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Michael Camoin

Slingerlands, New York, United States
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VideosForChange
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Film Projects

Bio

 Best known for his documentaries on Adirondack culture: Inside the Blue Line, How to Make an Adirondack Packbasket, screened on northeastern U.S. and Canadian television.  

— Founding member / former President of Upstate Independents Filmmakers Network, Inc. the AIVF Salon in Albany, NY. (1995-2000)

— Founder, Videos For Change Productions. Based in Rensselaer Polytechnic Incubator (2002-2006) leading to the creation of The Battles of Saratoga, documentary distributed to home and educational markets. 

— Director of short films Ruler of Life, Crossing the Whitestone and Relax, the latter made its Russian premiere (2011) where Camoin was the sole American invited to an intensive 8-day producers lab, Generation Campus.       

 — Founded 501(c)3 non-profit Capital Cinema Cultural Exchange, Inc. which hosts the annual Northeast Filmmakers Lab in upstate New York.  cinemaexchange.org

— Credits include location manager/production coordinator for commercial clients and feature films including 2018 Sundance winner We The Animals; 2016 Sundance Special Jury Prize winning As You Are; Paramount’s Ninja Turtles; The Place Beyond the Pines starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendes; Battle Under Orion, Marcom Visual Creation, Inc. (NYC/ Japan); numerous public service, industrial, educational and political campaign video projects.