TELEVISION PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
I WOKE UP A VAMPIRE (2 X 30 minutes, Aug 2022) - Director - Netflix/Wildbrain
POOR CROW FORTUNE (6 X 60 minutes, In Development) - Creator/Director - Balzac Productions
UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE (MOW, Dec 2021) - Director - Wishing Floor Films/Lifetime
* Canadian Screen Award Winner - Best TV Director 2023
* Canadian Screen Award Nominee - Best TV Movie 2023
* GLAAD Media Awards Nominee - Outstanding TV Movie 2022
* Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominee - Outstanding Editing in a TV Movie 2022
DETENTION ADVENTURE S3 (10 X 11 minutes, July 2021) - Writer (204/208), Executive Story Editor - CBC/HBO Max
* Canadian Screen Award Nominee - Best Writing 2023
* Canadian Screen Award Winner - Best Youth Series 2023
OVERLORD AND THE UNDERWOODS (1 X 30 Minutes, July 2021) - Director - Marble Media/Nickelodeon
ODD SQUAD MOBILE UNIT (4 X 11 Minutes, Sept 2020) - Director - Sinking Ship/PBS
* Directors Guild of Canada Nominee - Best Directing in a Family Series
*Daytime Emmy Nominee - Best Youth Show
LOCKDOWN S1 (1 X 15 minutes, June 2020) - Director - Sinking Ship/YouTube Studios
DETENTION ADVENTURE S2 (10 X 11 minutes, June 2020) - Writer (204/208), Story Editor - CBC/HBO Max
ODD SQUAD MOBILE UNIT (3 X 11 minutes, May 2019) - Director - Sinking Ship/PBS
THE ODYSSEY (Development) - Story Coordinator (Comedy Punch Up) - Marblemedia
ROGUE BRIDAL (1 X 22 minutes, Jan 2018) - Director (Pilot) - Blue Ant Media/Makeful
DINO DANA (1 X 11 minutes, Nov 2017) - Director (806) - Sinking Ship/Amazon Prime
* Participant in the 2XMore/Sinking Ship Entertainment Director’s Lab 2017
LITTLE DOG (7 X 22 minutes, April 2017) - Co-Writer (104)/Story Coordinator - CBC/Cameron Pictures
FRONTIER S3 (6 X 60 minutes, March 2017-July 2017) - Story Coordinator - Take the Shot/Netflix
TEN DAYS IN THE VALLEY (10 X 60 minutes, Oct 2016-March 2017) - Writer’s Assistant -Skydance/ABC
FRONTIER S2 (6 X 60 minutes, May 2016-Sept 2016) - Writer’s Assistant - Take the Shot/Netflix
KILLJOYS S2 (13 X 60 minutes, Oct 2015-April 2016) - Showrunner’s Assistant - Temple Street/Space/Syfy
STREELY MAID FILMS - (Jan 2015-March 2017) - Writer’s Assistant - Sherry White
FORGIVE ME S1 (12 x 44 minutes, 2013) - Director Shadow to Thom Fitzgerald - Emotion Pictures
THE STONE DIARIES (Mini-Series, In development) - Co-Writer (Episode 3) - CBC/HalFire Entertainment
FILM PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
FERN (4 minutes; HD; 2023) - Director - Canadian Film Centre
* Music Showcase Piece for Toni Morrison
CHATEAU CAPE BRETON (Feature Film, In Development) - Writer/Director - MCE Inc.
LITTLE GREY BUBBLES (Feature Film, In Development) - Story Consultant - Chronicle Pictures
BYSTANDERS (Feature Film, Pre-Production) - Story Editor - Picture Plant
POLLY THE PUNISHER (3 minutes; HD; 2019) - Director - Canadian Film Centre
* TV Teaser for Mackenzie Sinclair
ABBY AND THE INFINITE (4 minutes; HD; 2018) - Director - Canadian Film Centre
* Winner - Best Actress - Ella Ryan Quinn - Joey Awards
* Music Showcase Piece for Sarah Slean
SPLINTERS (Feature, 2018) - Second Unit Director/Director Shadow - Emotion Pictures
* World Premiere: Toronto International Film Festival
MEET MAURICE CROSBY (9 minutes; documentary; 2017) - Writer/Director - Rachel Bower Productions
* Recipient of the BravoFACTUAL Award
* Winner - Best Music - British Documentary Film Festival
* Reel to Reel CBC Broadcast
* Official Selection: FIN: Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, NS), Charlottetown Film Festival (Charlottetown, PEI), Silver Wave Film Festival (Fredericton, NB), British Documentary Film Festival (London, UK), Kingston Canadian Film Festival (Kingston, ON), Parrsboro Film Festival (Parrsboro, NS)
AGE OF REASON (10 minutes; HD; 2016) - Writer/Director/Producer - Organic Water Productions
* Joey Awards Best Young Actress – Winner – Hannah Levinson
* Best Canadian Short Nominee, Silver Wave Film Festival
* Official Selection: Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, NS), Parrsboro Film Festival (Parrsboro, NS), Silver Wave Film Festival (Fredericton, NB), International Family Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA), Love Your Shorts Festival (Stanford, Fl), Kingston Film Festival (Kingston, On), NSI Online
* Facets Kids (Chicago)
CAT CAN'T COME (4 minutes; HD, 2015) - Writer - Canadian Film Centre
WHEN FISH FLY (10 minutes; HD, 2014) - Writer/Director/Producer - Organic Water Productions
* Recipient of the 2014 NSI Drama Prize
* CBC Shorts Gala Presentation, Atlantic Film Festival
* Audience Choice Best of Fest – San José International Short Film Festival
* Best Canadian Short Nominee, Silver Wave Film Festival
* Joey Awards Best Young Actress Nominee – Alyssa Cross
* Young Artists Award Best Young Actress Nominee – Alyssa Cross
* Official Selection: TIFF Kids (Toronto), LA Femme Film Festival (Hollywood, CA), Island Media Arts Festival (Charlottetown, PEI), Parrsboro Film Festival (Parrsboro, NS), International Family Film Festival (Hollywood, CA), Adelaide Kids Film Festival (Adelaide, Australia), Women Directors International Film Festival (New Delhi, India), Love Your Shorts Film Festival (Florida), Canadian Film Festival (Toronto, ON), Sarasota Film Festival (Florida), The ONE Film Festival (Ottawa), Ronan Intl Children’s Film Festival (Armenia), Olympia Film Festival (Greece), Taiwan International Children’s Film Festival (Taiwan), NSI Online
* Reel to Reel CBC Broadcast
* Facets Kids (Chicago)
TWO PENNY ROAD KILL (7 minutes; HD; 2013) - Writer/Director - Organic Water Productions
* CBC Short Film Face Off Participant 2014
* Winner Best Canadian Short, Silver Wave Film Festival
* ACTRA Award for Best Actress- Shelley Thompson
* ACTRA Award nominee for Best Actor- Daniel Lilford
* Jury Award for Best Short, Parrsboro Film Festival
* CBC Shorts Gala Presentation, Atlantic Film Festival
* Best Film Bronze – The Coast Halifax
* Official Selection: Edmonton International Film Festival, Devour! Food and Film Festival (Wolfville, NS), NSI Online Short Film Festival, Lunenburg Film Series (Lunenburg, NS), Dawson City International Film Festival, The Lab Cab (Toronto, ON), Vancouver International Women’s Film Festival, St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, New Filmmakers LA (Los Angeles, CA), Tall Grass Film Festival (Wichita, KA), Female Eye Film Festival (Toronto, ON), Film on the Go Rural - Nfld Tour, NSI Online
GHOST WALK (5 minutes; HD; 2013) - Writer/Director/Producer - Organic Water Productions
* Official Selection, Shocker Fest Film Festival (Modesto, California), Parrsboro Film Festival (Parrsboro, NS)
LITTLE LOUISE (Feature Film, In Development) - Writer/Director
* Selected for the Atlantic Film Festival’s Script Development Program Sept 2013
* Second phase of development through the Canadian Film Centre 2014
* Telefilm New Talent Development Funding 2016
DIGITAL PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
RIGHT UNDER MY ROOF (Web Series, 10X6 minutes, 2022) - Story Consultant - RUMR Productions
ODD TUBE S2 (Web Series, 12X3 minutes, 2020) - Director - PBS/Sinking Ship
* Kid Screen Award: Best Web Series 2021
TRAPDOOR (Interactive, 2020) - Director/Co-Writer - Marblemedia
I HEAR YOU (Web Series, 2019) - Story Consultant - Interwoven Films
PLAYWRIGHT
NAKED - Forerunner Playwrights' Theatre (Winner: Best of the Coast)
STANDING BY - Irondale/Co-Creator
SUPPORT IN SCHOOLS - Irondale/Co-Creator
A THOUSAND LITTLE MURDER CHARGES - One Yellow Rabbit
CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE IN REVERSE - 2b Theatre/Co-Creator
CONFESSIONS OF AN ORGASM QUEEN - Emotion Pictures
SELECTED FILM/TELEVISION ACTING CREDITS
YOU TOO, CHUCKLES - Voice Actor - Fifteen Sixty Films/Kevin Hartford
I LOVE YOU MORE - Voice Actor - Fifteen Sixty Films/Kevin Hartford
WAITING OUTSIDE - Actor - Moxy Productions/Joshua Jamieson
KILLJOYS - Voice Actor - Syfy/Grant Harvey
SAVING HOPE - Actor - Entertainment One/Charles Officer
THE LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES - Actor - Sony/Constantine Makris
YOUR MONEY OR YOUR WIFE - Principal - Features First/Iain MacLeod
TRAILER PARK BOYS: DON’T LEGALIZE IT - Actor - Entertainment One/Mike Clattenburg
SEX AND VIOLENCE (3 Episodes) - Recurring Principal - OUTtv/Thom Fitzgerald
HAVEN - Principal - Syfy/Paul Fox
EVERYONE’S FAMOUS - Principal - CBC/Andrew Bush
WISP - Lead - Dream Front Ent./Ben Stevens
SEED - Principal - City TV/James Dunnison
ALL THE WRONG REASONS - Actor - Shore Road Productions/Gia Milani
CALL ME FITZ - Principal - HBO Canada/Jason Priestly
THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES - Actor - CBC/Stephen Reynolds
TV WITH TV’S JONATHAN TORRENS - Actor - TVTropolis/Jonathan Torrens
DREAM GIRL - Lead - Fresh Ink Films/Caley MacLennan
20 @ 22 MINUTES - Actor - CBC/Craig Cameron
FRIDAY NIGHT - Principal - NSCAD/Mat Barkley
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - Lead - Fresh Ink Films/Eric Duncan
SELECTED THEATRE ACTING CREDITS
JELLY BELLY - Lead - Neptune Theatre/Charlie Rhindress
NAKED - Lead - Forerunner Theatre/Richie Wilcox
SEVEN DEADLY SINS - Lead - Plutonium Playhouse/Thom Fitzgerald
THE MAIDS - Lead - Angels & Heroes Theatre/Tara Patriquin
JILL AND JACK - Lead - Trrrash Productions/Ryan Doucette
FLOOD - Lead - WetLab Productions/Graham Percy
THE DEVIL’S DISCIPLE - Principal - Neptune Theatre/Christopher Newton
BRIGHTEST RED TO BLUE - Principal - Forerunner Theatre/Natasha MacLellan
ARE WE THERE YET? - Principal - Mulgrave Road Theatre/Charlie Rhindress
IN THE VALLEY - Principal - Forerunner Theatre/Natasha MacLellan
DEFINING MOMENTS - Principal - National Artists Program/Lisa Stevens
THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE IN REVERSE - Principal - 2b Theatre/Anne Marie Kerr
AWARDS
CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD 2023
TELEFILM CANADA NEW VOICES AWARD 2018
WIFT-AT WOMEN MAKING WAVES AWARD 2013
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Directors Guild of Canada
Writers Guild of Canada
ACTRA
Equity
Canadian Academy of Film and Television
Women in Film and Television - Toronto
Women in Film and Television - Atlantic
TRAINING
Virtual Production 2022, 2023
DGC Television Episodic Training Program 2020
2XMore/Sinking Ship Director’s Lab 2017
Kim's Convenience Mock Writing Room at the Toronto Screenwriting Conference 2017
TIFF Kids - Adapt This! 2015
Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab with David Cronenberg 2015
National Screen Institute Drama Prize Bootcamp with Shereen Jarret, Danishka Esterhazy 2014
Atlantic Film Festival Script Development Program with Noel Baker 2013
Atlantic Filmmakers COOP FILM5 Program with Iain MacLeod, Jason Buxton 2013
One Yellow Rabbit Performance Creation Lab 2010
Mermaid Theatre Animotion 2009
EDUCATION
Directors Guild of Canada - Episodic Television Directing, Directing MOWs, Indie Film Directing, Myth of Cinematic Immunity, Leadership in the Workplace 2016-Present
Indigenous Canada - University of Alberta 2020
Cineplex Film Lab, Screenwriting - Canadian Film Centre (Noel Baker, Lesley Kruger, Maureen Dorey) 2014
Bachelor of Arts with Honours, Theatre – Dalhousie University 2006
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DGC Ontario - Director Caucus Representative, Executive Board - May 2021 - Present
Niagra College - On Camera Auditions Instructor - April 2023
Armstrong Acting Studios - Comedy on Camera Instructor - April 2021
Snow Drive Productions - CEO - June 2019 - Present
TIFF Film Acting Intensive - Directing Instructor - July 2019
Marblemedia - Development Executive - Kids and Family Slate - Oct 2018 - April 2019
Co-Founder/CEO – Organic Water Inc. Jan 2013 – April 2016
Administrator/Secretary of the Board – Atlantic Fringe Festival 2012 - 2015
Member of the Board – WIFT-Atlantic 2014
Production Coordinator/Office Manager – Egg Studios 2009 – 2014
Artistic Associate – Forerunner Playwrights' Theatre 2004 – 2014
Team Nova Scotia - National Artists Program, Canada Winter Games