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Susan Gittins

Longtime mainstream media (MSM) journalist and author Susan Gittins began writing about and photographing Vancouver’s many film and TV location shoots in the summer of 2010 after the Winter Olympics put the city and its beauty on the world stage. Movies and TV series often showcase the Vancouver area in similar fashion. Vancouver is Awesome commissioned her YVRShoots series in the fall of 2010 and it ran regularly for three years. She launched her own daily YVRShoots blog in the spring of 2012.

TRAILER: Alejandro González Iñárritu ‘s THE REVENANT with Leonardo DiCaprio & Tom Hardy Filmed in Alberta and BC’s Squamish Valley

[sz-youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoebZZ8K5N0#t=137″ /] Updated with details about filming of the Squamish bear attack. Helmed by Oscar-winning Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu and lensed by Oscar-winning Birdman/Gravity… Read More »TRAILER: Alejandro González Iñárritu ‘s THE REVENANT with Leonardo DiCaprio & Tom Hardy Filmed in Alberta and BC’s Squamish Valley

VIFF INDUSTRY: Too Much TV? How to Break Through & Keep Audience with FARGO’s Warren Littlefield, HALT & CATCH FIRE’s Christopher Rogers & CONTINUUM’s Simon Barry on October 2nd

Too Much Television. That’s what John Landgraf,  CEO of FX Networks famously said this year. With over 400 original scripted shows airing in the U.S. in… Read More »VIFF INDUSTRY: Too Much TV? How to Break Through & Keep Audience with FARGO’s Warren Littlefield, HALT & CATCH FIRE’s Christopher Rogers & CONTINUUM’s Simon Barry on October 2nd

SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME Films Camelot Stunts with The Charmings, Regina, Robin Hood, Zelena & Hook in Burnaby’s Central Park

Update: ABC image of Hook (Colin O’Donoghue), Snowing (Josh Dallas & Ginnifer Goodwin), Zelena (Rebecca Mader), Regina (Lana Parrilla) and Robin Hood (Sean Maguire) in… Read More »SHOOT: ONCE UPON A TIME Films Camelot Stunts with The Charmings, Regina, Robin Hood, Zelena & Hook in Burnaby’s Central Park