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Has Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Film Studies and Theatre from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Has worked in motion picture industry since 1989. Member of Prop Masters Guild and American Entertainment Armorers Association. Lives in Los Angeles. Favorite Directors are John Ford, John Huston, Howard Hawks, David Lean, Sidney Lumet.- Producer
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John Walker was born on 21 April 1956. He is a producer and writer, known for The Incredibles (2004), Incredibles 2 (2018) and Tomorrowland (2015). He has been married to Pamela Gaye Walker since 5 December 1996.- Producer
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Sebastian Dove has shot multiple music videos in Europe for artists such as Leee John (Imagination)
He moved to Toronto, Canada in 2009 where he worked for years as a TV commercial director for major brands such as Home Depot, Viewsonic
He completed his first feature film 'Ghost Webcam' in 2022 and is working on his two next features- Producer
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From spending summers cleaning toilets with convicts, discovering Kung Fu movies at an underground cinema in China, to almost dying in a landslide, director/writer Geordie Sabbagh's experiences have been far from ordinary.
A Lebanese/Canadian raised in the Caribbean, he works across multiple genres and focuses on creating work where sarcasm is the highest form of wit, and nice people get away with it.
After ditching med school, he accepted a position with the BBC World Service in Afghanistan receiving death threats from Al-Qaeda. He went on to work for BBC TV/Radio learning his craft from the creators of shows we love to remake like The Office.
A CFC alum (Canada's AFI) and DGC member, Geordie won multiple pitch prizes in Canada and Europe, landed on the Red List, and selected for talent labs at Berlinale, TIFF, and Whistler. He has worked with top talent in the industry, including nervously directing David Cronenberg. His movies include When I Go Outside, Canadian Strain, and A Sunday Kind Of Love. Geordie's work has achieved worldwide commercial success, played at renowned festivals such as ComicCon, Fantasia, and Shanghai, and won multiple awards for directing, acting, and writing.
Prior to becoming a filmmaker, he got his MBA and was VP of a FactEnt company creating multiple series (After The Attack, Conspiracy Test, Rogue Nature) for Discovery, and learning the art of the cliffhanger from the inventor of Shark Week. One of his episodes was used at the US Supreme Court - another was one of the highest-rated in Discovery's history.
Outside directing, he holds the four-door sedan lap record at Canada's fastest race track, survived two terms as Parent Council chair, and founded the design collective -Eat Creativity.- Director
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Melanie Berthelo (She/Her) is an intriguing director, who is known for Case Study of Zacheriah (2011), The Passerby (2022), and Endemic (2024). Her preferences are police procedural and science fiction genres but she is open to exploring other genres.
In her experience as a Production Assistant, Melanie has had the opportunity to work with nearly every department on set gaining invaluable knowledge of how a Film/TV production functions properly.
Melanie's experience in leadership and supervisory roles transfers into directing easily. She is used to working long hours, in high-stress environments, and making decisive decisions during uncertain and challenging times. She's personable, able to convey her creative vision effectively, and enjoys a challenge.
The constant change in this entertainment industry needs directors who are confident storytellers who can adapt and are willing to grow and listen. That's where Melanie excels.
Outside of directing, Melanie is an entrepreneur who is slowly developing a company, Chaleur Films Inc. She enjoys writing screenplays, drawing, ducks and geese watching, and exploring new things.
Profile continues to update. Demo reel TBA- Actress
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Actress/Writer/Producer Mandy May Cheetham was born in Toronto, ON the daughter of motorcycle drag-racer turned boat-painter turned balloon-tire-bicycle collector turned apprentice junkologist turned hipster carpenter Bob Cheetham and event planner turned boat-hostess turned hot-tub and tanning-bed sales woman turned landscape designer Jennie Robertson. Many of her parents friends warned them all their dashes (-) would result in their child turning out to be a slash (/), and they embraced that premonition heartily. Her relentlessly innovative parents lived in many wonderful parts of the city including spending two years on a 35 foot Chris Craft with no engine named Dockside which they parked at the foot of Toronto's York Street.
Because she lived in a floating domicile Mandy May spent most of her elementary years at the Toronto Island Public School - home to the granola children from the Toronto Island community, a few artsy types from the Harbourfront condos, and the bad kids from Market Lane. Under the tutelage of school musical director Brenda Willis (who ran morning aerobics to Stars on 45 records) and 1st grade teacher and pianist Anne McKenna (who made Bob Dylan's 'Blowin in the Wind' a class favorite during morning circle) her abilities were nurtured through an extensive theatre and choir program that saw her act, write and sing her way through over 16 productions including a memorable take on a Jim Henson inspired play The Muppets Take the Island to which she contributed some written scenes and portrayed a deeply disturbed version of Animal whose rendition of Mana Mana had the audience questioning the effect of red hair spray paint on a child's short term cognition.
After high school Mandy attended the University of Guelph with her 3 year old son and became a varsity cheerleader. She would spend the next portion of her life as an international cheerleading choreographer teaching overachieving young women and men in over 14 countries, including international championship teams from China, Finland, Sweden, Scotland and Germany how to smile so big it hurts until they out-joyed their competitors. She was again bitten by the acting bug when asked to choreograph for several national commercials and the film It's a Boy/Girl Thing produced by Elton John.
She returned to acting in 2011 after a vivid dream in which she fed soup to an enthusiastic audience at SNL and then performed in an ill fitting wife beater and cut off shorts during a 1940s sketch where all the other women wore gowns. Happy to be the butt of the joke - she immediately signed up for classes at The Second City in Toronto. From there she voraciously gobbled up all of the acting classes she could and went on to study at UCB in New York where she was taught by Jordan Klepper how to incorporate hip hop into sketch comedy, and then to the Lee Strasberg Institute in NY where she was taught how to recall the smell of the metal trash can in her third grade class room (granola). After New York Mandy met her guru Gregory Berger-Sobeck who is the most passionate and interesting acting teacher in the world.
Amongst all of this studying Mandy was quietly becoming an underground sensation in the hip hop karaoke community. An internationally syndicated gathering of white kids who hid in their basements in the 80s and 90s doing the running man and writing rap lyrics on their back packs and who now have their 5 minutes of fame as they worship glocks and hip hop Gods at monthly parties in New York, Los Angeles, London, Vancouver, New Jersey and Montreal. She is the three time hip hop karaoke champion of the world (ish) and has created the baddest MUTHA of a show about a suburban Mom who moves to Brooklyn to become a rapper (called Mutha).
She was discovered at one of her performances by Fatlip, formerly of the Pharcyde who has been a great proponent of her career and inspired/encouraged her to write her own work - resulting in an EP entitled Lyrical Intercourse and two videos under her emcee handle Mandy Mayhem. She also unsuccessfully tried to inspire Eminem to battle her by calling him a big white chicken with beady eyes and no feathers. Her Eminem diss has nearly 1000 views on the You Tube.
Since 2011 Mandy has appeared in over 60 projects as an actress and writer in commercial, TV, film, stage, stand up and improv jams and has been recognized by Funny or Die as a member of their community (the funny part, not the die part). She has lived in NY, LA and Toronto and continues to change cities as often as her parents changed jobs.
With a genuine gift for comedy and a scene stealing dramatic presence, Mandy May Cheetham continues to delight fans by making them laugh and upset them by making them cry.- Actress
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Kelly-Marie Murtha, born and raised in a small town in Eastern Ontario, got the acting bug while singing and dancing in her high school musicals! She continued on in university where she performed the role of Hermia in A Midsummers Night Dream with a local theatre group. Since moving to Toronto, Kelly-Marie has performed and starred in numerous award winning films and also has numerous theatre credits, including Sex, Relationships and Sometimes ...Love which ran at the Poor Alex Theatre in Toronto and where she was awarded Best Female Performer. It has been a busy year with Kelly-Marie stepping behind the camera as director/producer on numerous projects, as well as in front of the camera, with roles in upcoming web series, short films and feature films. She is also an Associtate Board Member of Raindance Canada and a active member of We Make Movies Canada as part of their social media team. She lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter.- Visual Effects
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Born in Bratislava and raised in Canada, Ingrid Veninger formed pUNK Films in 2003 with a 'nothing is impossible' manifesto. Since 2008, Ingrid has directed six narrative fiction feature films, Only (2008), Modra (2010), I Am a Good Person/I Am a Bad Person (2011), The Animal Project (2013), He Hated Pigeons (2015), Porcupine Lake (2017), and one feature documentary, The World or Nothing (2019), with premieres at festival worldwide including, TIFF, Rotterdam, Slamdance, Busan and Hot Docs. In addition to directing, Ingrid has produced features with Charles Officer (Nurse.Fighter.Boy (2008)), Anais Granofsky (Re-Generation (2004)), Peter Mettler (Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002), The End of Time (2012)). She is the winner of the TFCA Jay Scott Prize, EDA Award for Best Director, and the Women's International Film & Television Showcase (WIFTS) International Visionary Award. Ingrid is a filmmaking mentor at the Canadian Film Centre and full-time faculty in Cinema and Media Arts at York University in Toronto. She has participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus, Rotterdam Lab, and the inaugural TIFF Studio. In 2014, Ingrid initiated the pUNK Films Femmes Lab to foster more competitive feature films written and directed by Canadian women, sponsored by Academy Award winner Melissa Leo. Ingrid continues to champion gender parity in the entertainment industry.- Director
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Raised in the arresting landscapes of Muskoka, award winning writer/director Annie Bradley is known for her striking cinematic work and strong storytelling. She is an alumna of the Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, the TIFF Talent Lab, TIFF Pitch This!, the CFC Directors Lab, Film Fatales LA, AWD and WIDC. Her work has screened on five continents and been featured in American Cinematographer.
While developing a slate of film and TV projects through her company The Heat Mansion, Annie has built a diverse resume of international directing and writing credits spanning film, television, music videos and commercials.
In 2021, Annie joined the team on Season 3 of the hit crime comedy In The Dark for the CW/CBS and in 2020 she directed the Hallmark smash Meet Me at Christmas starring Catherine Bell and Mark Deklin shot in Alberta and her Lifetime thriller, Tempted by Danger starring Keisha Knight Pulliam and Gabrielle Graham, premiered with over 1.2 million viewers. Moreover, her feature doc, I'm Going to Break Your Heart (Crave) starring Canadian music icons Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida was nominated for a 2020 Canadian Screen Award for Best Arts Documentary.
In 2019 Annie directed 3 episodes of the sci-fi series Endlings (Hulu), the romantic comedy Sincerely Yours Truly (Uptv, Channel4,TV4,CityTV) 2 episodes of the juggernaut series The Good Witch (Hallmark/Netflix), an episode of My Perfect Landing (Netflix) as well as the true crime miniseries Cold Valley (Discovery US). . In 2018, Annie was chosen as one of 5 international female directors to officially observe on Handmaids Tale and was thrilled to be paired with internationally acclaimed Director Jeremy Podeswa. (Station 11, Game of Thrones, The Loudest Voice)
Up next, Annie is attached to write and direct Blowback a gritty female cop thriller based on her short film. Her development slate includes: The Dissonance, a dystopian conspiracy series, the comedy series Ir-Reverend, (Screencraft 2015, JFL 2015), Just One Day, a feminist heist caper and Barracuda, a gothic western set in Iceland.
Annie was a finalist for the 2020 Nell Shipman Award and serves as the Chair of the DGC Ontario.
She is represented by Carmen Bonnici at Pacific Artists Management.- Producer
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Michael Sparaga was born on 30 April 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a producer and writer, known for Humane (2024), United We Fan (2018) and Servitude (2011).- Producer
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Charles M. Scott is known for Imagine a World (2019), Eleftheromania (2018) and $100 Taxi Ride (2001).- Actress
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Liz began acting at the age of 50, as "Part of Her Mid-Life Crisis." (self professed).
In her first few years as an actor, Liz was booked over 200 times (for Films, TV Shows, Commercials, Corporate Videos, etc.) and completed work in over 50 films, many with Lead Roles (and winning awards in film festivals worldwide.) She Speaks English and Polish, and has a basic understanding of some French and Italian. Liz has her Full M Licence, and Rides a motorcycle... can sing... and is VERY versatile. Whether it's Comedy, Drama, or Horror.... Liz Brings It To The Screen. Her work has been screened at TIFF as well as in many other International Film Festivals. Liz has won several "Best Lead Actress" and also "Best Supporting Actress" Awards in Festivals around the world. Liz brings Great Energy to any project!
Liz Incorporated a Film Company called "Wild-Maple Films" and is helping Indie Film-makers around the world to get Distribution World-Wide to platforms such as Amazon, Hulu, Roku, Playstation, TV, Google Play.... and other digital platforms.
Liz Produced, Directed and Starred in her "Directoral Debut" Multi-Award-Winning Short Film ("Marital Aids") which secured worldwide Distribution... leading her to help other filmmakers to secure distribution as well. (a huge gap that existed in the industry.)
Liz has been called "A Force of Nature" in the ShowBiz World, and is known for her Professionalism, her Incredible Energy, her Respect for everyone on set, her Leadership... and for the ability to "Pull a Great Team Together" ~ to make Magic Happen on Screen.
Liz is a FULL ACTRA Member based in Toronto, and a Member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Liz is also a member of WIFT-TO (Women in Film and Television - Toronto)
Visit her website at www.ShowBizLizTaylor.com and Connect on Social... @showbizliztaylor on Instagram- Costume and Wardrobe Department
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As a teenager, Nick Smyth was cast as a regular on the long-running CBC television series "Street Cents" in his hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia. A show that was known for launching the careers of fellow Halifax natives Jonathan Torrens and Mike Clattenburg (Creator of the "Trailer Park Boys"); he stayed with the show for two seasons.
After performing stand-up comedy in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia for three years he moved to Toronto at age 20 where he worked briefly for Much Music. It was around this time that he was given a TV development deal for his own Saturday morning television series from the makers and producers of the popular TV series "This Is Daniel Cook". Meant to showcase Nick's unique comedic style; "Upload" was developed from the ground up exclusively in partnership with Sinking Ship Entertainment and TVO Kids. Also around this time he was signed on for a Pilot project being produced by Kevin Sullivan (creator and producer of "Road To Avonlea" and "Anne Of Green Gables")
In 2012 he was signed on to be a cast member and writer in the very last season of Much Music's highly popular television series "Video On Trial".
In 2013 he did the male lead on the award winning film "Somnolence" which went on to be presented at that years Cannes International Film Festival.
Also in 2013 he played the lead in Director Marcus Alqueres' hugely popular short film "The Flying Man" which went on to receive more than 20 million hits online as well as high praise from Marvel comics chief creative officer Joe Quesada. In 2015 a feature film deal with Chris Collins (writer and producer of "Sons Of Anarchy" and "The Wire") and Sony Pictures was made.- Cinematographer
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David Worth has a resume of over fifty feature films as a Cinematographer or, Director of Photography (DP) and Director, including two as the DP for the Iconic Director Clint Eastwood: BRONCO BILLY & ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN. He was also the DP the original BLOODSPORT, before he Directed the original KICKBOXER, launching the career of Jean-Claude Van Damme...
"DW" has taught Filmmaking at Chapman University, USC, Chapman's New Campus in Singapore, as well as at his Alma Mater UCLA, and from 2011 to 2022 at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco. His three textbooks including, the pricey Coffee Table version of, MILESTONES IN CINEMA 50 Visionary Films & Filmmakers are available on amazon...
His entire body of work can be found on IMDb: David Worth - IMDb or, contact him directly by Instagram