Sci-Fi & Squeam

25 Oct 2014

The Armageddon Files Interviews: #2 Jacqueline Samuda

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#2 Interview with Jacqueline Samuda at Armageddon Expo Melbourne 2014 talking with Jacqueline in this special interview about the role of Women in Hollywood, from actors to writers to crews and what it is like to live there to her move back to her homeland: Canada! ( The Hollywood of the North ..of course!)

We know Jacqueline from everything like SG-1, Stargate Continuum and The L Word.. but what of her OTHER work in the realm of directing and writing and her advocacy for women in the film and television making industry?

‘As a writer/director, Jacqueline was honoured with the inaugural prize of the Motion Picture Producers Association/Women in the Directors’ Chair Feature Film Award in 2008. A past BC Film Writer’s Fellow and instructor at Vancouver Film School and UBC’s Writing Centre, she also has story edited and polished many screenplays… She has served as President of the Board of Directors for Pacific Cinématheque, Vancouver’s non-profit cultural cinema venue. Jacqueline has been active on the Board of Vancouver’s Women in Film, where she served as President of the Board 2001-2003 and on the Advisory Board in subsequent years. In 2008, Jacqueline was honoured to receive a Lifetime Member Award for her work with Women in Film.’….a truly remarkable and inspiring woman!

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