Film & Television

 

The Vernissage. 1996

During her last year at THEATRE 1774, M Ackerman was involved as a producer of a short film for Bravo TV, The Vernissage featuring painting by Gregor Hiltner.

White Brush Red Wine Death in a Paris Cafe, 1997

The following year, she and Hiltner created a 58-minute docu-drama called White Brush Red Wine Death in a Paris Café. Shot in Livorno, Italy, White Brush follows a group of painters to a seaside workshop, where they tangle with the challenge of self expression and the exigencies of learning from a master. All in good fun, a faux Peter Greenaway summer movie - White Brush was shown at festivals in Paris and Montreal.

The Hunger (series)

Meanwhile, M Ackerman wrote two episodes for The Hunger, a somewhat erotic film series produced by the late Robin Spry at Telescene. Following this debut, she was funded by Telefilm Canada to turn her highly praised urban comedy Blue Valentine into a screenplay. The new version is called Double Bed - available upon request.