Shenaz Baksh is a leading screen industry professional with a focus on sector and community development through education. A career spanning over two decades in Guyana and Canada she is the Screen Industries Business Development Specialist at Sheridan College Continuing and Professional Studies (CAPS), and Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT).
She dedicates her expertise to managing educational programs, and annually creates and delivers 200+ film, digital, interactive media, virtual production and virtual reality workshops and community projects that impact approximately 1000+ local and international content creators. She is an Epic Games Unreal Virtual Production Summer 2021 fellow and has been spearheading training programs for storytellers to develop a strong command of state-of-the-art virtual production tools, in the emerging field of real-time production.
