Kevin Eastwood

Kevin Eastwood is a Canadian film and television producer and director and the founder and president of Optic Nerve Films.[1] His credits as a producer include the movies Fido, Preggoland and The Delicate Art of Parking, the documentaries Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World and Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson, and the television series The Romeo Section.

For the co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, see Kevin Eastman. For the basketball coach, see Kevin Eastman (basketball).
Kevin Eastwood
Born
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materEmily Carr University of Art and Design
OccupationDocumentary filmmaker, film and television producer
Years active2001–present
Spouse(s)Wynn Deschner (2016-present)
Website

Career

Eastwood was the director and executive producer for Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH, an award-winning documentary series about the public healthcare system.[2] Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH brought record-breaking audiences to the Knowledge Network[3] and won Leo Awards for Best Documentary Series and The People's Choice Award for Favourite TV series.[4]

He was the director for the documentaries After the Sirens, about the epidemic of PTSD among paramedics,[5] and The Death Debate, the latter of which was about the landmark Carter v Canada Supreme Court case on physician-assisted dying[6] (Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Direction). He was the director for the music video for Post-War Blues by Dan Mangan (an homage to Dr. Strangelove starring Don McKellar);[7] and the Gemini Award-nominated short documentary Douglas Coupland: Pop Artist, as well as multiple documentary projects for the BC Civil Liberties Association, Canada's longest-running civil liberties association.

Personal life

Eastwood was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. He graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. His parents and grandfather were visual artists, making him the third generation in his family to go to art school. He married his wife, Wynn Deschner, in 2016.

Filmography

Feature Films

Documentary

Television
  • This Space for Rent (2007) - Co-Producer
  • Elijah (2007) - Supervising Producer
  • Confessions: Animal Hoarding (2011-2012) - Director
  • Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (2014-2016) - Director/Co-Executive Producer
  • The Romeo Section (2015-2016) - Co-Producer/Second Unit Director

Awards

Eastwood has won a Gemini Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television,[8] three Leo Awards (and been nominated for another seven), the Allan King Award from the Directors Guild of Canada, three Golden Sheaf Awards from the Yorkton Film Festival, and the top prize at the Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival all for his producing work.[9] As a director he has been nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, two Golden Sheaf Awards by the Yorkton Film Festival and three Leo Awards.

References
  1. Marke Andrews (2016-04-19). "Profile: Kevin Eastwood, founder, Optic Nerve Films". Business in Vancouver.
  2. Marsha Lederman (2014-01-07). "A real-life ER pulls back the curtain on public health care". The Globe and Mailn.
  3. Peter Darbyshire (2014-02-13). "Vancouver ER documentary series is the ultimate reality television". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2014-05-07.
  4. "The Filmmakers". Haidagwaii Film. Haidagwaii Film. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  5. Adrian Mack (2018-04-07). "After the Sirens reveals hidden epidemic of PTSD among paramedics". The Georgia Straight.
  6. Sabrina Furminger (2016-03-23). "'The Death Debate' examines Canada's right-to-die movement". Westender.
  7. François Marchand (2012-04-13). "Vancouver fave Dan Mangan releases Dr. Strangelove-themed Post-War Blues video". Vancouver Sun.
  8. "Kevin Eastwood". Canadian Film Centre. Canadian Film Centre. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  9. Cassandra Szklarski (2015-05-01). "'Haida Gwaii' film wins top prize at Hot Docs". CTV news.
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