Biography
Dennis now works as an Assertive Community Treatment Team Social Worker in Brockville Ontario. His clients include those living with mental health, addiction, and their challenges of living within the community. In May 2022, Dennis earned a Master's Degree in Social Work and worked in Kingston General Hospital in Ontario Canada at BURR 4 - the hospital's secured Adult Mental Health unit.
In 2020, Dennis co-produced co-wrote and was the cinematographer for producer/director/writer Liam Petite's short film - Five Pounds of Pressure. As of January 2022, the short film has won 21 international festival awards and four nominations. On April 23rd, 2022, Five Pounds of Pressure won Best Short Film of the Year at the Montreal Independent Film Festival. . Five Pounds of Pressure received an Award of Excellence in the Film Short category with a Special Mention from Indie Fest Film Awards, which described Five Pounds of Pressure as a 'Creative, compelling story well executed with technical craft and convincing performances.' It also received an Award of Excellence: Dramatic Impact from Indie Fest (2021). On May 16, 2021, Five Pounds of Pressure won Best Thriller at London UK's Falcon International Film Festival (2021). Five Pounds won the Best Canadian Indie and Narrative Short at the Montreal Independent Film Festival on June 15, 2021. At the Berlin Art Film Festival, Ella Grace won Best Youth Actress. In Rome, Kevin Jollimore won Best Actor for his role as the Driver in Five Pounds of Pressure. This film won Best Thriller at the NY-Tri State film festival, has appeared at the Cannes Short Film Festival, and received rave reviews at the Catalina Film Festival.
Dennis Beauchamp was executive producer for the double Gemini-winning Bravo Drama Blood On The Moon. For Blood on The Moon, Dennis won a 2008 Gemini Award as Best Director, with the second Gemini being given to Mike Tein for cinematography. Dennis has also shot in over 50 countries as a director and cinematographer, filming documentaries for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, A&E, TLC, PBS, NBC, ABC, CBS, BBC, Channel 4 and 5 U.K., RDF Media U.K., North One U.K., Yorkshire Associated Producers the U.K., Wall to Wall TV U.K., Wag TV U.K., Pioneer Productions U.K., KEO Films U.K., Alliance Atlantis, Cineflix, Nextfilm, Associated Producers, Proper TV, Entertainment Tonight, EPI Canada, CBC, CTV, TSN, ABC, including Emmy nominated shows: Junkyard Wars 2001 (TLC) and Planet Storm 2002 (Discovery USA), Gemini nominated Helen's War 2004 (CBC), the 2005 Gemini winning Ronnie Hawkins 'Still Alive and Kickin' for CTV. Dennis won the 1992 ITVA Director awards Munich for United Way and the 1993 ITVA London for Remembrance Day. Dennis Beauchamp has worked extensively in Reality TV. He has also directed over 115 episodes of reality television for many of North America's top networks. Dennis has also produced, directed, and or shot over 100 music videos and 100 commercials while receiving a Much Music Video Award for cinematography for Susan Aglukark and Canada's prestigious Bessie Award for 'Cover your face' Sun Newspaper and a Much Music Video nomination for Best Heavy Metal Video. He also shot and directed music videos for Alanis Morrissette's Canadian-produced albums.
In 2020, Dennis completed his Bachelor's degree in Social Work at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He completed his Social Work Master's degree at Laurier University Kitchener, Ontario. Dennis completed his MSW placement in June 2022 at a 30-bed Forensic Mental Health Care unit in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
