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Cindy Bisaillon,

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Cindy Bisaillon is a writer and director with a veteran track record in the art of telling stories. Her 25 years of documentary-making for CBC Radio's Ideas have given her a solid set of versatile skills, researching, interviewing, editing, directing, writing. Her series of one-hours include In Quest of the Grail, Octavio Paz, Frida Kahlo, Hector Villa Lobos, and a one hour music special, The Gospel According to Leonard Cohen.

Her five years of TV directing ride well on this strong base of experience. She has produced numerous short pieces for Vision's Spirit Connection. She was field producer on a 13 part series on WTN, Spirtual Journey, executive producer, Barbara Barde, Upfront Entertainment.

She has also written arts and travel features for various publications including The New York Times and The Globe and Mail. Her book, Mysterious Islands, Lynx Images, 1999, received high praise.

Her documentary concept, Black Madonna: Transforming the Dark, in development with Vision TV, led to a collaboration with the music ensembles, La Nef and Toronto Consort in April 2001 in the concert In Search of the Black Madonna, performed at Toronto's Trinity St. Paul's, broadcast on CBC Radio.

She is currently shooting a pilot for her travel series, Finding Paradise.

Life's a Twitch, her first film, is a 1/2 hour OMDC Documentary Calling Card, produced by Tina Hahn, Symmetree media. It will be broadcast on TVO.

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