Vantropolis

Vantropolis

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Vantropolis episodes

  • Vantropolis: NICK SCHELLE
    Nick sits down with Colby to talk about his journey through Vancouver’s film industry. As he starts his second wind creatively as a commercial director, we discuss the merits of formal film school, working in-house vs. freelance, and how to figure out where you fit in a creative field such as film, where the path to career success can often be confusing.
    1 hr 6 min
  • Vantropolis: STEFAN SKORONSKI
    Colby chats with her brother about working in Craft Service, his journey to sobriety while moving through the ranks of the Vancouver film industry and the time a Bollywood star passed out in his work truck.
    1 hr 5 min
  • Vantropolis: TIJANA POPOVIC

    Tijana Popovic was born and raised in the heart of British Columbia. Growing up, she involved herself in school and community theatre productions, eventually moving to Calgary to study theatre at the Mount Royal Conservatory. Her next move was farther east to Toronto where she expanded her resume with work in theatre, film, TV, sketch comedy and improvisation.

    Tijana finally returned back to BC and has found a passionate and collaborative community of artists in Vancouver. She has appeared in over 33 feature and short films, 13 theatre productions, 8 sketch comedy troupes, as well as other performances. Her work as a professional artist has been seen at the TIFF, VIFF, Montreal's Festival du Nouveau, Winnipeg's Key Con Festival, Toronto Trek, Bloodshots Film Festival, San Francisco's Hole Head Indie Film Festival, CSIF's $100 Film Festival and Whistler Horrorfest, to name a few.

    Tijana is also the creator of local lifestyle blog A Plentiful Life which is dedicated to living your best life on a budget with abundance, style and money in your pocket. She lives with her husband in North Vancouver, BC.

    45 min
  • Vantropolis: TONY DURKE

    Tony Durke started his film career as a Production Assistant in the Vancouver Film Industry, moved into Locations and then landed in the Lighting Department where he has worked for the past 15+ years on TV series such as Supernatural, Supergirl, Once Upon a Time and the X-Files reboot. He's also recently joined the Art Department in IATSE 891 and worked as a Production Designer on independent films such as Volition, Prodigals and OI.

    He and Colby discuss his start at a small film school on Vancouver Island, BC, his big move to Vancouver and why it pays to soak up knowledge no matter what your role in film happens to be. They chat about parenthood and raising their five year old son together, and how film hours can be hard on families. He talks about playing ukulele with WIlliam H. Macy on the set of a feature film, getting hit up for cigarettes by Stephen Baldwin, and the time wrestler Big Show challenged him to a thumb war. That's Hollywood (North)!

    If that weren't enough, Tony is also an accomplished visual artist - you can find his work here.

    1 hr 15 min

About Vantropolis

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Colby Spencer hosts a series of candid conversations with some of the underslept masses working in Vancouver BC’s booming film and television industry.