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Ed Carswell   

mobile: 778 585-4130   carswellfilm@gmail.com 

• Director / Videographer / Editor 

• Biological and cultural diversity focus

• B.F.A. Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design

Ed Carswell has been directing educational films for over 30 years. He holds a deep commitment to issues surrounding biological and cultural diversity. Since 2015, Ed has worked closely with the Lil’wat, Squamish, and ‘Namgis Nation.

In 2024, Ed created Coming Home to Grandmother’s Garden

(16 min., Watch Here).

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Filmography - click here to see list of films

FILMOGRAPHY

2024 – Coming Home to Grandmother’s Garden (16 min.)

2024 – Kus-kus-sum (Unpaving Paradise) in production

2023 – Conservation Science (Comox Valley Land Trust promo films)

2022 – 24 Hour Drum – Back Again (22 min) 

2020 –  Yalis Rising  (29 min)

2019 – Cooperativa – La Lucha Sigue  (40 min)

2019 – Ecology Transforms Youth  (38 min) 

2019 – 24 Hour Drum – Taking Action  (12 min)

2018 – Our Language, Our Culture  (7 min) 

2018 – Embracing Life – Pow Wow  (9 min)  

2017  – 24 Hour Drum – Seeking Wisdom  (19 min)  

2016  – Drumbeats & Dreams  (27 min)  

2016 – Shared Drum, Shared Territory  (9 min)  

2015  – 24 Hr Drum – Sea to Sky (34 min)

2014  – Tribal Canoe Journey – 5 min.  

2013  –  Verna no.688 – Honouring Residential School Survivors  (16min) 

2008  –  Pacific Biological Station – 100th Anniversary  (24 min)

2007  –  Empowering Youth – Canada World Youth in Africa  (16 min)

2005  – Thirsty Planet – Introducing Solar Ovens in Ghana and Benin (27 min) 

2001 –  Think Big – Protecting Natural Systems in the Rocky Mountains (27 min) 

1995  – Employed as Cameraman / Editor – Canadian Airlines International – Worked with various producers to complete airline promotion and employee training videos, including destination work in Canada, United States and Mexico.

1988 – 95 – Emplyed as Filmmaker, A/V Coordinator, Alberta Environmental Protection  – directed, and edited educational films for three provincial parks in Kananaskis Country, Alberta. (designed Visitor Center displays, partnered with Parks Canada (Banff), Calgary Zoo, and Access Network (Calgary).

~ Biodiversity ~ Cultural Diversity