The Many Muses of Asiel Norton Canon Filmmaker Award Winner Asiel Norton with his DP Lyn Moncrief on the set of the ORION film. The relationship between filmmakers and cameras is a little like that between lungs and air: you really need the latter for the former to work. Which is why we're so excited to announce the first winner of our Canon Filmmaker Award : writer/director Asiel Norton with his mythical, post-apocalyptic film Orion . Asiel received a complimentary package that included two Canon EOS C300s and an assortment of lenses for the duration of his production. One week into Orion 's Detroit shoot, Artist Development Director Jennifer Kushner had the opportunity to chat with Asiel and his DP, Lyn Moncrief, about the film. Here's what the two had to say: How is production going? Really good. One week down. We're excited. Asiel, what inspired you to tell this story of Orion ? I've always been very interested in mythology. I'm really interested in magic and astrology and tarot and all this kind of thing. When I was a kid, my mom was interested in different religions, particularly primitive religions. So, as a kid, I used to go to rain dances and sun dances on Indian reservations. I've always been fascinated with the occult and shamanism. With this particular film, I was driving to Northern California through the grapevine from Los Angeles and I noticed the mountains. Everything was very dry. It looked like the surface on Mars or