Let me introduce myself.
I’m Eppo Eerkes... I also have another name, ‘Yinagha K’izzaa’, translated it means ‘Half Moon’. Elder ‘Spotted Eagle’ from the Tsuut’ina Nation gave me the First Nations’ name ‘Half Moon’ due to my keen eye for directing films as well as searching for ‘The Light’ in others.
I represent the seekers, the risk-takers, the creative, free-spirited adventurers out there; the ones who want more forests and freeways; outback and oceans in their lives. Those who push their own personal boundaries. I pursue films and stories that represent this perspective and philosophy.
Eppo is an internationally award-winning Director, a frontiersman and an explorer of cultures, His relentless curiosity has found him filming from the high arctic to east Africa; from the Ecuadorian Andes to the Congalese mountains; from the Alberta badlands to the Costa Rican jungle. If it’s the magic and ruggedness of an experience you want to capture; Eppo is your man.
Eppo has created, written and directed over 100 hours of broadcast film and television for networks including Discovery, History Channel USA, Animal Planet USA and National Geographic. Eppo is also an independent film director who has several upcoming and finished dramatic/scripted shorts and features.
A passionate story-teller, much of Eppo’s content has focused on the fragile relationships between man and animal/man and the environment.
Eppo has a respect for the spirit that resides in all living things, the thrill of the new, the delight of the unexpected.
Eppo continues to hone and develop his craft by working on projects which inspire and explore the human spirit.
