Writer, filmmaker, teacher, critic and poet Colin Browne is the co-founder of the Kootenay School of Writing and the Praxis Centre for Screenwriters. He teaches production, screenwriting and film history at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts. He was also an editor of Writing magazine.

His documentary films include Father and Son and White Lake, which was nominated for a Canadian Film Award for Best Feature Documentary. Most recently he completed a documentary portrait of jazz musician Linton Garner, Linton Garner: I Never Said Goodbye, which was screened at the Vancouver Film Festival and aired on CBC’s Opening Night series.