Sharon Chayra: Crew, filmmaker and location scout in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hello my name is Joe E. Ironstand. I have been on Stage 32 since March 2014 so a bit less an a year or a bit more than a year. I am reintroducing myself here on this Introduce Yourself weekend. I am an Ojibway filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I also have worked in Manitoulin Island Ontario Canada. My work in this industry began in 2005 at high school where I had the idea of adapting John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice And Men" into a modernized story with teenagers in the foster care system. The school continued with the story after my time there, with the characters in the welfare system and it was completed in 2008 with my name in the writer credits. That lead me to a training program in 2010 at the National Screen Institute of Canada called New Voices. New Voices was designed to help Aboriginal people in Canada get a start in the film/tv industry. That lead to internships at local broadcasting production companies, as well as future production assistant gigs, background performer gigs, and volunteering my time on independent low budget/no budget productions. Following that I traveled to Manitoulin Island Ontario where I continued my education with a course at Weengushk Film Institute, where I wrote & directed my first short film "Inheritance". "Inheritance" was a story looking at the intergenerational effects of the child abuse in the Canadian Residential School system on Aboriginal children. "Inheritance" got accepted into a few Native film festivals and won the award for Best Student Film at the 14th Annual Native American Film & Video Festival of the Southeast. Following my education at WFI I returned to Winnipeg MB, Canada. I continued working on local shoots, gained casual employment at RS Talent Search, The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Canadian Urban Television, and most recently Colossal Entertainment. In 2013 local hip hop artist from Colossal Entertainment Drezden approached me to direct a music video for his song "Nightstand". The music video was completed and released July 2013 and we have also screened it at some film festivals as well. Most recently we also completed for another music video for Drezden's hip hop group Pandem!k called "They Know". At the time I am developing a short experimental film based on a poem I wrote in 2010 called "My Only Friend", more information on this project can be found in the loglines on my profile. Also the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival is applying for funding to get a documentary for me to direct at our 2015 festival. "They Know" can be viewed here http://vimeo.com/100553631 "Inheritance can be viewed here http://vimeo.com/47280929 "Nightstand" can be viewed here http://vimeo.com/69285513 More recently, I've also began leading workshops at training programs or conferences. My main focus using Stage 32 so far is to expand the audience of people who view my work, and of course to seek new opportunities that come my way on here, and explore other independent artists' work. I've met a lot of interesting people on here, and found a diverse range of work. I rather enjoy the Introduce Yourself weekend to meet other people. Feel free to add as a connection for more information including other profile sites I can be found on, more info on of the film schools or businesses I work with, and of course- videos I've created.

Since I got the email prompts, figured I'd jump in. First, hi everybody! Secondly, I write (scripts, treatments, VOs, books, anything with words), make props (nothing too elaborate), scout, research, and even host craft services though that's not my my favorite monkey job. Since my expertise is in medicine and military, I can be an invaluable resource for ensuring technical accuracy and even "doctors/SF turned actor" talent. Hope everyone has a good day meeting new, groovy cats. ;)

Hi Sharon. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 325,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members to pay it forward by inviting 5 fellow creatives to the network and by spreading the word of Stage 32 through other social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. The more creatives, the stronger the network. The stronger the network, the more opportunities.

Thanks for joining the movement and for being a part of this most talented and inspiring community. I very much look forward to your contributions.

Thanks, and have a creative day!

RB

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