The Director in the Classroom: How Filmmaking Inspires Learning (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781448631629)

For over a decade, Nikos Theodosakis has worked with students and teachers from Kindergarten to College exploring the opportunities of filmmaking in the classroom. As a filmmaker, he has produced and directed short and feature length films including "The Date" which received Canada's Genie Award nomination for Best Short Film. He is an advocate for meaningful education and is the architect of the InStill Life, Preserving Your Culture and The Director in the Classroom projects and author of "The Director in the Classroom" He is founder and executive director of the OliveUs Education Initiative Society, a non profit organization that provides rich learning projects around the world that promote personal connection, purpose and meaning. He is one of only twenty five entrepreneurs in Canada to receive the Financial Post Best Partnerships award for innovative leadership in connecting business, arts and education. Nikos Theodosakis shares ideas at education conferences around the world and presents professional development workshops via videoconference from his studio in British Columbia.