Julian T. Pinder

His first feature, LAND, which follows the darkly comedic trials of a group of American resort developers in Nicaragua at the time when Sandinista revolutionary Daniel Ortega swept back into power, premiered at the Hot Docs Film Festival in 2010 to four and five star reviews.

It was nominated for Best Feature at the Santa Barbara Film Festival, and was labeled by one publication as "a Joseph Conrad story seen through a Hunter S. Thompson haze".

Early in his career during his teens Pinder worked with and was mentored as a producer with the legendary Canadian team Sarrazin Couture Entertainment (La Florida) overseeing numerous projects with Lifetime and CTV, and worked closely with Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier (Watermark, Manufactured Landscapes), and Helen Shaver (The Unit, Law and Order).

Apart from feature film and television, Pinder has also created commercial campaigns including Ralph Lauren RRL, MTV Rock the Vote spots, and music videos for Grammy-nominated band The Milk Carton Kids starring actress Amanda Seyfried, as well as short films for the iconic band Blondie and The Raconteurs, among many others.

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