Author: Kenji Maeda

Kenji is the President & CEO of Production Heads Network Inc, which runs both ProductionHeads.com and VancouverActorsGuide.com. He is passionate about youth engagement and community development and has experience facilitating more than 300 presentations to youth and adults. The session topics have ranged from sexual health, experiential and participatory education methods, group facilitation, and capacity building. Kenji is also an actor, an Associate Producer with Boca del Lupo Theatre, and sits on the Board of Directors for the DOXA Documentary Film Festival.

Casting Director, Stuart Aikins on Directing Asymmetry

October 21, 2011
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Many of you know Stuart Aikins as the Emmy nominated and Casting Society of America Award winning Casting Director who is busy with many Film & TV productions that come to Vancouver. What you may not know is that he has a MFA in Directing and a faculty member at Capilano University’s theatre department. Stuart [...]

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Detailed follow-up to WARNING: Vancouver International Acting and Screenplay Contest

January 10, 2011
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UPDATE (Jan 11 2011 ) – In less that 24 hours since posting this article, the contest’s website was deleted. To view screenshots of the website click here. At the end of November, we posted our initial article about the Vancouver International Acting and Screenplay Contest (www.vaninternationalactingcontest.com).  We posted up observations that we made about [...]

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WARNING: Vancouver International Acting and Screenplay Contest

November 28, 2010
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Update (Jan 11): We have written a detailed follow-up article about this contest.Update (Jan 12): Since writing our follow-p article, the contest website has been deleted. To view screenshots of the website click here. Have you heard about the Vancouver International Acting and Screenplay Contest?  Their website is www.VanInternationalActingContest.com. You may have seen posts popping [...]

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Line 21 Media Services | Closed Captions and Subtitles

November 15, 2010
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We had a chance to visit Kelly Maxwell of Line 21 Media Services, a Vancouver-based company. We learned about what it means to be in the Closed Captioning and Subtitling business including what effect technology has had on how they do their business, and where it fits within the development of a film or tv [...]

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RIP Denis Simpson

October 22, 2010
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I was sad to hear this morning that our much loved Canadian actor, singer, dancer, director, Denis Simpson passed away this morning after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Denis had a career spanning close to 40 years. Along with his film and tv credits on imdb, he was also seen as the host of Channel M’s [...]

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39 productions now vs 32 last year, reports BCFC

September 3, 2010
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BC Film Commission provided an updated yesterday about the current state of film and tv production in this province. Things are definitely looking up when it comes to the number of productions but BC-based productions are slow. In a community with so much talent I wish we could see more home grown projects. There are [...]

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3 Key Regulations You Need To Know About Talent Agents in BC

July 29, 2010
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As actor you need to be informed. You need to know your rights. You need to know how to protect your money. Being an actor, there are investments we make so that we are prepared. We pay upfront for training, photo shoots, headshot reproductions, demo reels, parking, and many more things. The one thing we [...]

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How To Feel Miserable As An Artist

June 23, 2010

I’m not sure who gets the official credit for this, but I found this through the One Cool Word magazine facebook page. I think this is relevant for all members of the film, TV, and theatre community.  In fact, I think if you change the word “artist” to “person” it would work just as well.

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