Manse James

Super 8½ (1994)
Film by Bruce La Bruce (Drama) Sound department, Editor A down-on-his-luck adult film star sees a chance to make a comeback via a lesbian documentary film-maker, but she is exploiting him to get financial backing for her pet project.

Paris, France (1993)
Film (Comedy and Drama) Sound department Lucy (Leslie Hope), her husband Michael (Victor Ertmanis), and their business partner William (Dan Left) are the owners of a small publishing company in Toronto. The stability of their lives are thrown into an emotional maelstrom with the arrival of Sloan (Peter Outerbrige), a former boxer-turned-writer whose first book (based on a serial killer) is about to be published by their company. Sloan gets in over his head when he embarks on a steamy affair with the sexually ravenous and frustrated Lucy, who longs to re-create her S&M-filled days in Paris gone by. But Sloan soon embarks on another affair of his own with the openly gay William which leads to sexual confusion for the writer. All in the while, Lucy's befuddled husband, Michael, slowly goes crazy over learning of his wife and business partner's dalliance with his client until he decides to join in on their bed-jumping as well. Written by Larry B.

Hurt Penguins (1992)
Film (Comedy and Romance) Sound department Harriet and her boyfriend Nick are rock musicians in their thirties, desperately trying to land a recording contract. Harriet hatches a plan to get the rich older bookworm, Jeremy, to fund them by stringing him along by pretending to love him. She even goes so far as to marry him, hoping for a quick divorce. Written by Will Gilbert

Crack Me Up (1991)
Film by Bashar Shbib (Drama) Sound department The film weaves the tale of Louie B. (Tim Brazzil), a hapless cowboy who thinks the world would be a better place if strangers would kiss each other more often. After a run-in with a band of crooks headed by Stacey, (Mary Crosby), Louie goes blind. He is taken in by Billie Jean - a tough-love prostitute (Daphna Kastner), and her colleagues - who are as gay as they are straight. What follows is a fabulously eclectic look into the life of an East Hollywood, Heydy Fleiss-style bordello for the working man, whose goal it is to liberate heterosexual social mores. Written by Sunset Pictures

Food of the Gods II (1989)
Film by Damian Lee (Horror and Science Fiction) Sound department A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows. Written by <mbdinger@waikato.ac.nz>

Danger Bay (1986 - 1987)
Television by Paul Saltzman (Adventure and Family) Sound department Dr. Grant Roberts is a marine biologist who works for the Vancouver Aquarium. With his two teenage children, he always manages to get involved in dangerous ventures whether it is in an environmental or criminal situation. Written by Steve Richer <sricher@sympatico.ca>

Degrassi High (1987)
Television (Drama, Family and Romance) Sound department The kids of Degrassi street have now grown to be teenagers attending Degrassi Jr. High where they face the facts and problems that are typical for people their age. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>

K.Y.T.E.S: How We Dream Ourselves (1986)
Film by Deepa Mehta (Documentary) Miscellaneous Crew