DIRECTORS

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[team_member name=”RJ SAUER” role=”Lifestyle / Adventure” img=”https://alternafilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/RJ_SAUER.jpg”]

RJ Sauer is a writer and director for commercial and film. His passion is creative exploration through storytelling whether on camera or outdoor adventure in his backyard and abroad.

He has worked and travelled extensively in rugged and remote locations around the world with an affinity for the mystical qualities of the North including multiple film trips to the Arctic in both summer and winter.

This passion for new and isolated places extends to his personal exploration. In 2014 he completed the “ITI”, a 1000 mile adventure race along the historical Iditarod Trail, in 16 days on fat bike in the dead of winter. RJ plans to return this winter to challenge the course again.

In the summer of 2016, he rafted the Tatshenshini River over 12 days from the Yukon to Alaska; bike packed across Iceland for a month and competed in the Highland 550, a gruelling, self-supported bikepacking race through 550 miles of rugged Scottish terrain to finish in just under 6 days.

RJ is currently developing several feature film projects alongside his outdoor adventures and commercial direction. Demo Reel

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[team_member name=”LUKAS DONG” role=”Artistic Storytelling” img=”https://alternafilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/LUKAS_DONG_GO.jpg”]

Lukas Dong is an award winning filmmaker with experience creating short form documentaries and narrative films around the world. He developed his love for film while growing up in Hong Kong and Tokyo and enjoys exploring different cultures through film. Currently based in Los Angeles and New York City, Lukas directs branded content, creating story driven pieces with a cinematic edge.

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[team_member name=”ROSS ALLEN” role=”Lifestyle” img=”https://alternafilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/ROSS_ALLEN_PROFILE.jpg”]

With over a decade ascending the agency ranks, Ross is a director dedicated to ‘the idea’. His understanding of the message, brand, emotion, and strategy applied to the creative allows Ross to craft a story that resonates deeply with its audience.

Ross’s approach merges the truth of documentary with conceptually driven and emotive imagery, making his work personal and human.

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[team_member name=”PAUL WATT” role=”Action Sports” img=”https://alternafilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/PAUL_WATT_DIRECTOR.jpg”]

Paul Watt is an award winning DP, camera operator, and director working in commercials, film & TV, documentary, and action sports. He started shooting action sports in 1999, and is usually the guy hanging out of the helicopter or half way down a cliff. You can rely on Paul to do what it takes. Demo Reel

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[team_member name=”ROBIN HAYS” role=”Emotion-driven Storytelling / Kids / Food” img=”https://alternafilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/ROBIN_HAYS.jpg”]

Robin Hays is known for bringing her projects to life with verve, humanity and a cinematic sensibility. “E.T. was the first movie I saw in the theatre. Being so young I couldn’t fully track the story although I remember how it made me feel. I love to take an idea, collaborate with great people and turn it into something tangible that evokes emotion and can be shared.”

Her animated film Post No Bills screened at festivals around the world from LA to Qatar including the Mill Valley, TIFF Kids, SIFF, Santa Barbara, Austin, Omaha & SCAD and picked up some awards along the way including a DGC Award. The feature screenplay Robin wrote based on the short was selected as a finalist in the Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay contest.

Her first feature film Anthem of a Teenage Prophet starring Juliette Lewis, Cameron Monaghan and Peyton List recently had it’s US theatrical premiere.

Some of her producing credits include Neill Blomkamp’s Alive in Joburg, Adicolor Yellow and Tempbot.

Her commercial work has been selected and showcased at festivals and award shows including; Shots YDA and The Shoot Young Director’s Awards. She has worked with global brands including Visa, Adidas, Honda, Nestle, Danon, Pfizer, Walmart and Spin Master.

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[team_member name=”ROBJN TAYLOR” role=”Comedy” img=”https://alternafilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/ROBJN_TAYLOR.jpg”]

Robjn’s here to celebrate the unordinary. From all things peculiar, to outright baffling, he delights in the power of the unexpected and seeks to channel it within both the commercial landscape and the very life he lives. His filmmaking style embraces surreality with a straight face, shaping ridiculousness with narrative purpose, to communicate and connect with viewers in ways they could not have foreseen. He is exceptionally skilled at reciting the alphabet backwards. Demo Reel

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[team_member name=”JOHN MCDOUGALL” role=”Emotional Narrative” img=”https://alternafilms.ca/wp-content/uploads/JOHN_MCDOUGALL_2.jpg”]

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