PRODUCER PROFILES PRODUCER PROFILES Expand Your Brand. CDN Studio: +1 (204) 949-1740 NY Studio: +1 (212) 564-8716 Web: clarkhuot.com Blog: blog.clarkhuot.com PRODUCER PROFILES PRODUCTION COMPANIES INTRODUCTION PRODUCTION COMPANIES INTRODUCTION Over its twenty-five year history, Manitoba’s film and television recognized for its local artistic talent in dance, music, theatre production industry has developed experienced producers, and the visual arts. The city boasts theatre groups, a symphony a dependable infrastructure and award-winning talent. Our orchestra, several art galleries, a ballet company and a modern production companies work in English, French and several dance company. It also has an abundance of well-preserved period Aboriginal languages in every genre with local, national and architecture and vintage cars. Local, national and international international partners. Manitoba production companies have musicians and other performers have access to venues of all sizes expertise in producing small independent projects as well as from 100 seat facilities to a concert hall to a hockey arena outfitted large budget co-productions and service productions. With a well- to host international shows. Our sports facilities are also well established production community in Manitoba, we are able to offer developed and include an Olympic pool, long track speed skating, a full range of production services from a purpose-built soundstage tennis courts, indoor and outdoor soccer fields, a football stadium to assurance expertise to onset publicity and digital special effects. and plenty of local athletes ready to play the part in a film. Manitoba’s production industry is an economic driver that is well This next section provides a profile of the scope of the Manitoba connected to a vibrant arts and culture sector as well as an active production industry and a look at some of the talent working here. sports and leisure sector. Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, is 83 PRODUCER PROFILES PRODUCTION COMPANIES Absurd Machine Studios Absurd Machine is a PAST PROJECTS: full-service production facility Established in 2003 Aegri Somnia; Beyond The with a character studio space Beat; Green City; The Puzzling 300 - 72 Princess Street in the Exchange district that World of the Enigma; Pencillia Winnipeg, MB R3B 1K2 has been serving the Winnipeg production community for eight ABSURD Tel: 204.338.4496 years. Clients include: Guy Maddin/Buffalo Gal Pictures, RECORDSMACHINE FILMS STUDIOS Email: [email protected] WEB: ABSURDMACHINE.COM TEL: 204.338.4496 Web: absurdmachine.com Frantic Films, CBC, NBC, MTS television and more. James Rewucki President [email protected] Animiki See Digital Animiki See Digital Production CURRENT PROJECTS: Production Inc. produces Aboriginal television and Fit First Season 3; 1491 digital media content including PAST PROJECTS: Established in 2008 interactive and alternative 211- 323 Portage Avenue multi-platform content. They Cashing In; Breaking New Beats; Fit First; Aboriginal Day Live; Tiga Talk! Winnipeg, MB R3B 2C1 create content through domestic and international co-production Tel: 204.926.3128 Ext. 1 treaties and partnerships. Animiki Fax: 204.989.2349 See is a leading provider of Cell: 204.688.7259 Aboriginal content for television, Free: 1.877.733.0999 the Internet and other alternative TTY: 1.888.371.7659 content delivery network services. Email: [email protected] Web: animikisee.ca Vanessa Loewen Manager of Production [email protected] 84 / 85 PRODUCTION COMPANIES Black Watch Black Watch Entertainment is Entertainment a newly launched production company specializing in film Established in 2010 and television production. Tel: 204.899.2599 Fax: 204.221.4750 Email: [email protected] Web: blackwatchentertainment.com Meghan Duffy President [email protected] BlinkWorks Media BlinkWorks is an award-winning CURRENT PROJECTS: boutique production studio Established in 2003 Indie Game: The Movie, that specializes in documentary feature documentary Tel: 204.995.4915 and television and works with international clients on PAST PROJECTS: Email: [email protected] commercials/corporate videos. Grow Dammit!, TV series; Web: blink-works.com Digital Dad, TV series indiegamethemovie.com AWARDS: Lisanne Pajot & James Swirsky Best Pitch WestDoc Conference; Producers NSI Short Film Winner Lisanne Pajot [email protected] & James Swirsky 85 PRODUCER PROFILES PRODUCTION COMPANIES Bright Eyes and Ears Bright Eyes and Ears Films Films Inc. (BEEF Inc.) Inc. (BEEF Inc.) produces high quality documentaries, Established in 1986 docu-drama, corporate and 1121 Manitoba Avenue educational videos. With 25 Winnipeg, MB R2X 0K6 years experience in film, video and television Tel: 204.582.3700 production, BEEF Inc. has Fax: 204.257.0131 produced award-winning Cell: 204.293.4164 youth programming to extreme arctic filming, from overseas Email: [email protected] productions in war zones to Dino Schiavone exotic vacation destinations. Dino Schiavone Producer, Director [email protected] Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc. Established in 1994, Buffalo CURRENT PROJECTS: Gal Pictures develops and Established in 1994 Keyhole, feature; Less Than Kind produces diverse theatrical and Season 4, TV series; Mad Ship, feature 333-70 Arthur Street television projects by creating PAST PROJECTS: Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G7 collaborative relationships with creative talent and building The Stone Angel, feature; High Tel: 204.956.2777 successful co-production Life, feature; Amreeka, feature; Fax: 204.956.7999 partnerships. Their team My Winnipeg, docu/fantasia; Seven Times Lucky, feature Email: [email protected] includes experienced producers Web: buffalogalpictures.com and staff with expertise in AWARDS: business affairs, accounting and 4 Gemini Awards including Best tax credit administration. Buffalo Phyllis Laing Phyllis Laing Comedy Program or Series (Less President and Producer Gal producers have completed than Kind, 2010); Fipresci Prize [email protected] over twenty feature films, at the Director’s Fortnight at the 204.956.2777 Ext. 103 ten television dramas, eight Cannes Film Festival (Amreeka, Liz Jarvis documentaries and over 2009); Best Canadian Feature Film Producer 50 hours of television series. at the Toronto International Film [email protected] Festival (My Winnipeg, 2007) 204.956.2777 Ext. 104 Jean du Toit Head of Business Affairs, Producer [email protected] 204.956.2777 Ext. 105 86 / 87 PRODUCTION COMPANIES CLG Communications Inc. CLG Communications Inc. is CURRENT PROJECTS: a Winnipeg-based independent Established in 1991 Spirit Shadows, documentary; film and television production Hockey on Horseback, documentary; 122 Charing Cross Crescent company that was created in Fire in the Sky, documentary series Winnipeg, MB R2N 1N5 1991 with a vision to entertain audiences worldwide with moving PAST PROJECTS: Tel: 204.253.5126 and diverse stories. Working Children who work, documentary; Heart of the City, Email: [email protected] with a creative and innovative documentary series; Aged to Web: clgcommunications.ca team with decades of combined experience, CLG has taken their Perfection, documentary Larry Giesbrecht storytelling to five continents, AWARDS: President, Executive Producer and sells programming in Larry Giesbrecht Canadian Association of [email protected] numerous countries worldwide. Broadcasters: Documentary As a global and domestic Gold; AMPIA Awards; Al Jazeera producer of content, CLG International Documentary creates, develops, produces Film Festival: Finalist and co-produces for domestic and international markets. Complex Games Inc. Complex Games Inc. is CURRENT PROJECTS: Manitoba’s premiere interactive Established in 2002 Heartland: The Social Game, & game development studio. CBC TV – Facebook; Battle Bears 199–135 Innovation Drive We build engaging interactive Royale, iOS & Android; Iron Winnipeg, MB R3T 6A8 experiences for creative firms Skies: Green Falcons, PC & Mac and the world’s largest brands. Tel: 204.480.1034 PAST PROJECTS: Specializing in iOS, Android One Ocean Online, CBC Online; Email: [email protected] and Facebook development, Web: complexgames.com Battlebears – 1, iOS/Android/ we have produced highly Mac; Corona Find Your Beach successful and award-winning Mosaic Maker, Facebook; Air Noah Decter-Jackson interactive applications and Traffic Commander, Facebook; President, Project Lead Noah Decter-Jackson games for household names Pirates Ahoy, Facebook [email protected] like Sony, Corona Beverages, 204.997.4260 the CBC, and Sharp. AWARDS: In 2010, we received the Canada Canada New Media Award For Best Online Game (2010) New Media Award for Best Online Game for One Ocean Online, a project we produced in conjunction with Merit Motion Pictures and Tactica. 87 PRODUCER PROFILES PRODUCTION COMPANIES DACAPO Productions Inc DACAPO is a creative audio CURRENT PROJECTS: production company that creates Established in 1998 Supa Strikas Season 3 (voices for original music, casts and records animation); Season 2 of Princess 516 Hargrave Street voices for animation and live (original music for series) Winnipeg MB R3A 0X8 action, provides sound effects, and offers mixing and audio post PAST PROJECTS: Tel: 204.956.2867 services. As a Manitoba producer Noonbory and the Super Seven (Voices, Music, SFX Post with Web: dacapo.ca for international productions, DACAPO can provide partial Cookie Jar); Kung Fu Dino Posse financing on national and (Voices