As a child, Collier Landry lost his mother to a gruesome murder at the hands of his father. He then became the primary witness for the prosecution in the case. Though raised by a caring adoptive family, he had unresolved questions for his father that nagged at him into adulthood. One of his attempts to reconcile the impact of violence on his own life was to create a documentary about the case. That documentary brought more questions than closure. In his talk, Collier explores what happens when we can't get the answers we desperately need. Collier Landry is a Los Angeles based cinematographer, filmmaker, and keynote speaker. He is the Founder of "Don’t Touch My Radio," a full-service commercial production company.

As a formally trained musician and photographer, Collier segued into filmmaking as a means to creatively express and deal with his own traumatic story – that of the murder of his mother at the hands of his father when he was 11 years old – and to give a narrative voice to others in similar circumstances.

Collier is the co-creator and subject of A Murder in Mansfield, a documentary directed by two-time Academy Award Winner Barbara Kopple. Having played in over 50 film festivals worldwide, the film debuts on Investigation Discovery Network on November 17, 2018.

The film explores not only the collateral damage of violence and its traumatic repercussions but the beauty of human strength and resilience through seemingly insurmountable odds.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx