35. Zoe Leigh Hopkins

Zoe Leigh Hopkins began her career as an actor.

She graduated in 1997 from Ryerson with a BAA in Film. Most recently, Zoe was Senior Producer on Venturing Forth - a documentary series about Aboriginal youth. She was a Fellow at the Sundance Institute's January 2004 Screenwriter's Lab with her feature script, Cherry Blossoms. She has three dramatic short films in her growing list of credits and is on work with yet another.

Zoe is Heiltsuk from Bella Bella and Mohawk from Six Nations and her work revolves around her experiences there and from growing up in Ottawa.

Zoe is also a vocal advocate for the emergent indigenous filmmakers around the world. She reveals some interesting viewpoints about the depiction of indigenous people in film and television.

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