Hello. How are you? (Click Email to let me know).
I’m a writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC.
HERE’S MY REEL
As a filmmaker, I make narrative and avant-garde films and music videos. As a writer, I’ve published short stories, essays, and reviews. I’ve also written novels, feature screenplays, and film theory that are just sitting on my computer (Click Email if you want to read them).
I got my BFA in Film Production (and minor in Literature) from the University of British Columbia in 2018 and my MA in Cinema Studies from UBC in 2026. If you’d like, you can read my Master’s Thesis. I would love to hear what you think. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Contemporary Arts from Simon Fraser University
I’ve been in Telluride’s Student Symposium, VIFF’s Catalyst Program, and had my work shown in festivals across the country and my writing published in magazines distributed all over North America.
I’m developing a feature film with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
This is really fun for me and I like doing it. I’m going to keep doing it. Thanks for reading. (Click Email to say you’re welcome).
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Haley Blais performed this song for the first time at her first show since COVID began. The entire crowd sang the outro with her even though no one had ever heard the song before. I think that’s when you know you’ve made what is colloquially known as a “hit record.” This song plunged into everyone’s cerebellum immediately.The version that came out of the studio was anthemic. Haley strung the song with ripping trumpets and off-kilter drum rhythms and her signature operatic theatricality. I find it such an intensly sad song that is so fun to listen to.
Haley always writes songs about herself but this was the most explicit she’d ever been. I wanted to make it clear she wasn’t playing a character or an abstraction in the music video so as extant elements of music video imagery fly past her so do references to her previous work, band mates in her other projects, and (by virtue of them being willing to do a favour for us) all of our friends.
Writer and Filmmaker
Hello. How are you? (Click Email to let me know)
I’m a writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver.
HERE’S MY REEL
As a filmmaker, I make narrative and avant-garde films and music videos. As a writer, I’ve published short stories, essays, and reviews. I’ve also written novels, feature screenplays, and film theory that are just sitting on my computer. (Click Email if you want to read them)
I got my MA in Cinema Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2026 and my BFA in Film Production (and minor in Literature) from UBC in 2018. If you’d like, you can read my Master’s Thesis. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Contemporary Arts from Simon Fraser University.
I’ve been in Telluride’s Student Symposium, VIFF’s Catalyst Program and had my work shown in festivals and published in magazines all over North America. I’m currently developing a feature film with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
This is really fun for me and I like doing it. Thank you for reading. (Click Email to say you’re welcome).