Jake Thompson(XVII)
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Jake Thompson is a Puppeteer, Puppet Builder, Actor and Writer from St. John's, NL. At the young age of 11 Jake started his own online puppet web- series which quickly grew into "Canada's fastest growing talk show" as described in a front page newspaper article. Now, at 16, Jake is the Writer, Lead Puppeteer, and Creator on two nationally recognized television programs, "NL Now" and "The Adventures of Gary and Lou" Jake has appeared in Background roles for provincially airing commercials as well as the hit CBC show "Little Dog" starring Joel Thomas Hynes. In 2019 Jake was nominated for the City of St. John's Youth of the Year award for his volunteer work on four years of Janeway Children's Hospital fundraisers as well as producing over 40 hours of volunteer local community TV content.