documentary films, cinema, music (especially contemporary electronic hybrids), art, dance (began classes @ 3yr - all types), yoga (all types), random acts of kindness, anything to do with the environment/nature, metaphysics, alchemy, mythology, other realms, my family of friends & lovers
Music
bjork, anything by pj harvey, the blue alarm, silent alarm, pacifica, my brilliant beast, yvette narlock, unspoken, troy jackson, jarrett martineau, basement 11, sugarcubes, cocteau twins, joanna newsome, antony & the johnsons, old eurythmix, patti smith, front242, junkie xl, lars korb, freakydna, nina hagen, portishead, lamb, morcheeba, the living dead boys, anything experimental, intermission arts society, igor santizo, mary margaret o'hara, tricky, massive attack, martina toply bird, radiohead, low, sigur ros, fraser mackenzie, iron&wine, dead can dance, this mortal coil, sinead o'connor, nina simone, kinnie starr........ & on & on &....
Movies
orlando, elizabeth, amie & jaguar, 2046, in the mood for love, kissed, falling angels, flower & garnet, the corporation, anything by or with vincent gallo, it's all gone pete tong, lara croft, crouching tiger hidden dragon, anything by the surrealists (man ray, maya deren) & the list goes on....
Television
only when there is absolutely nothing else to do
Books
the perfect book tends to almost fly off the shelf at me... on several occasions this has literally happened, opening to the exact page with something totally relevant
Heroes
my neices & nephews, pippy longstockings, the bionic woman, maya deren, katharine hepburn, audrey hepburn, marlene deitrich, greta garbo, christy turlington, annie lennox, pj harvey, tenzen palmo, angelina jolie, susan sarandon, floria sigismondi, tilda swinton, cate blanchett, chloe sevigny, martha graham, frances mcdormand, lauren hutton
mikela jay's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Networking
Hometown:
Earth
Body type:
5' 8" / Athletic
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Occupation:
singer/filmmaker/actor/activist
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mikela jay island life.... Posted at 6:21 PM Dec 10, 2008 view more
About me: Whether in front of or behind the camera, Mikela Jay’s eclectic career has been anything but predictable. As a self-taught multidisciplinary artist she continues to gain worldwide attention via independent and mainstream theatres, television, DVD and the Internet.
Leaving school and home at 15, she was first introduced to editing, producing and shooting at a rural cable-TV station, instilling a strong work ethic and understanding of process which continues to inform her work.
Model agencies hounded her, launching a career that would span the globe for over a decade (1987-2000). Appearances on fashion runways and in billboards, advertising, commercials, magazines such as ‘Elle’ (Greece/France/Japan); ‘Fashion’ (Canada); ‘Flare’ (Canada); ‘Marie Claire’ (Japan/Greece), and covers (‘Cosmopolitan’ France), have allowed her to work with some of the most creative teams in the industry.
Beginning in 1997, diverse guest-star and leading roles in film and television have seen her as futuristic pop-diva; astronaut; FBI agent; heroine addict; burlesque dancer; 1930’s courtesan; 1950’s religious wife and mother; as well as the last descendant of Nostredamus. Appearances on hit shows such as ‘The L Word’ (Showtime/Tony Goldwyn); ‘No Night is Too Long’ (BBC/Alliance Atlantis/Tom Shankland); ‘Bliss’ (Gala Films/Lynne Stopkewich); ‘Living With The Dead’ (CBS/Stephen Gyllenhaal): ‘Outer Limits’ (Helen Shaver); ‘Brotherhood of Murder’ (Martin Bell); ‘Millennium’ (Thomas J. Wright); ‘Daybreak’ (Tucker Gates); & ‘Futuresport’ (Ernest Dickerson) have proven her reputation as a gifted chameleon.
Mikela’s flexibility to adapt to various mediums is highlighted in her work on one of the most successful Canadian feature documentaries ever made, ‘The Corporation’. Hired to assist director/producer Mark Achbar (‘Manufacturing Consent’), she was immersed in post-production for close to a year to help condense a then 12-hour assembly to a 3-hour miniseries, as well as festival & theatrical edits. Mikela collaborated with ‘The Corporation’s’ other producers, editors, graphics & sound design crews, and did numerous temp voice-overs. This unconventional role earned her an unconventional credit: Achbar anointed her ‘Creative & Organizational Catalyst’, which was one of her on-screen credits. Achbar also cast her as the film’s narrator and DVD promo voice. Winning 26 awards, 10 of them audience awards (including Sundance), ‘The Corporation’ was released theatrically in more than 20 countries, grossed over six million dollars at the box office, and sold over 150,000 DVDs. More than a million people have downloaded the film via Youtube, bittorrent, and other P2P networks. It is used in thousands of high school classes, university courses and corporations.
Mikela continues to keep her finger on the pulse contributing to a wide range of projects as documentary writer, creative consultant/producer, editor and videographer for music videos and independent short films.
Hiya, thanks for being a friend - I enjoyed visiting YourSpace :-) Keep it up May your life be full of love, light and fun... hugs SOREN - Beats for change - NYERTUN
It's the video for our new single, "BRIGITTE BARDOT".
It's from our new album "LOLA DUTRONIC IN BERLIN", and it's available exclusively from iTunes and CDBaby.com The single is starting to get airplay all over the place including Rodney Bingenheimer's show on KROQ-FM in L.A. , and it just showed up on the NME's website!
You can download both the single and the album today by clicking here:
It's 3:04, you've spent all night reading Kerouac and Ginsberg, smoking French cigarettes and wearing your essential black and white beat poetry ensemble. As a lazy shuffling drom beat brushes into your personal soundtrack what else can you do but get on the road? Laid back beat jazz rhythms from the ever fascinating British film crew Hum-Drum Films and Miles To Go.
Mikela, besides having a rather pretty name, your biography is quite an inspiring read. I can only hope to be so lucky to have a life as accomplished as yours.
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