R. Paul Dhillon is an
Indo-Canadian journalist and head of
MMM Films and
Blueberry Street Motion Pictures. Dhillon is also a film writer,
director,
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
and
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
. Dhillon is a graduate of
Simon Fraser University.
In addition to his work in film, Dhillon is the editor of
British Columbia's oldest weekly newspaper, ''The Link''. He received the Best National Editorial Award from the Ethnic Journalists Association in 2005 for his reportage on the
Kanishka tragedy.
Filmography
* ''
Sweet Amerika'' (2008), starring
Bollywood icon
Gulshan Grover and Canadian actors
Remi Clair,
Sian Sladen,
Melanie Papalia,
David Stuart and
Kit Koon
Kit may refer to:
Places
* Kitt, Indiana, US, formerly Kit
* Kit, Iran, a village in Mazandaran Province
* Kit Hill, Cornwall, England
People
* Kit (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Kit (surname)
Animals
* Young animals ...
* ''Planet Aaj'' (1997/98), a
South Asian
South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, ...
variety show shown on
Baton Broadcasting's flagship
Canadian National
Television station VTV (now BC-
CTV
CTV may refer to:
Television
* Connected TV, or Smart TV, a TV set with integrated internet
North America and South America
* CTV Television Network, a Canadian television network owned by Bell Media
** CTV 2, a secondary Canadian televisio ...
- Channel 9)
* ''Saint Soldier'' (1999/2000) - a one-hour
documentary on B.C.'s
Sikh
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community also for CTV
* ''Slices Of My Life'' (1992/93), a slice of the
immigrant
Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
experience
* ''South Van Stud'' (1992), a play for Expressions '92 Youth Festival
* ''Autumn Leaves'' (1990/91), a short film which was selected at
Montreal's Student
Film Festival
Author credits
* ''The Fusion Generation''
* ''Spiceland''
References
External links
*
Blueberry Street Films
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Film directors from Vancouver
Indian emigrants to Canada
Journalists from British Columbia
Canadian people of Indian descent
Naturalized citizens of Canada
People from Jalandhar
Punjabi people
Simon Fraser University alumni
Asian-Canadian filmmakers
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