Biographie
Kelvin Redvers is a multiple award-winning Aboriginal filmmaker and actor. Born and raised in the small town of Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada, at the age of 15 he started a video production company called Crosscurrent Productions. In high school, he made short films with his classmates that soon went on to win national and international awards at film festivals around the world. Sheep, a 35 minute long movie Redvers made at the age 16, went on to win a Golden Starfish Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in New York.
Redvers attended Simon Fraser University, while at the same time continually finding success at film festivals in Canada and around the world for his works. He completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Film Production, and was awarded the Gordon Shrum Gold Medal, the most prestigious award available to any student at SFU.
Immediately after university, Redvers was hired as a producer and director on the acclaimed Indigenous current affairs show First Story, where the first episode he produced, Black Blood, went on to win a prestigious Jack Webster Award, as well as winning the RTNDA Trina McQueen Award for Best News Information Program in B.C. In the three seasons working at the show, he was able to earn five journalism awards, including a second Jack Webster Award.
His first step into the world of major film festivals was with his narrative short film, The Dancing Cop, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and a subsequent international premiere at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.
In television, Redvers created the concept for the documentary series "High Arctic Haulers", airing on CBC primetime television September 2019, while also acting as a Consulting Producer and Director on the show. Around the time that show was being developed, he also co-created the We Matter Campaign with his sister Tunchai - a national multi-media and social media campaign that supports Indigenous youth with issues around mental health. We Matter has tens of thousands of followers, and millions of views online.
Redvers working towards completing his first feature film, while also working on several other projects.
