Daniel Cross a

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maker, producer and

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whose films deal with social justice. Cross is co-founder and president of

EyeSteelFilm EyeSteelFilm is a Montreal-based Canadian cinema production company co-founded by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin, dedicated to socially engaged cinema, bringing social and political change through cinematic expression. Today the studio is run ...

with fellow director/producer Mila Aung-Thwin. He is also founder of

Homeless Nation HomelessNation.org is a not-for profit organization based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In order to bridge the digital divide, documentary filmmaker Daniel Cross created ''www.HomelessNation.org'' in 2003. A website by and for the homeless, ''www.h ...

, a non-profit

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endeavor that started in 2006 and has become a Canadian national collective voice by and for Canada's homeless population. Cross is a professor at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal

Education

Cross is a graduate of

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, BFA 91, MFA 98.

Career

Cross directed the films '' The Street: A Film with the Homeless'' and '' S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks In Traffic'', where hundreds of

homeless Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...

people from Montreal shared their many, amazing stories with him. From the movie, came the idea of a forum where these stories would not be lost and where Canada's homeless community could share their stories and refuse to be ignored. Both films received theatrical distribution, international broadcast and critical acclaim Cross also has experience in TV broadcasting, having directed and produced the

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nominated ''

Too Colourful for the League ''Too Colourful for the League'' is a 52-minutes 2001 Canadian documentary film made for CBC-TV, directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin and produced by Diversus Productions. The film was produced by Evan Beloff, Ari Cohen and Max Wallace, ...

'' and '' Chairman George'' on the stations

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's '' Storyville'' and

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. ''Chairman George'' won awards at the AFI/Silverdocs and at Guangzhou Documentary Festival. He was the executive producer of the internationally acclaimed ''

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'', about a pleasure cruise through the devastation the world's largest hydro-electric dam caused. In addition to making films, Cross is active in the film community, serving on the boards of CFTPA, Observatoire du Documentaire and

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(formerly CIFC). He also serves as a board member of

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and the "Documentary Organization of Canada" and teaches film production at

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. Previously, he taught at

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in Regina,

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Awards and participations

*In 2015 he won the ''

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'' (Canada's Oscar) for Best Theatrical Documentary Film and Best Cinematography for I Am The Blues *He received the ''

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'' Luminary Award, The Trailblazer award at

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in France, The Don Haig Award at

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and is a member of the Provosts Circle of Distinction at

*In 2010 he won the United Nations World Summit Award for e-inclusion with his project Homeless Nation *In 2006, he won the Golden Sheaf Award at

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for Chairman George alongside Mila Aung-Thwin.

Filmography

*'' The Street: A Film with the Homeless'' (1997) *'' S.P.I.T. - Squeegee Punks In Traffic'' (2001) *''

'' (2001) *'' Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive'' (2004) *'' Chairman George'' (2005) *'' Atanasoff'', Father of the Computer (2014) *'' I Am the Blues'' (2015)

References

External links

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EyeSteelFilm Official web site
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