Nominees for Members at Large
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July 27, 2023
Jason Bohn began his career in Film & Television in 1996, working as a trainee on a movie in Saskatoon after being referred through a friend of a friend of a friend. That experience ignited his interest in filmmaking and so began his journey.Over the last 25 years he has held positions in many departments, maintaining focus on being an Assistant Director and has climbed the ranks to the top of that category. His talent and skill in that spot has given him the good fortune of working across the country on numerous productions with local producers as well as companies such as Sony, Lionsgate and Hallmark. In addition to being a 1st AD, Jason has also been called upon to produce, direct and “fix” a number of projects.He has trained many individuals throughout his career and continues to do so. Jason looks forward to being able to bring his knowledge and experience to help build the infrastructure needed to grow and expand the industry here in Saskatchewan.
Peter La Rocque has been a respected leader in the Saskatchewan film and television industry for over 30 years. He worked as the gaffer (chief lighting technician) on over 60 feature films/TV series and hundreds of commercials. Peter’s credits include acclaimed series like Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairie, and fan favourites like Wolfcop and Just Friends. Peter’s has helped light Hollywood legends—Loretta Young, John Vernon, Ann Margaret— and film stars including Nick Cage, Andy Garcia, Drew Barrymore, Sean Penn, Ryan Reynolds, and more.
Chris Miller is the co-owner of Play Creative, a commercial film production company based in Regina. His primary roles are producer and editor, working on commercials for clients such as SaskTel, SGI, and more. Play Creative started in a living room – and over the years, Chris has helped build Play Creative to become a production company of note.After graduating from the U of R in 2011, he co-founded Play Creative with partners Amy Mantyka and Mike Maekelburger. Over the past 12 years, they have slowly built their business to become a production house built on great quality and positive, safe on-set environments. As the industry continues to evolve, Chris hopes to be a continuing voice for the commercial film industry in Saskatchewan – advocating for a stronger, more diverse film industry which benefits all of Saskatchewan.
Jefferson Moneo is born and raised in Saskatoon, Jefferson Moneo is a producer, writer, and director and a graduate of Columbia University’s Film MFA program. While a student, he was twice awarded the Hollywood Foreign Press Award for Most Outstanding International Student and received an Alfred P. Sloan grant for his comedy web-series “Here Come the Humans”, the largest such grant awarded in Columbia School of the Arts history. As a filmmaker, his work has been supported by the National Screen Institute, the National Film Board of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, the Harold Greenberg Fund, the Canada Media Fund and Telefilm Canada. His films have screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, TIFF, and Slamdance, as well as been exhibited at the Moscow Bienalle. His second feature film, “Cosmic Dawn”, was released theatrically in Canada and the United States in February 2002. His latest feature, “There Were Witches”, a Canada/Mexico co-production, is slated to begin production in Mexico City in Fall 2023 and will be distributed by LevelFilm in Canada with Sphere Media handling international sales.
Hello there. My name is Marjorie Roden, and I’m a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. I’ve been involved in the film community in Western Canada for well over a decade now, having my first taste of the film and television industry when working on Rabbit Fall (Season one). I also worked on Moccasin Flats: Redemption and later moved out to Winnipeg for a few years, where I did some more work out there. Sadly enough, the last film I worked on in Manitoba was one that should have been kept in Saskatchewan, because as a loud and proud farmgirl who grew up during the whole Percy Schmeiser case when he fought Monsanto, and won. I worked on both sides of the camera with that project not just because I was saving up money to move back to Saskatchewan (as I’d been accepted into the University of Regina’s MFA program in film production), but because it was a huge chunk of Saskatchewan history that I wanted to help to tell. I want to continue to be a part of that Saskatchewan storytelling tradition by helping and encouraging our homegrown storytellers, no matter their background, to tell their stories, and their histories within our province. I’m based up in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and will be a voice for the Northern part of this province.
(And yes I’m in the final leg of completing my MFA, stay tuned, I’m estimating I’ll be done sometime in 2024 or 2025!)
In the past few years, I have been working actively as a freelance journalist for various publications. I limp along (literally, I got a leg injury that I can’t shake off in January!) with my walking stick, ready to get the images and the words needed for the stories I’ve been asked to cover. Saskatchewan has a very beautiful artistic side, but also has a darker side as well that some parts of society choose to ignore. There is a value, especially given how Canada has sworn to “truth and reconciliation”, to allow the next generation of storytellers to shine a searchlight on both sides of our living history, each from their own perspectives. Better yet it would be for filmmakers to show how the light and the dark mix in our society in Saskatchewan.
