Win Wachsmann
Win Wachsmann, Director
Win is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman. After completing film studies at Simon Fraser University he continued writing and teaching. A businessman and syndicated business columnist, he has written many articles for national and international magazines on business and the World Wide Web. Win’s companies have sold products and software internationally.
He has written a series of feature length scripts under consideration in Hollywood . He has completed several short films and in 2005 embarked on his most ambitious project yet – as Creator, Producer, Writer, of Military Miracles, a pilot for History Channel.
Military Miracles chronicles the first 30 days of the 1300 Marines of the 1st Battalion 5th Marine Regiment as they battled their way through the deserts of Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. It features miraculous stories of survival in the face of certain death, as told by the soldiers who lived them. The stories are revisited through compelling interviews, exciting re-enactments and archival battlefield footage. While the Marines themselves refer to these events as miracles, the viewers can decide for themselves whether this is so. We feel this approach honors each soldier’s personal beliefs.
Official GIFF Selection: Military Miracles
