Paul Rickard

About

Paul M. Rickard is an Omuskego Cree from Moose Factory in Northern Ontario. For the past ten years, he has been working as a producer, director and cameraman in collaboration with independent production companies and organizations such as Nutaaq Media Inc. Wildheart Productions, Wawatay, CBC North and the
National Film Board of Canada. He is president of Mushkeg Media a production company specializing in films and videos about the Native experience. In 1996, he wrote, shot and directed his first film, entitled Ayouwin: A Way of Life. This documentary about Rickard's father, a trapper in Moose Factory, Ontario, was produced by Wildheart Productions for broadcast on the TV Ontario Aboriginal series.  In 1997, he directed Okimah at the National Film Board. This film focuses on the knowledge handed down by Cree hunting leaders, the okimah, and stresses the importance of the annual goose hunt to the survival of traditional Cree culture. Released in 35 mm, it premiered at the Vancouver Film Festival in 1998. In 1999, he directed and co-produced Finding My Talk, a pilot for the 13 part series; Finding Our Talk, on the Aboriginal People’s Television Network (APTN), which has since gone into its second season. Paul is currently in development of a feature length film script entitled Sideways North.