Anthony M. Tooton

Hailing from St. John's, Newfoundland, Anthony M. Tooton is a filmmaker, media developer and photographer. Tooton graduated OAC from the prestigious Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and eventually attended film school in Toronto, after winning an entrance scholarship for his run-and-gun 52-minute documentary film, "Restaurants are not Democracies!" which followed the irrepressible restaurateur Michael Carlevale and his esteemed colleagues: Franco Prevedello, John Maxwell, Peter Oliver, Massimo Capra, Aristedes Pasperakis, and Stephen Ricci - at the 'establishment' restaurant Prego Della Piazza. In 2012, Tooton analyzed an aspect of the cultural relevance comedy plays at the Eastern most point of North America - Newfoundland & Labrador - with his 28-minute NTV Comedy Special: "At Humour's Edge!" He recently won Best Documentary Short film for his NFB supported, passion-project, Tooton's Photography: In The Business Of Making Memories.. Tooton created Tooton Films in honour of his great-grandfather's and family's famous photography and real estate companies: Tooton's Photography  and Tooton's Holdings., and as a springboard to both create specialized unique content and to help companies of all sizes meet their content creation goals.