The Crew
Management
Executive Producer/Screenwriter
Alyson Drysdale
Email: alyson@raindownpictures.com
Alyson Drysdale was born in the East Kootenays of British Columbia. She was educated in Calgary, Alberta and Denver, Colorado before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1977 where she completed a dual Masters Degree in Film and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
Alyson
trained as a producer in the Drama Lab at the National Screen Institute in Edmonton, Alberta and the National Film Board in Montreal, Quebec prior to forming her own company, Tamarac Filmworks Ltd.
in 1986.
Alyson's
early industry experiences include a three-year contract at Telefilm Canada and two years as series script editor on The Beachcombers. Among other credits, she produced and directed the documentary
Girls of Summer for Global Television and created the pilot show High Country which went on to be a successful series for CBC as Destiny Ridge. Alyson wrote the screenplay for the film Cicely's
Divorce which won second place at the Legacy Filmworks and WIFVV 2nd Annual Film Festival in 2007.
In 2000,
Alyson began her career as a film educator at UBC where she taught film directing, screenplay writing, and the senior class production course. She moved to Langara College in 2003 to head up its new
Film Arts program and create curriculum. At Langara she continues to teach what she loves - screenplay writing and directing, and she is the instructor for the final production course and Executive
Producer of each year's graduation short films.
Director
Garwin Sanford
Email: garwin@raindownpictures.com
Garwin Sanford is a graduate of Langara’s Studio 58 and in the ensuing years has been active on the Vancouver film scene. He has been cast in hundreds of projects including recurring roles in over 15 series and has been nominated four times for best actor. As well as being a studio 58 alumni, he also currently teaches there as well. He is the head of all things acting and is involved in helping the directors, writers and actors through the process of creating their short films. Garwin also serves on the Board of Moving Pictures – Canadian Film On Tour. Garwin has recently filmed recurring roles in two series and when not filming or teaching, home schools his daughter at his home on the Sunshine Coast.
Co-Producer
Johanne Gregory
Email: johanne@raindownpictures.com
Johanne Gregory graduated from Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia in 1985. Her eclectic career has taken her around the world and, in the subsequent 20+ years, includes stints as a freelance writer and editor, teaching college students, director of business development for an international law firm and legal consultant.
Little did she know that when she decided to 'slow things down a bit' and take a film writing course or two, that she'd end up busier than ever. And loving it!
Johanne graduated from Langara Film Arts in 2008 where she received the faculty's 'Excellence in Writing' Award. She has written and produced 5 short films to date (2 of which have received festival play in Canada and the US). 'Rain Down' is her first feature film credit as a producer and, notwithstanding the bone wearying hours, the experience will fondly be remembered for "finally showing me what I want to be when I grow up!"
How to Find Us
Rain Down Pictures
1202 - 1028 Barclay Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada
V6E 0B1
Phone: 604 928-9676 (Alyson)
Phone: 778-887-2970 (Johanne)
Fax: 604 925-8417
Email:
Sales/Distribution
CANADIAN DISTRIBUTION
Pacific Northwest Pictures
306 Abbot Street, Suite 1
Vancouver, BC, V6B 2K9
(604) 569-1026
U.S. AND WORLD DISTRIBUTION
Myriad Pictures Inc.
3015 Main Street, Suite 400
Santa Monica CA 90405
(310) 279 4000
www.myriadpictures.com
PRODUCER'S REPRESENTATIVES
Ostrow and Company
468 Camden Drive, Third Floor
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 276-5007
www.ostrowandcompany.com
RAIN DOWN SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL
MARCH 4, 2011
Rain Down Pictures Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement for distribution rights to the feature film RAIN DOWN. Pacific Northwest Pictures of Vancouver, BC will distribute in Canada and Myriad Pictures Inc. of Los Angeles, CA will take RAIN DOWN to the U.S. market and rest of the world.
This agreement has been the subject of intense negotiations since October of 2010 involving several parties including ourselves, our Producer’s Reps at Ostrow and Company, Pacific Northwest Pictures, Myriad Pictures and Telefilm Canada. That we have now signed the agreement signals our confidence that we have negotiated the best deal possible and that we have placed RAIN DOWN with Distributors who have the ability and the will to get it to the marketplace.
RAIN DOWN will be showcased by Myriad Pictures at MIP TV, the world's entertainment market held in Cannes, France from April 4 - 7, 2011.
Current Happenings
RAIN DOWN PREMIERES
at LA FEMME FILM FESTIVAL
in LOS ANGELES
Film produced with the generous participation
of:
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