Development Team

Ms. Carmen Everall

Carmen is one of the founding committee members of the First Annual British Columbia Peace Education Conference held at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia; a member of “Co-development Canada – building partnerships for global justice”; a member of the Vancouver Women in Film and she is an International Guardian for The Promise Club in Cairns, Australia. She coined the term “Global Peace Actionist” to describe her transition from an armchair theorist to a person motivated into action to co-create Global Peace.

Carmen is CEO of Global Peace Productions, Inc., established after her encounter with terrorism in Bali, Indonesia in 2002. She is the Executive Producer for the documentary film "One Voice at a Time”. She has traveled extensively to conduct interviews with experts on terrorism and youths for the film. This documentary has been in development for two years and deals with the challenges of youths faced with global terrorism. Carmen was a Guest on Shaw Cable's Studio 4 Show with Fanny Kiefer and she has spoken at several global peace conferences.

Carmen T. Everall has 10 years experience in Sales and Marketing of Corporate Computer Systems Solutions, including that of Job Costing and Data Collection Systems sold to Fortune 500 companies. Carmen transitioned to the Financial Investment Industry in 1993 after her move to B.C., Canada. She worked as a consultant in various areas of the industry including stocks and real estate syndication. Carmen also successfully established and operated the West Coast office of a National Personal Wealth Management Corporation. Alliances were formed with over 150 professionals such as brokers, financial planners, accountants, major banks and lawyers to provide sophisticated investors with an investment product that offered tax deductions and tax benefits.

Pete McCormack

Pete McCormack is an award-winning director, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and musician. His latest film, See Grace Fly, about schizophrenia, was recently awarded a Special Jury Citation at the Vancouver International Film Festival “…for its harrowing depiction of a woman who has found the edge and run straight over it, for overcoming a deficit of resources with a surplus of heart and intelligence, for daring to speak about faith without preaching, for showing us that conscience is a verb.” The film also received the Best Actress – Gina Chiarelli at the Vancouver International Film Festival, 2003; and the Audience Award at Portugal’s Fantasporto, the 24th annual Oporto International Film Festival.

Eileen Hoeter

Eileen Hoeter has been directing, producing and editing film and television productions since l983. She received a Leo Award for Best Informational Series for The Creators as well as being nominated for a Genie for Dying to be Perfect. She has worked for companies such as WTN and CBC, as well as government and private agencies including the NFB, Canada’s Department of Corrections, Canada's Science and Technology Museum, British Columbia's Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Vancouver Aquarium and British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology. Eileen is a Director member of the Directors Guild of Canada, the president of the BC Institute of Film Professionals, and the Vancouver International Representative for Women in Film International.

Melissa Ruckmick

Melissa Ruckmick has produced over a five year period, the scientific and educational documentary film “The End of Evolution” which was rated one of the “most viewed documentary in Canada” by the Discovery Channel. She successfully raised one half million dollars with co-producers for the budget of “End of Evolution”. Melissa has lived, worked, and traveled in over sixteen countries on four continents. She is the winner of the Cable Television “Award of Excellence” (Mid-west region) by the Cable Network of Canada 1999 for the documentary “Healthy Communities” in 1999. She is co-author of the book “Running the River of Life” regarding children and trauma, with Eileen Ailon PhD (to be published in 2005). Melissa developed relationships with renowned scientists and artists such as Dr. Peter Ward, Dr. Niles Eldridge of the Natural Museum of History of New York, and Alexis Rockman. ? She was personally mentored by Michael Scott, Director of Animation of the National Film Board-Western Region and award winning producer (The Big Snit, Whistling Smith).

Crew

We have assembled an experienced group of filmmakers who share our vision of global peace to make this documentary. We will be joined by professional film crews on location globally to complete our team.