Awards & Winners

Velcrow Ripper

Date of Birth 20-October-1963
Place of Birth Gibsons
(Sunshine Coast, Canada, Sunshine Coast Regional District)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Steve Ripper, Velcrow
Profession Film Director, Cinematographer, Film Editor, Screenwriter
Velcrow Ripper is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer, and public speaker, best known for his Genie Award-winning 2006 film Scared Sacred and his newest feature documentary, Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action. His 1995 feature documentary, Bones of the Forest, won twelve major awards, including a Genie Award, and Best of the Festival at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Many of his films examine the intersection of spirituality and politics. He has also been a contributor to ascent and Shambhala Sun magazines, which explore similar issues. His writing has also appeared in the anthologies, We are Everywhere and Dam Nation. He is a co-founder of the Gulf Islands Film and Television School, and has taught film at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and at the Ontario College of Art and Design. He also teaches workshops and lectures on the themes of spirituality and activism. Born Steve Ripper, he was raised in British Columbia as a Baha'i. He later adopted the nickname Velcrow while participating in punk rock culture in his youth. He currently lives on Toronto Island.

Awards by Velcrow Ripper

Check all the awards nominated and won by Velcrow Ripper.

2006


Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary
Honored for : Scared Sacred

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Scared Sacred

1996


Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary
Honored for : Bones of the Forest
(17th Annual Genie Awards)

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary Bones of the Forest
17th Annual Genie Awards