Experience

Saloon Media

• Canada
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Producer

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  •Director/Producer of documentary on Canadian monuments for CBC's Passionate Eye. Airing Fall 2023. •Director/Producer of documentary, The Future with 5G. Aired on BBC Earth •Director/Producer of documentary on Canadian monuments for CBC's Passionate Eye. Airing Fall 2023. •Director/Producer of documentary, The Future with 5G. Aired on BBC Earth



CTV National News

• Senior Producer

  • Jun 2001 - Dec 2021

  •Responsible for production of national health stories on CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme. •Interim Bureau Manager for Toronto News Bureau. •Producer on CTV's 2019 and 2021 Election Units and part of team that organized the live prime time special and 50+ remote locations across the country, reaching 10.6 million Canadians. •Field Producer for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. • Won or nominated for 20 high-profile awards, including Canadian Screen Awards. •Responsible for production of national health stories on CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme. •Interim Bureau Manager for Toronto News Bureau. •Producer on CTV's 2019 and 2021 Election Units and part of team that organized the live prime time special and 50+ remote locations across the country, reaching 10.6 million Canadians. •Field Producer for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. • Won or nominated for 20 high-profile awards, including Canadian Screen Awards.



W5

• United States
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • Jun 2001 - Dec 2021

  Produce, direct, research and story edit investigative stories • Produced documentary on the side effects of laser eye surgery (Deadly Vision). o Show Nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists Award. • Produced documentary on the dangers of surgical mesh (Mesh Misery). o Show Nominated for a RTDNA, Trina McQueen Award. • Produced documentary on hockey legend Gordie Howe’s controversial stem cell treatment (Gordie’s Comeback). o Show nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists Award, Canadian Screen Award, and RTDNA (Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada) Dave Rogers Award. Show less

• Director/Co-Producer

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2020

  Director and Co-Producer of the feature-length documentary 9/11 Kids, aired on CBC, CBC Gem and the Documentary Channel. Qualified for consideration for OSCARS® 2021. Nominated for three 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Director. Winner of the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary. Selected for the 2020 Hot Docs Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Black American Film Festival, Calgary International Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival and DOC NYC. Winner of a $10,000 Rogers Audience Award and winner of the Best Documentary and Audience Awards at the 2020 Columbus Indiana YES Film Festival. Nominated for Best History Program - Long Form at the Science and Factual Congress. Show less



National Film Board of Canada

• Canada
• Musicians
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director

  • Apr 2009 - Apr 2010

  Conceived, directed and produced documentary, The Colour of Beauty, profiling a black model breaking into the fashion industry. Aired on Documentary Channel. Also featured on jezebel.com, CNN, CTV, CBC, FashionTV, The Globe and Mail, numerous other blogs and websites and tweeted by Roger Ebert. https://www.nfb.ca/film/colour_of_beauty/ Conceived, directed and produced documentary, The Colour of Beauty, profiling a black model breaking into the fashion industry. Aired on Documentary Channel. Also featured on jezebel.com, CNN, CTV, CBC, FashionTV, The Globe and Mail, numerous other blogs and websites and tweeted by Roger Ebert. https://www.nfb.ca/film/colour_of_beauty/

• Director/Writer

  • 2003 - 2005

  Conceived, directed and story-edited documentary, Breakin’ In – The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer, examining black women in the music video industry. Premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival and aired on CBC’s Rough Cuts, The Lens, and on Discovery Times in the U.S. Nominated, Golden Sheaf Award - Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival. ­Awarded, Certificate of Honourable Mention, Category Social Issues, Columbus International Film & Video Festival. Conceived, directed and story-edited documentary, Breakin’ In – The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer, examining black women in the music video industry. Premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival and aired on CBC’s Rough Cuts, The Lens, and on Discovery Times in the U.S. Nominated, Golden Sheaf Award - Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival. ­Awarded, Certificate of Honourable Mention, Category Social Issues, Columbus International Film & Video Festival.



Cineflix

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director/Associate Producer

  • 2000 - 2001

  Developed, and co-directed episodes of Gene Hunters, international documentary series about cutting-edge genetic science. Aired on National Geographic Channel. Developed, and co-directed episodes of Gene Hunters, international documentary series about cutting-edge genetic science. Aired on National Geographic Channel.



Alliance Atlantis

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • 1999 - 2000

  Travelled across Canada, developing, writing and directing lifestyle stories for weekly national show, Canadian Living Television. Travelled across Canada, developing, writing and directing lifestyle stories for weekly national show, Canadian Living Television.



Discovery Channel

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Producer

  • 1996 - 1999

  Wrote and directed television and online stories, produced a remote location shoot (Cairo, Alexandria, Egypt). Wrote and directed television and online stories, produced a remote location shoot (Cairo, Alexandria, Egypt).