Christopher Darton

Christopher Darton (director/camera/producer/editor) is an award winning Anishinaabe illustrator, writer and filmmaker with a Bachelor's Degree in Indigenous Studies from Laurentian University as well as studying Illustration and graduating in Film at Sheridan College. His historic family roots are Algonquin/Métis from both the Flying Post and Moose Factory communities, and an off-reserve member of the Algonquin community of Timiskaming First Nation. Growing up in Fort Erie, Ontario, Chris played hockey and read comic books like any normal Canadian kid until the start of the home video revolution in the early 80's. Owning one of the first video systems on the market and with a fertile imagination, Chris began watching 2 or 3 movies a day and shooting his own movies on Super 8mm. After film school, where he studied under Canadian avant-garde legends Philip Hoffman and Richard Kerr as well as photographer/documentarian Vladimir Kabelik, Chris worked for 5 years in a video store where he immersed himself in films of all sorts: watching 3 or 4 films a day, anything he could get his hands on from John Waters to Martin Scorsese, Larry Cohen to Bruce Lee. Chris has produced/directed/shot/edited two feature-length documentary films for his production company Blues Harp Productions: 'The Way We Was: The Story of the Kendall Wall Band' and 'Hard Working Man: The Music and Miracles of Danny Brooks'. In 2019 he completed the short documentary 'The Essence of Goodness: The Harold Axtell Story' about noted naturalist/ornithologist/scientist Harold Axtell. In 2020, Chris produced and directed the award-winning short documentaries 'At the Brink: A Personal View of Suicides Over Niagara Falls' and 'Angie: Tales of Determination.' Chris's films have been selected and screened in film festivals all throughout North America. Chris has also acted as Producer for Skeleton Crew Entertainment. Producing the award-winning music video/mini horror film 'Halloween Baby' and '37% Pure Evil.' He recently completed his first non-documentary feature film, The Damnation, which won a number of awards worldwide and acted as Associate Producer on Greg Lamberson's Guns of Eden and Frenzy Moon. As well as being a Producer on the documentary feature Project Cold Days. Chris has shot and directed music videos for a number of noted Canadian blues acts, as well as creating CD/vinyl cover art for their projects. He is working on his follow-up film to The Damnation, tentatively titled The Indian.