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Jeff Bear - Biography

Jeff Bear, a First Nations producer/writer, is one of Canada's leading factual storytellers. His work in the media arts spans a long history of producing, directing and writing for network television.
Jeff Bear's first independent documentary was completed after spending 15 years in Canadian television as an in-house producer working in a variety of television genre.

Documentary Resume

Bear recently completed 26 half hour documentaries about Haida Art shot in the north Pacific island of Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands). The series is called Ravens and Eagles. Burnt Church: Obstruction of Justice was the winner of the 2001 APTN/Telefilm award for best English language production and was awarded at the 2001 Banff Television TV Festival. In the past Jeff has produced a wide range of current affairs television documentaries: credited for at least 12 half hour documentaries and specials for the CBC Journal; four documentaries with an international co-production of TV Ontario's Storytellers of the Pacific; and he was the head writer for a 6-part series for the Knowledge Network in British Columbia called Pulling Together. Most recently Jeff created and produced a multiple award winning current affairs series in Vancouver BC, CTV's First Story. While at First Story, Jeff directed The Final Journey of Bill Reid., and is the winner of a 99CANPRO and 2000 LEO Award for Best Information Series.

Jeff Bear now runs the documentary company: Urban Rez Productions in Vancouver BC, Canada. Jeff is a full blooded Maliseet and a fluent aboriginal language speaker.

Download Jeff Bear's PDF file (also in Maliseet language) here.

Download Jeff Bear's PDF file from Native Networks here.

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