Dec 26, 2010
An Emmy nominated filmmaker, Thomas
Burstyn, has over thirty years experience as a cinematographer.
Tom trained at the National Film Board of
Canada as a documentary filmmaker, before moving into feature
films, which include: The Lost
Tribe, When Trumpets
Fade, City of Industry, Population
436, and The Boys &
Girl From Country Claire.
Tom's film company, Cloud South Films is a film company
created by Tom and his wife, journalist Barbara
Sumner Burstyn. Cloud South Films
is committed to sustainability, both personal and professional in
their documentary filmmaking in films including, One
Man, One Cow, One Planet and This Way of
Life.
One Man, One Cow, One Planet is story of Peter
Proctor's trek to India to help restore traditional farming
there.
This Way of Life is about Peter Karena, his wife
Colleen, their six children and many horses who live almost
wild in the stunning beauty of New Zealand's rugged Ruahine
Mountains and their struggles with Peter's father and life's
challenges in their way of life.
Both films have won screened worldwide and won many awards.
This Way of Life has also been shortlisted for
the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.