Tom McPhee
Executive Director & Chairman of the Board
World Animal Awareness Society - WA2S.org
Tom McPhee embedded with SODOPRECA an ARCH partner. Port-au-Prince. Haiti 2010
A brief message:
こんにちは、ようこそ！ Halo dan selamat datang! Bonjour et bienvenue! Hallo en welkom! أهلا ومرحبا بكم! Salam və xoş gəlmisiniz! হ্যালো এবং স্বাগত! Здравейте и добре дошли! 您好，欢迎光临！ Pozdrav i dobrodošao! Dobrý den, vítejte! Hej og velkommen! Saluton kaj bonvenon! Tere ja teretulnud! Kumusta at maligayang pagdating! Hei ja tervetuloa! გამარჯობა და გამარჯობა! Hallo und herzlich willkommen! Γεια σας και καλώς ορίσατε! Alo ak Byenveni! שלום וברוכים הבאים! नमस्ते और आपका स्वागत है! Ciao e benvenuto! Hello 및 환영합니다! Lorem et grata! Hello dan selamat! Hei og velkommen! Witam serdecznie! Olá e bem-vindos! Здравствуйте и добро пожаловать! Hola y bienvenidos! สวัสดีและยินดีต้อนรับ! Merhaba ve hoş geldiniz! Здравствуйте і ласкаво просимо! خوش اور خوش آمدید! Xin chào và hoan nghênh! העלא און באַגריסן!
Hello and welcome! To all of our friends from around the globe, we are so glad you are a part of our vision, thank you for joining us here on the internet.
In early September, 2005 I went to New Orleans and began to document much of the animal rescue efforts immediately following Hurricane Katrina. What I discovered was an entire world I had no idea existed and one most people never pay attention to: the world of animal rescue. I found people risking everything, sometimes their lives, to rescue these animals, other peoples pets. The results of this observation? The multi award-winning AN AMERICAN OPERA The Greatest Pet Rescue Ever! www.anamericanopera.com
This journey set me on a path to discover/uncover the many ways humans and non-human animals interact. As the World Animal Awareness Society - WA2S.org, we scour the World for stories to film and present about this relationship.
By producing compelling documentaries to be shared with the world and providing raw aggregate-able footage to educational institutions for further research, the World Animal Awareness Society will accomplish its vision of creating an opportunity for people to have greater human - animal awareness, and to witness our evolutionary arc in real time
This is not an animal rights initiative, but a human animal awareness one. We are not looking to take sides, but to understand what the sides are. The World Animal Awareness Society - WA2S.org is a free agent, looking for facts and stories about how humans interact with animals in contemporary society throughout the world, we believe we will see the human evolutionary arc in real time. I am frequently asked, whose side are we on? I always respond - the side of knowledge.
Please join me in creating a powerful new voice in human-animal evolution.
Founder,
email: Tom McPhee
skype: tom_mcphee_wa2sorg
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tommcphee
Producer & Director
Man Smiling Moving Pictures
Are you standing at the crossroads of a human-animal intersection as an individual who wants to positively impact this world?
Whether addressing human stressors on the environment or experiencing the upset of disaster, the World Animal Awareness Society’s unbiased video journalism provides the human and animal perspectives needed to create viable and responsible solutions, whatever the issue.
Whether you belong to a government agency responsible for human lives, an animal welfare group protecting voiceless animals, or you want to get
involved as a concerned citizen, the World Animal Awareness Society can help you – anywhere in the world.
The World Animal Awareness Society observes and visually documents, drawing humans together to facilitate positive solutions for humans and animals alike.
The WA2S.org has documented heroic post-disaster rescue missions spanning Haiti’s earthquake-torn rubble. Filmed the destruction of wildlife and human livelihood in the Gulf of Mexico’s oily shores. We’ve entered the Japanese radiation zone where companion animals were left behind by distraught human beings, and much, much more. Our latest undertaking, American Strays, is our own model census tracking stray dogs to pinpoint overpopulation issues and safeguard public health.
For organizations living and breathing in spaces of animal/human need, we offer documentary services with exceptionally reasonable rates. Let us help you share your mission, knowledge and experience where animals and humans intersect.
The WA2S.org also encourages student observation and documentation of the contemporary human/animal intersection. Fundraising for Student Visionaries Clubs, official chapters of WA2S.org, facilitates the education of future stewards of this earth.
The World Animal Awareness Society is a human animal awareness initiative. We take no sides, but seek to understand what each side is. Let us stand firmly on the side of knowledge and evolve from this point forward, together.
こんにちは、ようこそ！ Halo dan selamat datang! Bonjour et bienvenue! Hallo en welkom! أهلا ومرحبا بكم! Salam və xoş gəlmisiniz! হ্যালো এবং স্বাগত! Здравейте и добре дошли! 您好，欢迎光临！ Pozdrav i dobrodošao! Dobrý den, vítejte! Hej og velkommen! Saluton kaj bonvenon! Tere ja teretulnud! Kumusta at maligayang pagdating! Hei ja tervetuloa! გამარჯობა და გამარჯობა! Hallo und herzlich willkommen! Γεια σας και καλώς ορίσατε! Alo ak Byenveni! שלום וברוכים הבאים! नमस्ते और आपका स्वागत है! Ciao e benvenuto! Hello 및 환영합니다! Lorem et grata! Hello dan selamat! Hei og velkommen! Witam serdecznie! Olá e bem-vindos! Здравствуйте и добро пожаловать! Hola y bienvenidos! สวัสดีและยินดีต้อนรับ! Merhaba ve hoş geldiniz! Здравствуйте і ласкаво просимо! خوش اور خوش آمدید! Xin chào và hoan nghênh! העלא און באַגריסן!
Hello and welcome! To all of our friends from around the globe, we are so glad you are a part of our vision, thank you for joining us here on the internet.
In early September, 2005 I went to New Orleans and began to document much of the animal rescue efforts immediately following Hurricane Katrina. What I discovered was an entire world I had no idea existed and one most people never pay attention to: the world of animal rescue. I found people risking everything, sometimes their lives, to rescue these animals, other peoples pets. The results of this observation? The multi award-winning AN AMERICAN OPERA The Greatest Pet Rescue Ever! www.anamericanopera.com
This journey set me on a path to discover/uncover the many ways humans and non-human animals interact. As the World Animal Awareness Society - WA2S.org, we scour the World for stories to film and present about this relationship.
By producing compelling documentaries to be shared with the world and providing raw aggregate-able footage to educational institutions for further research, the World Animal Awareness Society will accomplish its vision of creating an opportunity for people to have greater human - animal awareness, and to witness our evolutionary arc in real time
This is not an animal rights initiative, but a human animal awareness one. We are not looking to take sides, but to understand what the sides are. The World Animal Awareness Society - WA2S.org is a free agent, looking for facts and stories about how humans interact with animals in contemporary society throughout the world, we believe we will see the human evolutionary arc in real time. I am frequently asked, whose side are we on? I always respond - the side of knowledge.
Please join me in creating a powerful new voice in human-animal evolution.
Founder,
email: Tom McPhee
skype: tom_mcphee_wa2sorg
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tommcphee
Producer & Director
Man Smiling Moving Pictures
Are you standing at the crossroads of a human-animal intersection as an individual who wants to positively impact this world?
Whether addressing human stressors on the environment or experiencing the upset of disaster, the World Animal Awareness Society’s unbiased video journalism provides the human and animal perspectives needed to create viable and responsible solutions, whatever the issue.
Whether you belong to a government agency responsible for human lives, an animal welfare group protecting voiceless animals, or you want to get
involved as a concerned citizen, the World Animal Awareness Society can help you – anywhere in the world.
The World Animal Awareness Society observes and visually documents, drawing humans together to facilitate positive solutions for humans and animals alike.
The WA2S.org has documented heroic post-disaster rescue missions spanning Haiti’s earthquake-torn rubble. Filmed the destruction of wildlife and human livelihood in the Gulf of Mexico’s oily shores. We’ve entered the Japanese radiation zone where companion animals were left behind by distraught human beings, and much, much more. Our latest undertaking, American Strays, is our own model census tracking stray dogs to pinpoint overpopulation issues and safeguard public health.
For organizations living and breathing in spaces of animal/human need, we offer documentary services with exceptionally reasonable rates. Let us help you share your mission, knowledge and experience where animals and humans intersect.
The WA2S.org also encourages student observation and documentation of the contemporary human/animal intersection. Fundraising for Student Visionaries Clubs, official chapters of WA2S.org, facilitates the education of future stewards of this earth.
The World Animal Awareness Society is a human animal awareness initiative. We take no sides, but seek to understand what each side is. Let us stand firmly on the side of knowledge and evolve from this point forward, together.
BIO:
Tom McPhee, Executive Director and Founder of the World Animal Awareness Society (launched 2010), is an award winning producer & director of film, TV, and multi-language interactive media. He owns 2 media companies, Cave Studio and Man Smiling Moving Pictures. Tom served as producer and host-character for two animal centric TV shows broadcast across Canada on The Pet Network (Tom McPhee's Rescue Journal & Rock & Roll Dogs) in 2009. Tom served as producer, director and creative force behind the multi award-winning documentary, An American Opera: The Greatest Pet Rescue Ever! (2008) chronicling the animal rescue efforts post Hurricane Katrina, with footage shot in New Orleans becoming part of 2 Animal Planet Specials in 2005, a PBS Nature special in 2005, and the 2009 award-winning PBS Independent Lens documentary from Film Movement: Mine, directed by Geralyn Pezanoski. Tom is skilled at marrying original music to image, its a signature of his work.
Tom spent the better part of 2010 on expedition filming human-animal interactions post disaster in: Haiti, the ALL EYES ON THE GULF Expedition, and for 2011 in Japan covering the post quake-tsunami-radiation disaster for the WA2S. Prior to his focus on human-animal collisions, Tom created and produced flixtour, the premier, nationally sponsored, college targeted, indie film tour - in the mid thru late 90's, an early leader in the DIY indie film ranks, lauded by indiewire, MovieMaker, Filmmaker and MovieLine magazines as the next 'thing'. flixtour achieved some memorable successes, including launching indie icon Kevin Smith's ongoing & highly successful college speaking series – multiple shows are now out on DVD, and more serendipitously, helping launch the comedy directing career of then almost broke Paul Feig (director of Brides Maids, as well as episodes of Arrested Development, The Office and HBO's Bored To Death) who signed his deal with Dreamworks at my kitchen table - Judd Apatow on speaker phone, for the short-lived cult favorite TV show; Freaks & Geeks. Paul wrote F&G while presenting his indie film on flixtour in 1998. Tom occasionally serves as a Judge of documentary films at film festivals, the latest being the 42nd Humboldt Film Festival. Tom is a member of the IDA – International Documentary Association, IFP – Chicago, and former board member of the DFC - Detroit Filmmakers Coalition and former Director of the 1998 Detroit & Windsor Festival of Film. please get in touch with Tom here: tommcphee@WA2S.org Cheers!
Tom McPhee, Executive Director and Founder of the World Animal Awareness Society (launched 2010), is an award winning producer & director of film, TV, and multi-language interactive media. He owns 2 media companies, Cave Studio and Man Smiling Moving Pictures. Tom served as producer and host-character for two animal centric TV shows broadcast across Canada on The Pet Network (Tom McPhee's Rescue Journal & Rock & Roll Dogs) in 2009. Tom served as producer, director and creative force behind the multi award-winning documentary, An American Opera: The Greatest Pet Rescue Ever! (2008) chronicling the animal rescue efforts post Hurricane Katrina, with footage shot in New Orleans becoming part of 2 Animal Planet Specials in 2005, a PBS Nature special in 2005, and the 2009 award-winning PBS Independent Lens documentary from Film Movement: Mine, directed by Geralyn Pezanoski. Tom is skilled at marrying original music to image, its a signature of his work.
Tom spent the better part of 2010 on expedition filming human-animal interactions post disaster in: Haiti, the ALL EYES ON THE GULF Expedition, and for 2011 in Japan covering the post quake-tsunami-radiation disaster for the WA2S. Prior to his focus on human-animal collisions, Tom created and produced flixtour, the premier, nationally sponsored, college targeted, indie film tour - in the mid thru late 90's, an early leader in the DIY indie film ranks, lauded by indiewire, MovieMaker, Filmmaker and MovieLine magazines as the next 'thing'. flixtour achieved some memorable successes, including launching indie icon Kevin Smith's ongoing & highly successful college speaking series – multiple shows are now out on DVD, and more serendipitously, helping launch the comedy directing career of then almost broke Paul Feig (director of Brides Maids, as well as episodes of Arrested Development, The Office and HBO's Bored To Death) who signed his deal with Dreamworks at my kitchen table - Judd Apatow on speaker phone, for the short-lived cult favorite TV show; Freaks & Geeks. Paul wrote F&G while presenting his indie film on flixtour in 1998. Tom occasionally serves as a Judge of documentary films at film festivals, the latest being the 42nd Humboldt Film Festival. Tom is a member of the IDA – International Documentary Association, IFP – Chicago, and former board member of the DFC - Detroit Filmmakers Coalition and former Director of the 1998 Detroit & Windsor Festival of Film. please get in touch with Tom here: tommcphee@WA2S.org Cheers!
