Will Beauchamp

William Beauchamp is a Canadian filmmaker from Edmonton, Alberta.

Career

Beauchamp's directing credits include the drama Pariahs (2002),[1] which won for Best Feature Film in the Toronto International Teen Movie Festival and garnered Beauchamp a $20,000 scholarship from Warner Brothers. His early films include the short drama Scotch and Soda (2003), the futuristic feature Little Pictures (2004), the short documentary Marianne (2004),[2][3] a CBC Radio "pick" in the Hot Docs Film Festival, and Fly Away (2006), a short drama which raised funds for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Beauchamp has produced three short films for director Jamie Cussen, The Great Fear (2006), an official selection of the Independents' Film Festival in Tampa, Florida, Rock, Paper, Scissors (2007),[4][5] which screened as an official selection in Austin, Halifax, Beijing, Bucharest and Toronto and won Best Short Film at the Canadian Film Festival, and The Balcony Affair (2009), which premiered as an official selection at the Locarno International Film Festival.

Beauchamp was mentored by independent Canadian producer Camelia Frieberg and has served as a marketing representative for Warner Brothers. He holds a BFA in Film Production from York University and lives in Toronto, Ontario.

In 2007, Beauchamp and Jamie Cussen founded the independent production house Air Castle.

Filmography
YearFilmGenre
2002PariahsFeature drama
2003Scotch and SodaDrama short
2004Little PicturesFeature drama
2004MarianneDocumentary short
2006Fly AwayDrama short
2006The Great FearDrama short
2007Rock, Paper, ScissorsComedy short
2009The Balcony AffairComedy short
2011The Way Must Be TriedFeature documentary
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References
  1. Review of Pariahs, February 13, 2004, CM Magazine
  2. York talent featured in 2006 Hot Docs lineup, May 2006, YLife Magazine
  3. York film students enjoy success on the festival circuit, June 2006, YLife Magazine
  4. Life after CineSiege: Big-screen success for York films, May 2008, YLife Magazine
  5. Rock on at the Can Film Fest, March 2008, NOW Magazine
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