Experience

Shaftesbury

• Canada
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice President

  • 1995 - Present

  With offices in Toronto and Los Angeles, Shaftesbury is an innovative creator and producer of original content for film, television and multiple platforms. As Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, Scott Garvie has overseen the negotiation and implementation of all development, financing, sales and recoupment arrangements for Shaftesbury since 1994. Garvie serves as executive producer on all of Shaftesbury's productions and, as a result of his strategic relationships with key broadcast and financing partners, has been integral to the growth of the company into one of Canada’s leading creators of original content for multiple platforms. Garvie has served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) for over 15 years and currently is the Chair of the CMPA Board. He also sits on the FilmOntario Board. He is also a former Chair of the Ontario Producer's Panel and served on the board of the Canadian Television Fund for four years. Shaftesbury is known for its innovative international co-production, financing and distribution partnerships as well as award-winning storytelling. Sold in 120 countries worldwide, Shaftesbury's slate includes David Shore's new series, Houdini & Doyle, for Shaw Media, Fox, ITV and Sony; thriller series Slasher for Netflix; and eleven seasons of Murdoch Mysteries for CBC, UKTV and ITV. With a view to evolving media consumption habits and the impact of technology on traditional media, Shaftesbury acquired groundbreaking digital studio Smokebomb Entertainment in 2008, which produces convergent experiences for television and original projects including branded entertainment. Smokebomb’s landmarks have included the creation of the first digital short-form scripted series in Canada to migrate to prime-time television, Backpackers, for top-five U.S. network The CW, and launching the world’s first scripted mobile App series, Totally Amp’d. Smokebomb recently launched V Morgan Is Dead, Show less



Telefilm Canada

• Canada
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 100 - 200 Employee

• legal counsel

  • 1993 - 1995