It was supposed to be a simple little Local Anxiety video. Me, Kevin Crofton, a quick studio recording, a basic video camera. And then I thought… How funny would it be if we chained my niece, Emma, to a tree? And what if… I had a chainsaw? And that’s when it spun into… well… this… [...]
BY RANDY SHORE (@thegreenmanblog) — THE VANCOUVER SUN VANCOUVER – B.C. writer, comedian, singer and filmmaker Mark Leiren-Young is a vegetarian on a green streak that has nothing to do with his underpants. “I’m in shock and kinda verklempt,” said the Gibsons-based media darling. Leiren-Young is following his first feature length film The [...]
Ian Ferguson interviews Mark Leiren Young — ‘TREES AND US’ PODCAST @ THE TYEE Mark Leiren-Young has been talking about trees for The Tyee’s Trees and Us Series since September, 2007 — interviewing a mix of people about the fate of our forests. The inspiration for this podcast series was Leiren-Young’s award-winning feature film, The Green [...]
“Once a city boy has gone country, does he ever go back again? Mark Leiren-Young hasn’t. Sure he spends time in the city, but when we caught up with the hardworking screenwriter, comedian, playwright and freelancer (who often writes for The Tyee) to talk about his new comic memoir Never Shoot a Stampede Queen — [...]
BY LINDA RICHARDS — JANUARY MAGAZINE If you live in Vancouver, it’s next to impossible that you don’t know Mark Leiren-Young’s name. For one thing, it’s a distinctive double-barreled moniker: you remember it once you’ve seen it. Especially since, again if you live in that city and you happen to read, you’ll have seen it [...]