Brett Gaylor
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| Born | 1977 Galiano Island, British Columbia |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | documentary filmmaker |
| Years active | 2000s-present |
| Notable work | RiP!: A Remix Manifesto, Do Not Track |
Brett Gaylor is a Canadian documentary filmmaker living in Victoria, British Columbia. Born in 1977, he grew up on Galiano Island, British Columbia. He was formerly the VP of Mozilla's Webmaker Program. His most recent documentary, Do Not Track, explores privacy and the web economy.
Previously, he was a member director of EyeSteelFilm documentary production company and its head of new media.
He was the founder of the Open Source Cinema project and the web producer of Homeless Nation.
He took part, alongside his fellow directors Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin (all three of the EyeSteelFilm production company) in a National Film Board of Canada initiative to teach Inuit students in a high school in Inukjuak, Nunavik (Quebec) to document their final year in the high school through film. The result was Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive a joint 58-minute 2004 documentary by 8 students from the Inukjuak - Innalik School.
His 2008 film RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a documentary about "the changing concept of copyright".RiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a call to overhaul copyright laws. As the title suggests, this documentary is particularly interested in the "legally grey area" of remixing existing works.
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