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Bill Loewen: Music in the Prairie Night

2017 5 min
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“Ideas and inventions are a strange thing.” William H. Loewen’s dynamic support of the arts has translated into a blossoming of imaginative work in Manitoba and across the country. Bolstered by an all-Manitoba creative team, director Mike Maryniuk sets documentary against experimental animation and a unique musical score to explore what it means to nurture creativity and see it grow.

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Bill Loewen: Music in the Prairie Night

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“Ideas and inventions are a strange thing.” William H. Loewen’s dynamic support of the arts has translated into a blossoming of imaginative work in Manitoba and across the country. Bolstered by an all-Manitoba creative team, director Mike Maryniuk sets documentary against experimental animation and a unique musical score to explore what it means to nurture creativity and see it grow.

  • recipient
    William H. Loewen
  • writer
    Mike Maryniuk
  • director
    Mike Maryniuk
  • editing
    John Gurdebeke
  • sound design
    John Gurdebeke
  • animation
    Mike Maryniuk
  • cinematography
    Mike Maryniuk
  • director of photography - interview shoot
    Stephan Recksiedler
  • original music
    Randolph Peters
  • music - performance
    Gwen Hoebig
    Karl Stobbe
    Daniel Scholz
    Yuri Hooker
  • sound recordist
    Norman Dugas
  • camera assistant
    Marcel Kreutzer
  • assistant editor
    Marcel Kreutzer
  • set builder
    Chad Giesbrecht
  • stills photographer
    Lindsey Bond
  • 35mm film transfer
    Frame Discreet
  • translation
    Carole Freynet-Gagné
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • music recording
    Joe Dudych
  • online editing
    Tony Wytinck
  • re-recording
    Bruce Little
  • coordinator, Institutional Programming and Production
    Marcia Seebaran
  • studio operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • administrator
    Bree Beach
  • production coordinator
    Ginette D'Silva
    Faye Yoneda
  • production supervisor
    Esther Viragh
  • producer
    Jon Montes
  • executive producer
    David Christensen

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