Mila Aung-Thwin
Mila Aung‐Thwin is Vice President and co-founder of EyeSteelFilm. After completing his studies at McGill University in 1998, he began working with maverick filmmaker Daniel Cross on the feature documentary S.P.I.T: Squeegee Punks in Traffic, learning the ins and outs of documentary filmmaking on the streets of Montreal with a squeegee punk named Roach. In order to take advantage of Canadian tax incentives, they founded a production company and called it "EyeSteelFilm" because it seemed like a good idea at the time. After flirting with other titles such as "cinematographer" (TOO COLOURFUL FOR THE LEAGUE), "co-director" (CHAIRMAN GEORGE), "director" (BONE, MUSIC FOR A BLUE TRAIN) and "Office Drywall Consultant" (various walls), he has decided to just go with "Producer" and stop worrying about it. Most recently, Aung-Thwin produced the feature documentaries Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam, Rip: A Remix Manifesto (IDFA audience Choice Award Winner), Up the Yangtze (Genie award winner) and Last Train Home (IDFA Feature Documentary Winner). In addition, he serves as the Vice-President of the Rencontres International du Documentaire (RIDM), Montreal's international documentary festival.
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