Curriculum Vitae
AWARDS
GEMINI AWARD Nomination - Best Direction in a Reality Series: Party Mamas
GEMINI AWARD Nomination - Best Picture Editing in a Comedy: The Wilkinsons
GEMINI AWARD Nomination - Best Picture Editing: Party Mamas
FINE ARTS FILM FESTIVAL AWARD Winner: Magical Imperfection
GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD Nomination - Director: Canada Sings
GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD Nomination - Producer: Magical Imperfection
BEST FILM - Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, Toronto: OCD
SILVER CHRIS AWARD - Columbus International Film and Video Festival: OCD
MERIT AWARD - Superfest International Media Festival, Barkeley, Cal.: OCD
SILVER AWARD - HeSCA Media Festival, Pennsylvania: OCD
SILVER AWARD - NCFR Media Awards, Minneapolis, MN: OCD
FREDDIE AWARD - International Media Award, New York City: OCD
DORA AWARD Nomination - Best Music and Sound Design: Valley Song
GEMINI AWARD Nomination - Best Picture Editing in a Comedy: The Wilkinsons
GEMINI AWARD Nomination - Best Picture Editing: Party Mamas
FINE ARTS FILM FESTIVAL AWARD Winner: Magical Imperfection
GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD Nomination - Director: Canada Sings
GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD Nomination - Producer: Magical Imperfection
BEST FILM - Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, Toronto: OCD
SILVER CHRIS AWARD - Columbus International Film and Video Festival: OCD
MERIT AWARD - Superfest International Media Festival, Barkeley, Cal.: OCD
SILVER AWARD - HeSCA Media Festival, Pennsylvania: OCD
SILVER AWARD - NCFR Media Awards, Minneapolis, MN: OCD
FREDDIE AWARD - International Media Award, New York City: OCD
DORA AWARD Nomination - Best Music and Sound Design: Valley Song
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
THE RHAPSODY (Producer / Director / Writer / Editor / Animator)
A 99 year old Holocaust survivor tells his harrowing wartime story through his music and diaries
*Currently in post-production
OCD: THE WAR INSIDE - National Film Board of Canada - Director
- Screenings include the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Calgary Film Festival, and festivals in Berlin, Australia, Philadelphia, Illinois, Toronto and Vancouver
- Broadcast on PBS (U.S.); Documentary Channel and Discovery (Canada)
MAGICAL IMPERFECTION: The Life and Architecture of Raymond Moriyama
(Producer / Writer / Editor) One Hour Documentary about the world renowned architect
A 99 year old Holocaust survivor tells his harrowing wartime story through his music and diaries
*Currently in post-production
OCD: THE WAR INSIDE - National Film Board of Canada - Director
- Screenings include the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Calgary Film Festival, and festivals in Berlin, Australia, Philadelphia, Illinois, Toronto and Vancouver
- Broadcast on PBS (U.S.); Documentary Channel and Discovery (Canada)
MAGICAL IMPERFECTION: The Life and Architecture of Raymond Moriyama
(Producer / Writer / Editor) One Hour Documentary about the world renowned architect
DIRECTING CREDITS
WHERE 2 NEXT - Travel Adventure Web-series - 8 episodes (Co-Creator / Producer / Director)
Two Strangers. One Country. Seven Days. With no idea where they're going!
AMERICAN MYSTERY – 6 episodes
The inside stories of The Bermuda Triangle, Area 51, Lindbergh, Jimmy Hoffa, and more
THE TRANSGENDER PROJECT - iChannel - 4 episodes (Producer / Director)
Documentary series featuring life stories of transgender people
LEO SPELLMAN'S RHAPSODY: LIVE IN CONCERT - Vision TV (Producer / Director)
Half hour concert performance of Leo Spellman's 'Rhapsody 1939-1945'
CANADA SINGS! - Global TV - 6 episodes
Two offices battle it out in a glee club competition
YUKON GOLD - History Channel - 2 episodes
Four mining crews battle the elements in a search for gold
STYLE BY JURY - W Network (Canada) / NBC (U.S.) - 46 episodes
Makeover series that creates a great first impression
JOREL ROCKS HIS BAR MITZVAH - Viral Video
1,000,000 hits on YouTube - coverage in the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, Canada AM, CBC, etc.
MY HOUSE, YOUR MONEY - W Network (Canada) / HGTV (U.S.) - 33 episodes
Time to buy a first home...with Mom and Dad's help
I WRECKED MY HOUSE - HGTV - 1 Hour Special
Host Steve Patterson searches for Canada's worst handyman
PARTY MAMAS - Slice Network - 17 episodes (Gemini Award Nomination - Best Director)
Outrageous parties thrown by larger-than-life women
THE WILKINSONS - CMT - 2 episodes
Comedy series featuring the award winning family country band
MADE TO ORDER - The Food Network (Canada) / Fine Living (U.S.) - 1 episode
Behind the scenes restaurant series featuring the master chef from Rain
DESIGNER GUYS - HGTV - 10 episodes
Lifestyle series featuring masterful home makeovers
LOVING SPOONFULS - W Network - 3 episodes
Irreverent cooking show featuring grandmothers from around the world
HOME TO STAY - HGTV - 26 episodes
Design series featuring Peter Fallico
PURE DESIGN - HGTV (Canada and U.S.) - 13 episodes
Home design series featuring Samantha Pynn
SHOTGUN RENO - Slice Network - 7 episodes
Just two weeks to renovate before your wedding or birth of your baby
RAGS TO RED CARPET - CosmoTV - 6 episodes (co-director)
Bringing glitz and glamour to women in need of a makeover
DIAMOND IN THE BUFF - W Network - Pilot episode
David Clemmer helps women learn to love the skin they're in
PLANET PARENT - TVO - 6 episodes
Episodes range from serious to light-hearted looks at parenting
InterACTION
Comedy short starring Eugene Levy
RED BALLS
Experimental video shown at the New York Video Festival
SMOBER UP - Web Series - 4 webisodes
Documentary series following eight people as they attempt to quit smoking
Two Strangers. One Country. Seven Days. With no idea where they're going!
AMERICAN MYSTERY – 6 episodes
The inside stories of The Bermuda Triangle, Area 51, Lindbergh, Jimmy Hoffa, and more
THE TRANSGENDER PROJECT - iChannel - 4 episodes (Producer / Director)
Documentary series featuring life stories of transgender people
LEO SPELLMAN'S RHAPSODY: LIVE IN CONCERT - Vision TV (Producer / Director)
Half hour concert performance of Leo Spellman's 'Rhapsody 1939-1945'
CANADA SINGS! - Global TV - 6 episodes
Two offices battle it out in a glee club competition
YUKON GOLD - History Channel - 2 episodes
Four mining crews battle the elements in a search for gold
STYLE BY JURY - W Network (Canada) / NBC (U.S.) - 46 episodes
Makeover series that creates a great first impression
JOREL ROCKS HIS BAR MITZVAH - Viral Video
1,000,000 hits on YouTube - coverage in the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, Canada AM, CBC, etc.
MY HOUSE, YOUR MONEY - W Network (Canada) / HGTV (U.S.) - 33 episodes
Time to buy a first home...with Mom and Dad's help
I WRECKED MY HOUSE - HGTV - 1 Hour Special
Host Steve Patterson searches for Canada's worst handyman
PARTY MAMAS - Slice Network - 17 episodes (Gemini Award Nomination - Best Director)
Outrageous parties thrown by larger-than-life women
THE WILKINSONS - CMT - 2 episodes
Comedy series featuring the award winning family country band
MADE TO ORDER - The Food Network (Canada) / Fine Living (U.S.) - 1 episode
Behind the scenes restaurant series featuring the master chef from Rain
DESIGNER GUYS - HGTV - 10 episodes
Lifestyle series featuring masterful home makeovers
LOVING SPOONFULS - W Network - 3 episodes
Irreverent cooking show featuring grandmothers from around the world
HOME TO STAY - HGTV - 26 episodes
Design series featuring Peter Fallico
PURE DESIGN - HGTV (Canada and U.S.) - 13 episodes
Home design series featuring Samantha Pynn
SHOTGUN RENO - Slice Network - 7 episodes
Just two weeks to renovate before your wedding or birth of your baby
RAGS TO RED CARPET - CosmoTV - 6 episodes (co-director)
Bringing glitz and glamour to women in need of a makeover
DIAMOND IN THE BUFF - W Network - Pilot episode
David Clemmer helps women learn to love the skin they're in
PLANET PARENT - TVO - 6 episodes
Episodes range from serious to light-hearted looks at parenting
InterACTION
Comedy short starring Eugene Levy
RED BALLS
Experimental video shown at the New York Video Festival
SMOBER UP - Web Series - 4 webisodes
Documentary series following eight people as they attempt to quit smoking
MUSIC VIDEOS
(Producer / Director / Cameraman & Editor on all)
LIGHTHOUSE LIVE - 40 YEARS of SUNNY DAYS - Feature length concert DVD
LIGHTHOUSE - Leonard Cohen's Tower of Song
ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL - Filmed almost one hundred concerts and events since 2014
JIM GELCER / PAUL HOFFERT TRIO - Vitamin B51
ASHIROGI MUTO - Bloom City
GER MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
VALDY -Sonny's Dream
WILDLIFE - A Holy Man
JOHN PEPPER - Murder
POLI'S JAZZ SALON
LIGHTHOUSE - Leonard Cohen's Tower of Song
ASHKENAZ FESTIVAL - Filmed almost one hundred concerts and events since 2014
JIM GELCER / PAUL HOFFERT TRIO - Vitamin B51
ASHIROGI MUTO - Bloom City
GER MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA
VALDY -Sonny's Dream
WILDLIFE - A Holy Man
JOHN PEPPER - Murder
POLI'S JAZZ SALON
EDITING
Hoffert has edited several documentaries and close to one hundred episodes of television, including:
RHAPSODY: THE LIBERATION OF LEO SPELLMAN (feature documentary)
MAGICAL IMPERFECTIONS: The Life and Architecture of Raymond Moriyama (documentary)
PARTY MAMAS (Gemini Award Nomination)
THE WILKINSONS (Gemini Award Nomination)
WE BOUGHT A FUNERAL HOME (Discovery+)
MADE TO ORDER (Food Network)
LOVING SPOONFULS (W Network / Amazon Prime)
BRIDES OF BEVERLY HILLS (TLC)
SECOND TIME AROUND (W Network)
TRASH TO TREASURE (HGTV)
THE PAULINE JOHNSON STORY (History Channel)
11 CAMERAS (CBC)
RHAPSODY: THE LIBERATION OF LEO SPELLMAN (feature documentary)
MAGICAL IMPERFECTIONS: The Life and Architecture of Raymond Moriyama (documentary)
PARTY MAMAS (Gemini Award Nomination)
THE WILKINSONS (Gemini Award Nomination)
WE BOUGHT A FUNERAL HOME (Discovery+)
MADE TO ORDER (Food Network)
LOVING SPOONFULS (W Network / Amazon Prime)
BRIDES OF BEVERLY HILLS (TLC)
SECOND TIME AROUND (W Network)
TRASH TO TREASURE (HGTV)
THE PAULINE JOHNSON STORY (History Channel)
11 CAMERAS (CBC)
CORPORATE & MISC.
HOUSE OF PRAISE - Studio Director of gospel choir live broadcasts
DOORKNOCKERS - Promotional Video for Real Estate Team
FAMLI.net - Promotional Video for a Tech Company
EVERY CHILD IS OURS - 30 minute documentary about Jewish Foster Children
ANATOMY OF A MUSIC SCORE - 30 minute documentary
THE DECEIVERS - Pilot episode of a series featuring magicians
25 YEARS TO NAGANO - 20 minute promo documentary for Roots
ISX CANADA - Promo for travel company
DOORKNOCKERS - Promotional Video for Real Estate Team
FAMLI.net - Promotional Video for a Tech Company
EVERY CHILD IS OURS - 30 minute documentary about Jewish Foster Children
ANATOMY OF A MUSIC SCORE - 30 minute documentary
THE DECEIVERS - Pilot episode of a series featuring magicians
25 YEARS TO NAGANO - 20 minute promo documentary for Roots
ISX CANADA - Promo for travel company
MUSIC
BEASTIE BOYS: ‘SOME OLD BULLSHIT’
Producer of two songs on album - Top 50 in Billboard Album Chart
HIDDEN ROOM - Lifetime Network Anthology Series (20 Episodes)
* Featuring Tom Hulce, Mariel Hemingway, Ally Sheedy, Daphne Zuniga, etc.
CATWALK - Syndicated Series (24 Episodes) Starring Neve Campbell
THE HITCH-HIKER - HBO Series (3 episodes)
ELVIS: AIRBORNE - One hour Elvis Stojko special
FREAKY STORIES - Syndicated Animated Series
STRANGERS - HBO Anthology Series (w/Mark Harmon, Mario Van Peebles, etc.) (3 eps)
CityPulse News - Theme Music, Segments, etc. (CityTV)
CP24 - Theme Music, Segments, etc. for CityTV’s 24 hour news station
BRAVO! – Station Identity and Promos for television network
REGGAE COWBOYS – keyboardist in Reggae Band
DAKAR – keyboardist in Reggae Band
THE YOBS – Songwriter and Bassist of Punk/Pop band
CRAZY SUNDAY – Producer/Arranger
Producer of two songs on album - Top 50 in Billboard Album Chart
HIDDEN ROOM - Lifetime Network Anthology Series (20 Episodes)
* Featuring Tom Hulce, Mariel Hemingway, Ally Sheedy, Daphne Zuniga, etc.
CATWALK - Syndicated Series (24 Episodes) Starring Neve Campbell
THE HITCH-HIKER - HBO Series (3 episodes)
ELVIS: AIRBORNE - One hour Elvis Stojko special
FREAKY STORIES - Syndicated Animated Series
STRANGERS - HBO Anthology Series (w/Mark Harmon, Mario Van Peebles, etc.) (3 eps)
CityPulse News - Theme Music, Segments, etc. (CityTV)
CP24 - Theme Music, Segments, etc. for CityTV’s 24 hour news station
BRAVO! – Station Identity and Promos for television network
REGGAE COWBOYS – keyboardist in Reggae Band
DAKAR – keyboardist in Reggae Band
THE YOBS – Songwriter and Bassist of Punk/Pop band
CRAZY SUNDAY – Producer/Arranger
THEATRE
VALLEY SONG - DORA AWARD nomination - Best Music/Sound Design
LOST IN YONKERS - Music for Theatrical Production (Directed by Al Waxman)
SIGHT UNSEEN - Music for Theatrical Production (Directed by Al Waxman)
A SHAYNA MAIDEL - Music for Theatrical Production (Directed by Al Waxman)
LOST IN YONKERS - Music for Theatrical Production (Directed by Al Waxman)
SIGHT UNSEEN - Music for Theatrical Production (Directed by Al Waxman)
A SHAYNA MAIDEL - Music for Theatrical Production (Directed by Al Waxman)