HE SHOOTS, HE SCORES: A MASTER CLASS WITH BOB WISEMAN

Sun Mar 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM


 

* Special Event: General admission is $15: $10 for members

Acclaimed musician and filmmaker Bob Wiseman will speak about working with Don McKeller, Bruce MacDonald, Bruce McCulloch from Saturday Night Live, Vincenzo Natali of "Cube" and making his own films. He will also talk about the creative and technical processes of scoring films and how to get your work into films.

An accomplished jazz pianist, punk edged singer/songwriter, controversial monologist, filmmaker and record producer, Wiseman's career is more colorful than the psychedelic paintings on his stage gear.

His touring history includes jaunts with Billy Bragg, Michelle Shocked, Daniel Lanois, Cracker, Jane Siberry, Jim Carroll, Vic Chestnut and countless others. He has produced recordings for such notables as Edie Brickell, Kids In The Hall's Bruce McCulloch, Ron Sexsmith and many more. He has written movie and television scores (including for Don McKellar and Bruce McDonald's Twitch City).

Wiseman has also recorded and played with a who’s who of excellent musicians –  including  Wilco, The Wallflowers, Blue Rodeo, Bare Naked Ladies, the Hidden Cameras…

 

Tickets for the Bob Wiseman series are available for purchase at the box office of the Cinematheque.