Dalton Narine

(Trinidad) writer and film producer, has won five awards on three continents in 2009-2010 for his direction and production of Masman. Based on Mas Man Peter Minshall, the Carnival artist from Trinidad, who, for three decades has been presenting provocative themes about man’s incompleteness as street theatre in the annual festival, drew global attention as an artistic director for the Opening Ceremonies at Olympic Games in Barcelona, Atlanta and Salt Lake City. Masman picked up Best Documentary awards in Trinidad and Tobago, and at the New York and South Africa International Film Festivals. The film also garnered Best Cinematography at Chagrin Falls Documentary Festival and Honorable Mention Best Documentary (as a work in progress) at the Greater Columbus International Film Festival, both in the United States.Narine has written for the Village Voice (New York); served as a features editor at The Miami Herald, an editor at Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and associate editor at Ebony magazine. He received awards for feature writing at Ebony and The Miami Herald.