Conflict, conflict, conflict ... and the desire to connect -- the dichotomy of the human condition.
The Toronto native began producing short movies in the mid 1970s using Super 8mm cameras and the Elmo Editor. And it was upon seeing Richard Donner's Superman movie in 1978 that he crystallized his desire for film studies.
In the 1980s he was an active member of his secondary school's photography club, working with Nikon 35mm film cameras. In the 1990s he travelled the US, Italy and England developing his photography eye, and in the 2000s he made the jump to digital.
In Halifax, Reno participated in the 2006-07 AFCOOP one minute film scholarship with his entry Office NirvanÅ, and in 2007 produced his first indie short Transcending. He studied acting at the Neptune Theatre school in Halifax and is a 2007 graduate of their Pre-Professional Training Program.
In 2008 he launched his own indie production company Healing Light Films and produced his first indie comedy-horror feature ATTACK! of the Viper and Cobra, and in 2013 he shot and produced his first music video for indie artist Kerrissa MacLean. He has also shot and produced music videos for Indigenous Rap artist Paul K.A.S.P. Sawan.
He is a 2012 Dalhousie University graduate with a BA in English and Film Studies. He has actively supported indie productions, especially the work of Dawn Fields, Oriane Pick, and Louisa Connolly-Burnham.
A former member of the Halifax AFCOOP and the NB Film Coop, he is a current member of British Columbia's Thompson Nicola Film Commission, where he works primarily as a sound engineer, grip and production assistant. He is completing a Bachelor of Communications and Media Studies at Thompson Rivers University, with a minor in Visual Arts and Creative Writing.
His most recent feature-film work, Astronomy Walkers, will bring the distant location of Easter Island into Canadian indie filmmaking lore. With his features selected to DGC-approved festivals, he will apply for professional membership into the Director's Guild of Canada.
He is also a service veteran for three different countries, having served in the Italian army and police, in the UK as a special constable, and in Canada as a logistics officer.
  • Producer (5 Credits)
    ATTACK! of the Viper and Cobra2024
    Feature
    I Am Change2023
    Music Video, Short
    Keepers of the Earth2021
    Music Video
    Astronomy Walkers (featurette)2020
    Short, Student
    Astronomy Walkers: Blade of Grass2020
    Short
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    Astronomy Walkers (shooting script)
    Screenplay
    ATTACK! of the Viper and Cobra2024
    Feature
    I Am Change2023
    Music Video, Short
    Astronomy Walkers (featurette)2020
    Short, Student
    Astronomy Walkers: Blade of Grass2020
    Short
  • Director (5 Credits)
    ATTACK! of the Viper and Cobra2024
    Feature
    I Am Change2023
    Music Video, Short
    Keepers of the Earth2021
    Music Video
    Astronomy Walkers (featurette)2020
    Short, Student
    Astronomy Walkers: Blade of Grass2020
    Short
Best Music Video
Astronomy Walkers (shooting script)
Global Shorts
Los Angeles
2023
Thompson-Nicola Film Commission Prize
I Am Change
Kamloops Independent Short Shorts Festival
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
2023
College
Dalhousie University
English and Film Studies
20082012
College
Thompson Rivers University
Communications and Media Studies
2018Present
Birth City
Milan
Current City
Kamloops
Hometown
Toronto
Gender
Male
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Conflict, conflict, conflict ... and the desire to connect -- the dichotomy of the human condition.
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