Brent Belke - Composer Brent Belke, born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, calls Vancouver home. As founding member of seminal punk band, SNFU and the power pop outfit, Wheat Chiefs, Belke recorded nine albums and toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Australia. He began composing music for film with the television documentary I WANNA BE ADORED, narrated by Jello Biafra and Bif Naked, and Mina Shum’s docudiary film; THIRSTY. His feature film composing debut came with the release of Shum’s DRIVE, SHE SAID, where he wrote additional score, as well as songs. Since then, he has scored numerous independent films, including James Dunnison’s FLY: THE POWER OF PERSUASSION, ORGAN MUSIC and PRETTY BOYS, Mina Shum’s video poem Looking For Gandl. He also wrote songs for Disney Channel’s series SO WEIRD. Recent projects include Julia Ivanova’s I Want A Woman soon to be broadcast on CBC and Matt Sinclair’s short film Exposures. His formal training includes composition studies at Simon Fraser University and Vancouver Community College. Brent Belke on imdb: http://us.imdb.com/Name?Belke,+Brent SELECTED CREDITS I WANT A MAN 2003. CBC, IFC documentary by Julia Ivanova. score. EXPOSURES 2003. NSI, Short film by Matt Sinclair. score. LONG LIFE, HAPPINESS & PROSPERITY 2002. feature by Mina Shum. songs. PRETTY BOYS 2002. CTV documentary by James Dunnison. score. LOOKING FOR GANDL 2001. Griffin Poetry Awards video poem by Mina Shum ORGAN MUSIC 2001. short film by James Dunnison. score. XENA, WARRIOR PRINCESS, THE BLOOPERS 1999. video tape release for TV series. score. DRIVE, SHE SAID 1998. feature film by Mina Shum. additional score. SO WEIRD 1998. Disney TV series. songs. I WANNA BE ADORED 1997. City TV documentary by John Conti. score.