Ervin Chartrand

Ervin Chartrand is a Canadian and Pine Creek First Nation director, writer and producer.^[1] He is best known for directing the films 504938C (2005) and First Stories: Patrick Ross (2006).^[1]

Ervin Chartrand
Born	Winnipegosis, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality	Pine Creek First Nation, Canadian
Education	University of Winnipeg (Bachelor of Arts, 2017)
Notable work	504938C (2005) First Stories: Patrick Ross (2006)
Awards	2005 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival - New Talent Award, 2006 Yorkton Film Festival, Golden Sheaf Award - Aboriginal, 2006 ReelWorld Film Festival, ReelWorld Award - Outstanding Canadian Short Film

Personal life

Ervin Chartrand is a Métis/Ojibwe^[2] from Pine Creek First Nation^[3] Camperville, Manitoba, Canada.^[1]

Chartrand earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies^[1] from the University of Winnipeg in 2017.^[4]

Career

Chartrand first began his career in film in 2003, after enrolling in Winnipeg's Aboriginal Broadcast Training Initiative,^[5] sponsored by the Manitoba Indian Cultural Education Centre.^[1] He worked as a camera assistant on the APTN TV series The Sharing Circle and the Canadian TV series Tipi Tales as a puppet wrangler.^[1][5] Chartrand studied acting with the Academy of Broadcasting Corporation in Winnipeg.^[1]

In 2005, Chartrand received the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, Best New Talent award for the film 504938C (2005).^[1] 50938C was created with the support of the Winnipeg Film Group's First Film program.^[6] In 2006, he won the Reelworld Film Festival, Reel World Award for Outstanding Canadian Short Film for Patrick Ross (2006).^[7] He was invited to direct this short film by the National Film Board of Canada for the movie series First Stories, the Manitoba (Volume I).^[8] Patrick Ross also won the 2006 Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Aboriginal.^[8] If this Was Right (2008), a film with rap artist and CBC host Wab Kinew and directed by Chartrand, was nominated for the 2008 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award, Best Music Video.^[1] Chartrand was the winner of the Canwest Mentorship Program at the 2010 imagineNATIVE film + Media Arts Festival.^[9] In 2017, Other Side of The 49th: The Garry Sawatzky Story was nominated for the Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award - Documentary History & Biography.^[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference
2005	504938C	Director/Producer/Writer	Winnipeg Film Group's First Film program short film	[11]
2006	First Stories - Patrick Ross	Director/Writer	NFB Prairie Centre: First Stories a competitive documentary production program.	[12]
2007	Sister	Director	APTN’s Short Cuts program	[11][13]
2008	If this Was Right	Director	Music video with rap artist and CBC host Wab Kinew	[14]
2011	Life From 95	Director/Writer/Producer	Short film	[11]
2012	Fight	Director/Writer	NFB Short film	[15][12]
2014	Lifer	Director/Writer	Short film	[1]
2014	Trafficking	Director/Writer	Short film	[1][16]
2015	Illusion Delusion	Director/Writer	Short film	[16]
2016	Other Side of 49th: The Garry Sawatzky Story	Director/Writer	TV movie	[10][17]

Further reading

• Friesen (2016) "Tackling the Gangs 1998-2000" in The Ballad of Danny6 Wolfe: Life of a Modern Outlaw. Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Pg. 133.