NSI playWRITE faculty
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Nis Bojin | Program Manager
Nis is a PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University in the Interactive Arts program and a product designer at Zeros 2 Heroes Media. With interests in conceptual and theoretical game design as well as the language and philosophy of 'play', Nis is currently invested in researching the relationship between notions of play and work in massively multiplayer online games.
Brendon Sawatzky | NSI Manager, Training Programs
Brendon has been with the National Screen Institute for over eight years. He was originally contracted to manage the cross-country movie-camp for teens NSI Movie Camp, co-ordinate the feature film development program NSI Features First, and program industry centre workshops for NSI FilmExchange.
Brendon is currently the program manager for NSI Features First and the program co-ordinator for NSI playWRITE.
Prior to joining NSI, Brendon spent five years as production and training coordinator for the Winnipeg Film Group where he oversaw the development and implementation of a number of training programs and workshops, coordinated production and development funds and juries, and coordinated production on dozens of short films. He also wrote, directed and produced four short films which have screened at festivals across North America.
Brendon is an experienced film and television producer, having produced Sean Garrity’s award-winning film
Inertia (Best Canadian First Feature, Toronto International Film Festival, 2001), Matthew Bissonnette’s second feature film
Who Loves The Sun and season one of
House Party, a half-hour sitcom for The Comedy Network.