Donald gives credit to the Creator for giving him music and talents to share his voice as an Actor, Singer/Songwriter, Modern dancer, and Filmmaker Donald Morin’s lineage is of the Gros Ventre, Sarcee, Cree, Saulteaux, and Ojibwa and French lines. He currently resides in Treaty 6 territory of Edmonton, Alberta. Recently Mr. Morin has been informed that he has been officially nominated by the Akademia executive team for both the 2020 Artist Of The Year Award in your genre and The Akademia 2021 Rising Star Award, a special honor being bestowed upon those artists whose talent and perseverance in the field of music during extraordinary times have created a strong foundation for future success. during extraordinary times have created a strong foundation for future success. This is a significant accomplishment to be selected out of so many contenders from all around the world. Donald completed his fourth semester at Concordia University studying Music Theory, Drama, and Audio Technology. He is working towards a second degree. April, 2020 of Donald received notice of a grant award from The Alberta Media Alliance Society for his current film project As A Koden, Talking Story Who Is Your Name? October 2019, he secured his diploma in Graphic Design technology from CDI College upgrading his creative skills from a Bachelor of Arts Degree FPA Major Film Concentrate at SFU School for Contemporary Arts. Summer last year, Mr. Morin performed for his late Uncle Gary Pruden , An Indigenous Veteran of The Canadian Forces, and Father and Warrior and Currently Donald is nominated by the Akademia executive team for both the 2020 Artist Of The Year Award in your genre and The Akademia 2021 Rising Star Award, a special honor being bestowed upon those artists whose talent and perseverance in the field of music during extraordinary times have created a strong foundation for future success.”” His song submission 'Mad Dogs on The Run Sundown' won best folk/singer/songwriter for the January 2020 Akademia Music Award in the category of Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song. December 2018, He won the Alberta Arts Foundation’s Indigenous Arts Award for his film work and has completed essential work for the project 2019 toward. He is also writing Volume III of his Creator’s muse series of songs, poems, essays, plays, and backstory of the Artist and narrative of living and creating through the constraint of colonialism, and poplar culture. He performed his music for the May 5th Annual Events for murdered and missing Indigenous People, and he is a top player on the Number One Music Site and Number 2 at the ReverbNation website. 2016, his song Walking with Sweet Mary won best folk balled February for the Akademia Awards, USA. Previous work consisted of the lead role of “Sam Wolf” for Caravan Farm Theatre summer musical IOU LAND. His music has been performed throughout Europe, Hawaii, and Salish Territory throughout the years. Mr. Donald Morin performed at the Truth & Reconciliation Event in Edmonton, 2014 and the Neechie Festival, a benefit for the Siksika people flooded outside of Calgary Alberta. The event was held at Hobbema Reserve. May 2013, he was the Technical Director and coordinator of The Edmonton Red Jam Slam event with coordinator Carrie Lawrence. He completed acting work on his recurring character Johnny on BLACKSTONE, a Canadian TV series shot in Edmonton, AB. Other film involvement consisted of acting coach and camera work for auditioning aspect the film The Family by Jason Jeffery. 2012 Mr. Morin also appeared at The Calgary International Film Festival in The World Premiere of The Feature Film the Killing Games by Canadian Director Barry J. Gillis. He was also hired for the Aboriginal Arts Festivals held in Edmonton 2010 and 2011 and involved with International Artist Rebecca Belmore with her performance artwork at the Museum of Anthropology and the Orr Gallery in unceded Salish terre du Vancouver 2010. 2008 Donald worked for Monroe Communications as an actor on a web-based project call The Law Project. 2007 he studied and worked with Gunargie O’Sullivan during the Ten-Day Intensive of The Activist Documentary Film Workshop of the Galliano Island Film and Television School in BC. He also co-produced radio programs for Coop Radio’s Community Radio Programs When Spirit Whispers and Snewaylh Language program with Co-host/producer Gunargie O’Sullivan”. 2006, he performed for Rebecca Belmore and acted for Infinity Films of Florida, USA. Other work consisted of a showing of his 1995 animation Sky People, Spirits, and Transformations, the 1988 SFU Film Workshop dual screen narrative collaborative Take It Easy When You Talk About Me, and a short film montage for Aboriginal Film Night. 2004, he did film mentoring work for The Indigenous Media Arts Group (IMAG) and completed teaching the Professional Development program for Native Artists at IMAG. He showed a 45 minute version of his 7 Fires 4 U Kitchi Manitou film and presented his academic paper NDNs In the Age Of Terror in Atlanta, Georgia, USA at the University Of Georgia, Art & Design and for The Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2004 International Conference. He was also one of the keynote Speakers/Presenters at The Annual AGM for The National Alliance for Media Artists at the RimShot Media Festival in Vancouver and did the lighting for the short The Birthday produced by Wendy Nahanee.
2003, he completed the S.E.A.R.C.H program @ The Alliance for Art and Culture, sat for the 2,003 Canada Council for The Arts selection committee and continued at the Digital Film program at The Native Education Centre. The 7 Fires 4 U…Kitchi Manitou film was also presented @ the 13th. Annual La Terres En Vue Film/Video Festival in Montreal of June, 2,003. That year he also completed the direction of two video shorts for Monique Giard entitled VICIOUS ATTACK, and I’M FIRST NATIONS AND PROUD OF IT. 2,002, 7 Fires 4 U…Kitchi Manitou premiered @ the 5th. Annual IMAGeNation Indigenous Film/Video Festival in Vancouver. 2002 he directed and videographed the one-hour DVCAM production promoting Elder’s Care for Producer Rasunah Marsden. Work also involved Film Consultant for German Company Relevant Film’s project “BluePrint", photographed in Europe and Canada. In 2,001, Donald shot 16mm film for 7 Fires 4 U…Kitchi Manitou and worked with Robert Free of the American Indian Movement in Seattle Washington. 2,000, Mr Morin also worked on various Television series such as First Wave, and So Weird. He also published the magazine edition of The Metis Sauvage European Tour website for Mannitou Creations and shot 16mm film footage of his 2,002 release. 1999, He produced and toured The Metis Sauvage European Tour in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, and London. March 94, he worked as a principal actor in the NBC Movie of The Week with Richard Crenna and Beverly De” Angelo in Seattle, Washington. Mr. Morin produced and edited the 96-minute documentary dance video of Karen Jamieson’s cross-cultural production of Gawa Gyani in Tokyo, Japan 1994. Donald was also the Writer/Director and Producer and fellow actor for NDNs & Dogs, A Multi-media theatre event at Neo-Nativist festival (90), Earth Voice Festival (92) & The National Native Youth and Multicultural Conference (94). Donald Morin performed the LEAD role of Eddy LaRoche in the Quebec 35mm film Windigo in 1993. 85/88/91, he was drama instructor/director for the Spirit Song Theatre Company, Vancouver, BC, where he re-wrote Sea Street to an eight person play for Native youth from a two person show for the 1987 Indigenous World Native Youth Conference, UBC, from one man play for Surrey Teachers Assoc. 1985, he was also the lead Actor for Soul Survivor, which toured the Edmonton Fringe Festival & Vancouver Fringe Festival. Donald Morin was with the Directors Guild of Canada from 1983-1989 and The Jerry Lodge Talent Agency from 1981-1992. Early start in the “biz were parts on Mars Need Hellen Production and First Blood as a Stand-in. In closing , his personal testimony as a 60s scoop survivor was presented Nationally and Internationally at the Truth & Reconciliation Event of Edmonton 2024. Mr. Morin began his 40-year career in September,1980 and continues to work as a performer and filmmaker today. All inquires for Mr. Morin can be directed to email [email protected], or website at https://tilmcom.ca or https://donaldmorinfilms.com In closing I thank all who helped me to be where I am today.