A Cast of Other Grads in Film & TV
Two of the most wellknown alumni in film or TV are Paul Gross, ’97 BA, and Lorne Cardinal, ’93 BFA. Gross recently played a gunslinger in Gunless, but is perhaps bestknown for the TV series he created and acted in, Due South. He also recently directed and starred in the film Passchendale that was shot in Alberta. Cardinal most recently played a local cop in the hit comedy series, Corner Gas. The series wrapped up production in 2009 after 107 episodes. A third wellknown grad would be director Anne Wheeler, ’67 BSc, ’90 DLitt (Honorary), whose films include Bye Bye Blues and The Diviners. She’s also been behind the camera for such popular TV series as Da Vinci’s Inquest and North of 60. Other alumni in the business include Steve Blackman, ’97 LLB, who serves as a writer and co-executive producer for Private Practice. Joel Cohen, ’88 BSc, is a writer and producer for The Simpsons. Director and producer Tim McKort, ’92 BA, is currently filming a sequel to his hockey comedy Sure Shot Dombrowski, a film that also had Cherniawsky onboard as production designer. Becky Scott, ’87 BSc(HEc), runs a movie and theatre special effects company in Calgary called Bleeding Art Industries and has also worked with Cherniawsky on Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning when it was shot at Fort Edmonton Park.
Pat Kiernan, ’90 BCom, is the morning anchor for NY1 News, Time Warner Cable’s 24hour news channel in New York City. Kiernan has also appeared as himself in two movie cameos — Night at the Museum and The Interpreter. Mieko Ouchi, ’92 BFA, is an actor, writer and director who appeared in 11 episodes of the TV show The Guard and whose films have played over 30 festivals and aired internationally. Janet-Laine Green, ’74 BFA, is an actress whose TV credits go as far back as The Beachcombers to as recent as This is Wonderland. Josh Miller, ’77 BA, is a writer, producer and owner of the Edmonton-based Panacea Entertainment that is responsible for the TV series Anash and the Legacy of the Sun Rock and the film Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale starring Tom Green and Crispen Glover. Mark Haroun, ’03 BA, is a writer for the CBC television drama Heartland. Jay Ingram, ’67 BSc, is the co-host of Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet. Thomas Peacocke, ’55 BEd, ’59 BA, taught in the U of A drama department and won a Genie award for his performance in The Hounds of Notre Dame. Greg Ball, ’93 BA, has written for the TV show Bones. Patrick Gilmore, ’00 BA, has a regular role as Tau’ri astrophysicist Dale Volker on the TV series Stargate: Universe... after being killed off after one episode of Stargate: SG-1 and suffering the same fate in Stargate: Atlantis. And Amritha Vaz, ’97 BA, ’02 LLB, recently finished work as a composer for the film Cooking With Stella starring Don McKellar and Maury Chaykin. Cora-Lea Black
Cherniawsky, of course, is not the only U of A alumnus to graduate into the film or TV business. In fact, the University has so many grads working in front of or behind the cameras that we’re sure we’ve overlooked some of them. We apologize beforehand if we’ve left your name off the list and we’d love to hear from you.
Above, left to right, top to bottom: Paul Gross, Pat Kiernan, Mieko Ouchi, Lorne Cardinal, Janet-Laine Green, Josh Miller, Patrick Gilmore, Anne Wheeler, Mark Haroun, Amritha Vaz, Tim McKort, Becky Scott. RIght: Jay Ingram.
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