The Department of Film's Distinguished Alumni Award

Join us in welcoming Lowell Dean at the Artesian on October 23 as he receives the University of Regina Department of Film's Distinguished Alumni Award. Lowell will have a conversation with Department Head Mike Rollo reflecting on Dean’s film work over the past decade. A reception will follow.

The Department of Film started the biennial Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011 to honour the achievements of its alumni. Past recipients include director Robin Schlaht, editor Jackie Dzuba, animator Dennis Jackson, documentary filmmaker Ian Toews, programmer Belinda New, broadcaster Ron Forsythe, and filmmaker and storyteller Janine Windolph.

Lowell Dean is a Canadian filmmaker and director of six feature films: the zombie thriller 13 Eerie (2013), the horror comedy WolfCop (2014) and its sequel Another WolfCop (2017), the post-apocalyptic action film SuperGrid (2018), the wrestling-horror Dark Match (2024) and the post-apocalyptic love story Die Alone (2024). Die Alone and Dark Match both had theatrical releases and are now available to stream worldwide on platforms including Crave, Amazon, and Shudder.