NUCLEAR DYNAMITE Key Personnel Gary Marcuse Director, Co-producer, Arctic, as well as in the US, Mexico, Europe, the Writer (See also: filmography ) Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia. These film and video productions have received over 65 inter- His first interest in broadcasting began at age 7 when national festival prizes, including Berlin, Leipzig, To- he appeared on the Record Man and Story Lady ronto, Nyon, Houston, New York, Chicago and San show at a local university. Somewhat later he moved Francisco, an International Emmy award, and in Can- from the US to Vancouver where he has worked as ada, nine Genie and Gemini awards or nominations. a broadcast journalist, documentary writer, and free- Three times nominated as “Best Documentary Cine- lance host and producer for CBC radio and Radio matographer” by the Canadian Society of Cinema- Canada International. His has written and produced tographers, he received this award for “A Rustling of more than 100 hours of radio documentaries, as well Leaves”, and, in 1996, the Leo Award for Best Cine- as experimental soundtracks for contemporary matography. In 1999 “A Place Called Chiapas” di- dance works. He currently works as an independent rected by Nettie Wild won the International Docu- director and producer creating broadcast documen- mentary Award. taries and educational video collections for use in schools. He is also the co-author of Cold War Can- Stuart de Jong, Editor ada, which examines the impact of the Cold War on Stuart de Jong studied film and photography in Lon- Canadian politics, labour and culture, and he has been don and has edited a wide range of documentaries active in cultural politics as a national representative for BBC and Channel 4, on subjects ranging from of the ACTRA writers council and national chair of New York punks to collectors of lawn mowers, from the Canadian Independent Film Caucus. Winston Churchill to Bosnian refugees, from guitar Betsy Carson, Co-Producer builders to animation genius Tex Avery. His docu- mentary, Blue Notes & Exiled Voices won the prize Ms. Carson has come to film management after a 17- for best short film at the 1992 International Festival year career as a professional dancer with the Royal of African Cinema. He also edited one of two docu- Winnipeg Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and mentaries for BBC on the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Judith Marcuse Dance Co., where she was also which were joint winners of the 1993 US Emmy for associate artistic director. She enjoys the challenge Outstanding Historical Programming. Nuclear Dyna- of organizing and facilitating complex film projects. mite is his first Canadian film since moving from Since 1989, as a producer and production manager, London to Vancouver in 1999. her productions have included director Nettie Wild’s A Place Called Chiapas ( International Documentary Henry Heillig / The Heillig Manoeuvre Award and 1998 Genie Winner), A Rustling of Composer and bassist Henry Heillig moved to To- Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution, and Block- ronto from his native Montreal in 1974. He has per- ade; Hugh Brody’s Time Immemorial; Gary formed with a variety of Canadian acts, including Marcuse’s The Mind Of A Child (1997 Gemini Award Sharon Lois and Bram, Nancy White, Carlos del Winner) and First Nations: The Circle Unbroken; as Junco and Joe Sealy, but is best known as co-founder well as Jan Marie Martell’s Bowl Of Bone: Tale Of and musical director of the Juno-winning The Swuye. She is also associate producer and pro- latin/funk/salsa band Manteca. Henry has composed duction manager for Champions Of The Wild, a music for several films and documentaries, including nature series now in its fifth season, and has co-di- Gary Marcuse’s Mind of a Child (1995) which was rected a dance film, Café Bohème.. nominated for best music at the Canadian Hot Docs! Kirk Tougas, Cinematographer festival. Henry currently leads the contemporary jazz quartet The Heillig Manoeuvre which recorded his With more than 125 productions to his credit, Kirk compositions for the soundtrack of Nuclear Dyna- Tougas is one of Canada’s foremost documentary mite. cinematographers. Working with independent pro- ducers, broadcasters, and the National Film Board, he has shot on location throughout Canada and the.