When I decided to start documenting Shamans, the first country I visited was Siberia. Director and filmmaker, Kevin Tomlinson, joined me and we have been great friends, working on projects together ever since. Kevin recently has come on as co-director for Crazywise and brings a wealth of filmmaking experience.

Kevin has been an independent Seattle-based producer, director and cinematographer for over 25 years. He has earned numerous Emmys and Tellys for his network news camerawork with NBC (Winter Olympics, Dateline, Today show, Nightly News), ABC (20/20), CBS (48 hours, 60 minutes), PBS (McNeil/Lehrer, Bill Nye the Science Guy), as well as Discovery, Nickelodeon, Japanese TV (NHK, TV  Ashahi), German TV (ZDF, Pro Sieben), Italian TV (RAI), and more. As a cinematographer, Tomlinson has shot documentaries and travel programs throughout Europe, Turkey, Morocco, Haiti, Peru, Sri Lanka, Siberia and India.  Many shows have been broadcast nationally on the PBS series Rick Steves’ Europe, which won a golden Cine Eagle award in 2001.

Kevin and his wife, Judy Kaplan produced and directed the award-winning feature documentary, “Back to the Garden, flower power comes full circle which premiered at SIFF (2009) and at over 30 international film festivals. It aired both locally on ‘Reel NW’ (KCTS9) and nationally on PBS.

Find more about Heaven Scent Films and Back to the Garden on Kevin’s website and facebook page.