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I have been working in the television/video industry for twenty years. I spent ten years at the CBC in Toronto where I worked as an Assistant Director, and later designed news graphics for CBC Newsworld. Since 2000 I have been in Montreal working as a documentary Video Editor (Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro) and a Graphic Designer. I have done illustrations for McGill University, been publishd in the medical journal "Parkhurst Exchange", designed cd cases and posters, and been involved in a number of animation projects. Contact me at: jessebochner@gmail.com

It Was A Woman

I was the Video Editor and created the animations for "It Was A Woman", a feature documentary directed by Cherri Low Horn. The animations are based on Cherri's original artwork and are combined with live action documentary segments. This sample is the opening segment of "It Was A Woman" and introduces us to Cherri as she begins to detail her childhood experience of having been sexually abused by a woman.

Watchers of the North

This is the opening sequence to episode 03 of "Watchers of the North", a six-part documentary series about the Canadian Arctic Rangers and the role they play guarding Canada's far north. This segment introduces us to the rangers as they deal with a real life crisis while out on patrol. It is the first of 2 episodes that I edited for Picture This Productions.

Watchers of the North -ep03 sample02


The Canadian Rangers deal with their snowmobile crisis and resume their mission.

Watchers of the North - the Junior Rangers!

Meet the Junior Rangers! These 3 segments are from for ep05 of "Watchers of the North". We join the JCRs as they have some target practice before heading off across the tundra with the Canadian Rangers on a caribou hunt. This is 1 of 2 episodes of "Watchers of the North" that I edited which were broadcast on APTN.

Jesse Bochner CV

VIDEO EDITING

January-July 2016, Nutaaq-Mushkeg Media, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Mohawk Ironworkers”

•4 x 30 min. episodes
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Broadcaster: APTN
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Director for “recreation” segments x 3.


January-April 2013, Nutaaq-Mushkeg Media, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “It Was A Woman”

•45 min.
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Broadcaster: APTN (air date: Jan 4, 2014)


September-December 2012, Picture This Productions, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Watchers of the North”

•2 x 30 min. episodes
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Broadcaster: APTN


May-June 2011, Nutaaq-Mushkeg Media, Montreal, Que.


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Production: “The Road Ahead”
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50 min.
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Broadcaster: Cree School Board (Corporate Video)


December 2009- February 2011, Rotating Planet, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “the Uluit: Champions of the North”

•5 x 24 min. episodes
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Broadcasters: APTN


Spring-Fall 2010, Immediate Productions, Montreal, Que.

•Artist Biographies

•Clients: Galerie Trois Pointes, Redbird Gallery, Vehicule Press


July-August 2009 Nutaaq-Mushkeg Media, Montreal, Que.

•Video Editor & Additional Sound Recordist

•Production: “Voices of Akwesasne”
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15 x 5 min. documentaries
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Broadcasters: Parks Canada


October 2008-June 2009 Pop6, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Inuk”

•26 x 15 min. animated episodes
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Broadcasters: APTN, TVQ, CBC


2008 (April-August) Le Groupe Via le Monde, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Autour de la Grande Tortue”

•8 x 15 min. documentaries
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Broadcasters: APTN, TVQ


2007 (October-November) Apt. 11 Productions, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Prank Patrol”

•2 x 24 min. episodes
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Broadcatser: YTV


2007 (July-December) Trinome, Montreal, Que

•Production: “Wlipogwad”

•13 x 24 min. episodes
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Broatcaster: APTN


2007 (Summer) Le Groupe Via Le Monde, Montreal, Que

•Video Editor/Video Production Instructor

•Production: “Autour de la Grande Tortue”
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Broatcaster: APTN, TVQ


2007 (February-March) -- various -- Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

•Video Editor/Cameraman/Illustrator

•Client: (NGOs) Development and Peace, YPRI, INSIST Press


2006 (Summer-Fall) Le Groupe Via Le Monde, Montreal, Que.

•Video Editor/Video Production Instructor

•Production: “Autour de la Grande Tortue”•Instruct candidates on video editing techniques and production/post-production requirements for documentary film making.
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13 x 7mins. Documentaries.


2006 (Winter-Spring) Eye Steel Film, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Punk the Vote” (73 minutes)


2005 (Summer-Fall) Eye Steel Film, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Bone” (48 minutes)

•Broadcast on Bravo!


2004 (Fall-Winter) Les Productions E.C.P. Montreal, Que.

•Production: “Tshinanu” (5 x 30 min. episodes)

•Broatcaster:APTN


2003 (October) Apartment 11 Productions, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “My Brand New Life” (1 X 30 min. episode)

•Broatcaster:YTV


2000-2003 Nutaaq-Mushkeg Media Inc. Montreal, Que.

•Productions: Finding Our Talk, Finding Our Talk II, The Power of the Circle: Restorative Justice in NAN Communities.


ILLUSTRATION-ANIMATION

January-April 2012, Nutaaq-Mushkeg Media, Montreal, Que.

•Production: “It Was A Woman”

•20 short 'limited-full' After Effects animations for doccumentary about sexual abuse
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Broadcaster: APTN


January 2011 “Working it Out Together: Aboriginal Wellness Goes Mainstream”.

•Rezolution Pictures, Montreal, Que.

•1 minute animation illustrating the concept of 'Plateau' in a work-out program.


2010-Present “Kanawake Voices”

•Editorial cartoons about Mohawk status and residency issues in Kanawake, Quebec.

•Broadcast on: kahnawakevoices.com


2007-2010

•Illustrator, Co-scriptor

•“The Symptoms”
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This web comic was produced for the Council for Continuing Medical Education (CME) at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. It is used as a teaching tool for medical students and other professionals in the field of medicine.

•Syndicated montly in Parkhust Exchange Magazine and at

http://www.thesymptoms.ca/html/graphicnovel/symptomsP/index.html


2007 (Summer) Rezolution Pictures, Montreal, Que.

•Animation Designer

•Production: “Club Native”
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Design characters/illustrations for 6 animation sequences•Broatcaster:APTN


2006 (Fall-Winter) Rezolution Pictures, Montreal, Que.

•Animation Designer

•Production: “Rez Rides”
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Write scripts and design characters for 10 short animation sequences
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Broatcaster: APTN, Speedvision


2004 (Fall-Winter) Nutaaq-Mushkeg Media Inc. Montreal, Que.

•3D Animator

•Production: Aboriginal Architecture Living Architecture•Design, Model, Animate and Render 3D animations based on Native architectural structures for 2 part documentary.•Software used: MAYA, Vue4 Pro•Broatcaster:APTN


1997-2000 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, Ont.

•Graphic Designer

•Created on-air visuals including over-the-shoulder, panel, wall and full-frame graphics.
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Clients included: Newsworld Reports, The National, The Lead with Alison Smith, On the Arts, Hot Type, Saurday Report, Sunday Morning Live.

•Nominated for “Best Comic” at the 2006 Expozine Small Press Fair. Co-creator of “Boatman and Rowbin” with Paul “FUBAR” Spence.

EDUCATION

1994 York University, Toronto, Ont.

•B.F.A. Honors Program, Fine Arts Studies.

1988-1989 Vanier College, Montreal, Que.

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Visual Arts Program.