Ervin Chartrand is a Canadian and

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director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing the films ''504938C'' (2005) and ''First Stories: Patrick Ross'' (2006).

Personal life

Ervin Chartrand is a Métis/Ojibwe from

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, Canada. Chartrand earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies from the

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in 2017.

Career

Chartrand first began his career in film in 2003, after enrolling in Winnipeg's Aboriginal Broadcast Training Initiative, sponsored by the Manitoba Indian Cultural Education Centre. He worked as a camera assistant on the APTN TV series ''The Sharing Circle'' and the Canadian TV series ''

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'' as a puppet wrangler. Chartrand studied acting with the Academy of Broadcasting Corporation in Winnipeg. In 2005, Chartrand received the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Best New Talent award for the film ''504938C'' (2005). ''50938C'' was created with the support of the

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's First Film program. In 2006, he won the

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, Reel World Award for Outstanding Canadian Short Film for ''Patrick Ross'' (2006). He was invited to direct this short film by the

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for the movie series ''First Stories'', the Manitoba (Volume I). ''Patrick Ross'' also won the 2006

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Golden Sheaf Award - Aboriginal. ''If this Was Right'' (2008), a film with rap artist and

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and directed by Chartrand, was nominated for the 2008 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award, Best Music Video. Chartrand was the winner of the ''Canwest Mentorship Program'' at the 2010 imagineNATIVE film + Media Arts Festival. In 2017, ''Other Side of The 49th: The Garry Sawatzky Story'' was nominated for the

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- Documentary History & Biography.

Filmography

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