Tyler Funk
Directing
Biography
Tyler Funk is a Canadian writer and director based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He and his brother Kevan grew up in Banff, Alberta. He holds a BFA in Film Production from the University of British Columbia. He is the creator and showrunner of White Ninja, a narrative Vine series based web comic created by Scott Bevan and Kent Earle. Funk is the Creative Director of North of Now, a Vancouver-based creative production and digital consultant agency.
Known For
In the ruthless attention economy of the Internet, young influencers gamble everything for fame and fortune. A startling and timely study of contemporary celebrity, Anything For Fame ventures into the virtual Wild West to profile an ambitious — and reckless — new breed of content creator.
Anything for Fame
Miyawata is a 15-year-old indigenous activist from Winnipeg, Canada, who never hesitates to speak up for what she believes in. Each morning, schools in Canada play the national anthem, and all students are expected to stand. In protest of the injustices that her people have faced throughout the history of Canada, Miyawata sits down instead. But will she be able to persuade the head teacher to change the school’s land rights acknowledgement? Miyawata is also the organiser of school climate strikes in her hometown. The climate movement in Winnipeg had enormous momentum until Covid hit, and now that the end of the pandemic is in sight, she wants to get the movement going again.
I Won't Stand For It
Mallory is determined to win the local 100 meter qualifier, even though no one believes in her, not even her mom.