn
Favorite TV shows:
Fraggle Rock, the Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Heros, Family Guy, Seinfeld, the Simpsons, the Daily Show, the Cobert Report, Hells Kitchen, Invader Zim
Lighting:
Camera:
most digital/HD cameras, 16mm, 35mm
Editing:
Final Cut Pro, Avid, After Effects
Directing:
Producing:
Acting:
Final Cut Pro, Avid, After Effects
Promoting:
Sound:
Music:
Writing:
working on a couple of scripts right now
Blogging:
Journalism:
Photography:
Graphicdesign:
Animation:
Web:
Other:
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