Here is the biography of Evert Houston:
Evert Houston is an 11th generation Canadian of English, French, Irish, and Spanish descent. As an artistic creator, he is dedicated to the invention, innovation, and architecture of original story. With a multidisciplinary approach, he brings together actors, writers, singers, dancers, designers, photographers, technicians, video artists, cinematographers, choreographers, and musicians to create new artistic forms.
Houston is a graduate of the nation's top arts high school, Canterbury High School for the Arts, where he attained his Fine Arts Certificate and Academic Diploma as an Ontario Scholar with Honours and Distinction. He also holds a Trinity certification from the Ottawa School of Speech and Drama.
After completing his undergraduate study at the University of Toronto, Houston joined the Shaw Festival, where he performed in seven productions and earned multiple awards and full membership to the Canadian Actors Equity Association. He then trained with LAByrinth Theater Company and The Juilliard School, and collaborated with Moises Kaufman and Charles Tuthill.
Houston has worked with various organizations, including the National Arts Centre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Tom Todoroff Studio. He has also produced, directed, written, and performed in numerous projects, including the Canadian Live Cinema Festival, iNiT, and the short film, Dude.
As a poet-photographer, Houston has exhibited his work at The Gladstone Hotel and the Carrot Common Green Roof Gallery. He has also been seen in national commercials and television shows, including Murdoch Mysteries and Mayday.
Houston co-founded the Blue Flame Collective and served as its Creative Director, producing 27 original short films in its first two years. He also founded the Blue Flame subsidiaries, Writing Women and Queer Ideas, which aimed to increase representation of women and the LGBT community in film and television.
Throughout his career, Houston has received numerous awards and nominations, including the Special Jury Prize from Film North, the Saunderson Award, the RBC Apprentice Actor Award, and the Tony Van Bridge Award. He is an Ontario Scholar on the Principal's List at The Canterbury School for the Arts with First Class Honours and is the recipient of the Hillcrest Drama Society Award of Excellence.
