I have gone down in history with the letter ‘A’! The Sesame Street letter ‘A’ segment I wrote and directed has been remixed into THE OFFICIAL SESAME STREET ALPHABET SONG REEEEMIX!
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TIFF KIDS 2015!!
Once again I am ecstatic to be a part of another amazing TIFF Kids! As always, it’s great seeing other kids film enthusiasts, chatting about new projects and ideas, and… SEEING ALL THE GREAT NEW FLICKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD!!! Great job Liz Muskala and her fantastic team for another […]
BEHIND THE SCENES: take a peek at how the films are made
We may only shoot for 3 or 4 days but a LOT of work is put into making the films both leading up to the shoot and after the shoot is done and the film is in post production. There are also a whole lot of AMAZING people working real […]
Pitching a New Flick….Fingers Crossed!
I’ve been secretly working away on a new short film idea. Top secret for now but it’ll be a hilarious eye-popping, head rolling, womp’n stomp’n good time. An original 2D animated short that I wrote and created with character designs by my SUPER TALENTED pal Kathryn Durst . We’ve got our fingers crossed that […]
ReFrame’s Reel Kids Peterborough International Film Festival
This past January The Intergalactic Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk played in its 12th film festival!!!!! Despite the cold kids from Peterborough Ontario (nice and close to home) attended ReFrame’s Reel Kids Peterborough International Film Festival where they were able to see our lovely flick alongside a bunch of […]
Charles Street Video Artist Talk – Wednesday Feb 25th
Hiya pals!! as a Charles Street Video resident I’m be doing an artist talk thursday February 25th to talks about my filmmaking process and show some of my past works and talk a bit about my new upcoming film The Ghost of Grandpa Tong! C’mon out!! http://charlesstreetvideo.com/event.php?id=265
Carmilla Webseries Christmas Special
This past December I had the immense pleasure of having been asked to production design the christmas special for the SUPER popular Canadian Webseries Carmilla. Directed by: Spencer Maybee Produced by: Steph Ouaknine Written by: Jordan Hall Starring: Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis, Annie Briggs, Kaitlyn Alexander, and Gillian English is a Smokebomb […]
PUPPETS
As well as sets and props I’ve been building puppets for my various films!
Celeste’s Production & Graphic Design Portfolio
For the past 6 years I’ve worked as a DGC (Director’s Guild of Canada) art department member where I have finessed my skills in graphic design. I have worked on numerous big network TV shows (Cracked – CBC, Combat Hospital – ABC, Unnatural History – The Cartoon Network…) and large and independent features […]
Paper Princes, Gypsies, and the Boy With No Return Address (2009) NOW ON VIMEO
My Ryerson University thesis film is now on VIMEO for all your viewing pleasure! The film has played at 7 festivals and won Best Actor at the 2009 Young Cuts Festival is Montreal. Our lead actor Siam Yu has also gone on to become quite the super start actor, dancer, […]
YMA Blog
I recently blogged for the YMA (Youth Media Alliance) about my experience pitching and working with Sesame Street this past year. Check it out: Celeste’s Blog for the YMA
TIFF Kids Jury
This spring I was selected to be one of three industry professionals to jury the TIFF Kids 2014 Jumpcuts selection. I saw some spectacular films by children in grades 4-6 and 7-8. Choosing a winner for both categories was incredibly difficult and required LOTS of deliberation between us. Overall I […]