- Alison Lawton
Alison Lawton (bornMay 29 ,1970 inMontréal ,Québec ,Canada ) is a business executive, philanthropist and producer of the documentary “Uganda Rising”.Infobox Film | name = Uganda Rising
director = Jesse James Miller
Pete McCormack
producer =Alison Lawton
writer = Pete McCormack
starring =Kevin Spacey Noam Chomsky Mahmood Mamdani Samantha Power Betty Bigombe Hon. Lloyd Axworthy
music = Dennis Burke
cinematography = Vince Arvidson
Tim Hardy
Chris Wayatt
editing = Jesse James Miller
distributor = Mindset Media
released = May 2006 in Vancouver, BC, Canada
runtime = 82 minutes
language = English
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imdb_id =Lawton has an undergraduate degree in Communication Studies from
Concordia University and a Masters of Arts in Applied Science fromSimon Fraser University .Lawton started her business career in private equity sales, in the areas of: syndicated software, film, television, real estate and tax shelter offerings. In 1996, she founded the investment company Winfield Venture Group, an angel investment and corporate finance boutique.
Lawton has received
UNICEF ’s Champion for Children Award, the Business in Vancouver Top 40 Under 40 Award in 2007. [ [http://www.biv.com/40under40/2007.asp Business in Vancouver January 2-8, 2007; issue 897 ] ]Lawton produced a documentary film “Uganda Rising”, [ [http://www.ugandarising.com/home.html Uganda Rising ] ] which chronicles the 20-year civil war raging in Northern Uganda. “Uganda Rising” has screened in over 25 film festivals worldwide and was the recipient of Best Documentary Award at several film festivals.
Lawton was appointed Chair of UNICEF Canada's Unite For Children, Unite Against Aids campaign in November 2005. Her campaign initiatives include producing the Unite Against AIDS Concert series [ [http://www.uniteagainstaidsconcert.ca/ Unite Against AIDS Concert ] ] as well as UNICEF’s first Canadian art tour and auction, “Unite With Art”. These events raise funds for UNICEF as well as consciousness around HIV/AIDS and how it has redefined childhood for millions of children worldwide.
She is married to financier and philanthropists
Frank Giustra since the year 2000.References
* [http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=99788ffd-9432-4805-a6d6-b2463ead2d0b Alison Lawton, human rights activist and documentary filmmaker] , Doug Ward, Vancouver Sun,
June 21 2007 External links
* [http://www.alisonlawton.com/bio.html Official site]
* [http://hdl.handle.net/1892/2618 The money industry as an extension of the culture industry: An analysis of mass media's stake in financial consumerism] , Alison Lawton, Master's Thesis
* [http://www.winfieldventuregroup.com/initiative.html “People Uncut” Interview, OMNI TV & The Biography Channel, March 2007]
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