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Howard Barish is president and CEO of Kandoo Films, an Oscar nominated, Emmy award winning entertainment company known for its producing partnership with Ava DuVernay. Barish and Kandoo's most recognized project to date, 13TH, is a 2016 American documentary from Netflix directed by DuVernay.

Howard Barish Producer, Founder and President of Kandoo Films
Film BFA 1982

Suba Sankaran is a Dora award-winning, three-time Juno nominated world/fusion vocalist. She has composed and produced music for theatre, film, radio and dance, including collaborations with Deepa Mehta, the CBC and Stratford Festival.

Suba Sankaran Vocalist
BFA 1997, MA 2002

Matthew J. Lloyd is a popular cinematographer working on films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He was the director of photography for the first season of Daredevil (2015), the first season of The Defenders (2017) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).

Matthew J. Lloyd Cinematographer
Film BFA 2006

An Open Letter to Arts Students

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Felicia Mings joins the Art Gallery of York University as curator

New Heritage Minute Celebrates Oscar Peterson

A Message in Honour of Black History Month

Digital Media student Cindy Vu a Finalist for “Womxn at Ubisoft” Challenge

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