Ilium Ridge

Ron Hier studied filmmaking in the MFA program at UUSC, and currently works as a research lawyer in Toronto and is the co-author of Music and the Law in Canada (Carswell, 2000) and Model Agreements for Visual and Media Artists (CARFAC 2004).

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Ron Hier studied filmmaking in the MFA program at UUSC, and currently works as a research lawyer in Toronto and is the co-author of Music and the Law in Canada (Carswell, 2000) and Model Agreements for Visual and Media Artists (CARFAC 2004).

In university, we wrote, directed and produced Blood Creature From Beyond the Grave, a 40-minute long movie in the silent film tradition, which was National Runner-up and Quebec Winner in the Famous Players Student Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gwxG_-DzNE

Our most recent film, 2 Bucks Short, was 8th most popular at the 2009 Toronto Urban Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWip7f2M5KA

Together we have written 5 feature screenplays. See http://grinth.com for details.

Ilium Ridge To brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the Great War is but a game to stave off the boredom of immortality. To Captain Achilles, the Man Who Cannot Be Killed, it is a curse to be avoided at all costs. But Achilles cannot avoid his fate. He finds himself caught up in the Achaean army at the bloody carnage of Ilium Ridge, where he must choose between his love for Trojan nurse Briseis and his duty to his incompetent commander Agamemnon. This thrilling story updates Homer's classic Iliad to the tragic events of a century ago. Has anything really changed?

Tam Lin Tam Lin is a modern retelling of a classic Scottish fairy tale. Janet Logan, compelled to leave her London home to nurse her father in a remote Scottish village, is desperately unhappy. Tam Lin, kidnapped by the Queen of Faerie, has no memory of his earthly life. One moonlit night they meet. Janet unravels the mystery of Tam’s past and helps him regain his identity. When she learns that Tam must die on Hallowe'en, she must risk everything to break the spell and bring him back to the mortal world.

Windigo Mountie Jack McGregor is sent to arrest native hunter Isaac Wolf for murder. But Isaac is no ordinary killer: to save his hungry family, he has sold his soul to the evil Windigo, who makes men see other people as animals to be hunted and eaten. McGregor is drawn into Isaac's world of spirits, and must confront both a corrupt court system and the demons from his own past before deciding where justice truly lies. (Optioned twice)

Burned Burned is a drama of self-deception and redemption. Small-town teenager Donny Presley is badly burned while apparently saving his baby sister from their burning home. He becomes a national hero, and falls into the clutches of con-man Ray Hill. Together they raise millions for a "burn clinic", until Donny discovers Ray's true motives. In the fiery climax, Donny redeems himself and becomes the hero he pretended to be.

Confessions of a Justified Sinner When Robert Colwan, raised by a fanatical preacher, learns that he cannot be damned no matter what he does, his mysterious double Gil-Martin encourages him to become the avenging Sword of the Lord, and smite down the sinners of the world, beginning with his own family! Based on James Hogg's original novel of psychological horror from 1824 (the source for Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde).

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