Nathaniel Geary
Director
Nathaniel Geary graduated from Concordia University with a degree in film production in 1994. In 1995, he produced and directed The Community Responds, a documentary about the gentrification of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a socio-economically disadvantaged district. This experience nurtured his interest in the Downtown Eastside, and he started working at the Portland Hotel, a government-funded project to shelter and care for some of the district’s “hardest to house.” In 1998, Nathaniel directed keys to kingdoms, a short film he adapted from a poem by Downtown Eastside poet and activist Bud Osborn. keys to kingdoms went on to screen at over 25 film festivals around the world, including the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and the Rotterdam International Film Festival. On the Corner is his first feature film.