Kenton MacDonald-Lin

Kenton is a transplant from Hawaii that found himself on the shores of Vancouver for graduate school where he met his lovely wife and where his journey making Vancouver home in the late 1990’s. He is the principal and director for kenton media productions/kenton studios and Makana Films. He has been in the media, film, and photography sector since 2003 in Vancouver. Before branding and storytelling was part of our current marketing language, he was involved in helping non-profits and businesses tell their stories through visual graphics, print, and media working alongside and learning from the best in the industry. He is both a creative and a people person and as a professed ambivert you can find him enjoy coffee, a meal, or a movie with friends or just by himself.

It is an honour and privilege for him to be teaching Film studies at Corpus Christi. He writes, “So much of our culture has been shaped by media and film. I am excited to walk along side students to explore, ask tough questions, and ignite imagination for vocations and places of leadership they will be in and are in now. As co-learners, co-creators, co-collaborators, I hope we will be able to learn from each other and from our shared histories and from our rich history in film and filmmaking together. I am also excited for the future for doing courses where we can do hands on learning in filmmaking as well. “

He excited about the dialogue about culture and transformation and how identity, theology, narrative, sense of community, belonging, connection, and purpose have been shaped by media and film. He is also excited to rub shoulders with students and dreamers who are living and becoming writers, filmmakers, actors, artists, and storytellers who will shape our world.