Hank White
Production
Biography
Born in Halifax, N.S., a film industry veteran with more than 45 years experience as an actor, producer, writer, casting director and stage director. Hank is a member of Nova Scotia Native Council Zone 12 and Eastern Woodland Metis. He started Hank White Productions in 1979 and was the first casting director in Nova Scotia and is best known for his diversity in casting and crew. He was a founding member of Film Nova Scotia and the Aboriginal and Visible Minority Shadow Program. He is co-owner of Redemption Pictures Inc. and a producer on: Charlie Zone (awarded Best Feature; Director; Cinematographer and Best Actor at the 2011 Atlantic International Film Festival). Charlie Zone was the first Indigenous-produced feature film in Nova Scotia. He is president of Stone Cold Productions Limited and producer/co-Writer for 8:37 REBIRTH, The Guardian, (dev) Endgame (Miller's Reckoning), Reservation 4 Three Executive Producer (LA) (Multi-award winner) Fractured 2008 - Officially Selected and Nominated in the Atlantic Film Festival Atlantic Shorts, and broadcast on CBC 2010 The Decision 2007; Requested for the World Wide Shorts Preview, distributed by Out Media and shown on Movieola 2007 2008 The Cab Driver 2006 - Official Selection at the Silver Wave Film festival, Broadcast on CBC 2010.
Known For
When a photojournalist photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the stranger John Christmas. After seeing the photo, Kathleen McAllister becomes convinced that the mysterious stranger is in fact her long-lost brother Hank. With the town's help, Kathleen and Noah set about to find the stranger's true identity with the help Max, a Christmas angel.
Finding John Christmas
Two best friends travel to Christmasland, a place filled with hope and miracles.
Believe in Christmas
Plans go awry when a disgraced boxer is hired to abduct a runaway crackhead by her family.
Charlie Zone
Set in 1974 in the fictional village of Millman, Monica's News follows a nine-year-old girl who finds independence in her paper route, but ends up witnessing a tragic event.
Monica's News
Every second is a lifetime. With the four-pound trigger pull, Jared and Sergei - two youths from vastly different backgrounds - become forever linked. From that split second as the hand of the clock hits 8:37, each of their lives veers onto a path that sets the seeds of their mutual destruction. 22 years later, Jared is released from prison for the death of Sergei's father; deeply regretful, he tries to forge ahead into a better life. Sergei, now a professor of mathematics, descends into a guilt-ridden abyss of a revenge-driven obsession. Both men must face their demons; one man might lose his life, the other his sanity.