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Dark Side of Reality TV
2024 | Vice, Crave | Vice TV | 10x1hour doc series
Writer and Story Editor
Going deep inside the world of reality television and the shows that helped redefine entertainment in the 21st century, we’re taking a look into the origins, real-life impact, and historic moments that have defined the infamous genre of TV.
Hear real-life stories and new first-hand accounts from participants of “Survivor,” “The Real Housewives” to “America’s Next Top Model” and more.
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Stuff the British Stole (S2)
2024 | ABC, CBC | Cream Productions, Wildbear TV, Wooden Horse | 8xhalf hour doc series
Series Writer and Director
Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the U.K. and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects.
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An Optimist's Guide to the Planet
2024 | Bloomberg Originals, Crave | Cream Productions, Mercury Films, Ill Kipper Productions | 6x1hour doc series
Senior Story Producer
An Optimist's Guide to the Planet captures Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s search for the people, ideas, traditions, and solutions which will transform fear of the future into hope, climate angst into optimism and human disconnection into engagement. In each of the six episodes, Nikolaj and his team criss-cross the globe exploring humanity, witnessing its power for good and learning about some of the remarkable solutions (both old and new) that inspire his optimism for the future.
Watch it here.
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Naked
2023 | Crave | Primitive Entertainment | feature doc
Writer and Director
Naked is a documentary feature film about the gender binary. What is it, how does it manifest itself in our minds and our lives - and how can we go beyond? This film follows individuals and communities, experts and artists around the globe who right now are radically and joyfully redefining gender as we know it. Together, we explore their vision of a future beyond the gender binary.
Watch it here.
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Somebody's Hiding Something
2023 | Bell Media (Canada), A+E Networks (UK), and True Crime Network (US) | Cineflix | true crime doc series
Doc Director
When the leads dry up and a case goes cold, there’s only one thing that keeps investigators going—the hunch that Somebody’s Hiding Something. In this whodunnit documentary series, viewers join detectives as they search for the person who holds the clue that will finally blow the case wide open.
From grieving family and friends to jilted lovers and eyewitnesses, investigators pores over every detail and discrepancy to uncover the motive for the murder—along with the reason for suppressing a key piece of evidence. It’s a real-life psychological thriller, and every episode features a genuine murder mystery that keeps armchair detectives guessing until the very last frame.
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Stuff the British Stole (S1)
2022 | CBC, ABC | Cream Productions | 6xhalf hour doc series | season 1
Story Editor
Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the U.K. and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. This is a series about the not-so-polite history behind those objects.
Watch it here.
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Writing the Land
2021 | CBC | Primitive Entertainment | 4xhalf hour doc series
Series Writer and Director
Writing the Land takes a fresh look at the intersection of Canadian literature and Canadian landscapes as the country’s leading writers, poets and storytellers take us on an exhilarating journey across a nation in the throes of deep and intense soul searching.
Watch it here.
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Hours to Kill
2021 | Cineflix | 26x1hour true crime doc series
Doc Director
For detectives, the key to solving the toughest homicides lies somewhere within the final 24 hours of the victim’s life. A Time to Kill is a true-crime documentary series that follows determined investigators as they piece together events during this critical window to reconstruct the timeline of the murder, unlock the motive, and identify the perpetrator.
From jealous spouses and obsessed stalkers, to buried secrets and smoking guns, each episode is a deadly puzzle where viewers follow every step of the pulse-pounding search.
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Kingdom of the Polar Bears
2020 | Nat Geo, CBC, TV5 | Merit Motion Pictures | 1x100', 2x1hour
Field Producer
As the Arctic changes faster than ever, a team of polar bear guides prepares for an epic journey; a first-ever attempt to follow the bears on the sea ice of Hudson Bay. In this high-stakes high-reward venture, they will document the secret world of bears, a mysterious and disappearing realm that is the bears key to survival. The team, armed with traditional ecological knowledge and the latest 4K camera technology, will witness never- before-seen seal hunting strategies and document rapid adaptations to climate change, including whale predation and open-water hunting.
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There's No Place Like This Place. Anyplace
2020 | CBC | Ali Weinstein | feature doc
Story Editor
There's No Place Like This Place, Anyplace looks at the transformation of a much-loved Toronto landmark, the Honest Ed's block, through the stories of its community members who are forced to relocate when it is sold to a developer. The film chronicles the evolution of their lives as they reconcile their history with the future, all while facing the biggest housing crisis the country has ever seen.
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#Blessed
2020 | CBC | Notice Pictures Inc | feature doc
Associate Producer
C3 is an Evangelical church that opened in Toronto in 2013, quickly amassing a large following amongst the city’s young, hip and tattooed. #BLESSED is an intimate look inside this fast-growing millennial church following the process of selling salvation in the 21st century.
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Hack your Age
2020 | Zoomer Media | Fathom Film Group | 1hour doc
Creative Producer
Follow Deedee Moscoe on a journey into anti-aging biohacking, super-agers, and family in the new documentary HACK YOUR AGE. From the Medcan clinic, to cryogenic chambers, and meeting with super-ager Nancy Elsasser, Deedee discovers that growing older isn't so ominous when you can hack your age.
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Take Me To Prom
2019 | CBC | 20min short doc | Andrew Moir
2nd Director and Story Producer
Featuring intimate, charming interviews with queer Canadians ranging in age 17 to 88, Take Me To Prom invites audiences to revisit this iconic adolescent milestone.
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Equator - A New World View
2018 | Arte/ZDF, Discovery Canada | Primitive Entertainment | 12x1hour doc series
Episode Director
A journey around the equator, the invisible line that stretches over 40,000 kilometers around the planet, where life for humanity, landscapes and animals began.
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Arctic Secrets
2016-2017 | Blue Ant Media, Smithsonian Channel | White Pine Pictures | 8x1hour doc series
Writer and Creative Producer
Arctic Secrets brings viewers unique and intimate images of the Arctic’s most iconic wildlife: polar bear, muskox, caribou, ringed and harp seals, and beluga, bowhead and Orca whales, revealing how they are struggling to adapt to a rapidly changing climate. We also follow scientists studying the thinning Arctic ice and explore the fascinating lives of traditional Inuit peoples.
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Songs of Freedom
2015 | Vision TV | Deep Inc, Rhombus Media | feature, 5xhalf hour doc series, website and app
Director of digital storytelling experience
Songs of Freedom is a four-part musical documentary series, a ninety-minute feature and interactive experience that revolves around renowned soprano Measha Brueggergosman and her rendition of a unique collection of “Freedom Songs”.
The songs that emerged from Africa via the slave trade to America, and the Underground Railroad to Canada, constitute a moving musical portrait of a people on a journey from the cruelty of slavery to freedom. The history chronicled so intimately in these songs is closely intertwined with Measha’s present day odyssey to uncover the journey of her ancestors from Cameroon, Africa to slavery in America and, ultimately, to freedom in Maritime Canada, where she lives today.
This journey through time and space is at once musical and sociological, personal and historical, intimate and epic – as Measha explores the role of music throughout these turbulent chapters in North American history.
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Polar Sea 360
2014 | ZDF/Arte, TVO, Knowledge Network | Primitive Entertainment | 10x1hour doc series, 30min 360° doc | digital storytelling experience
Co-director of 30 min 360° documentary Director of digital storytelling experience
The Polar Sea is a multi-platform 10-hour journey through the fabled, beautiful -- and melting -- Northwest Passage. We travel with amateur sailors, scientists, hunters and artists on a quest from Iceland to Alaska that was practically impossible just a decade ago.
Now, as the Arctic ice disappears, a surreal terrain emerges, filled with ominous dangers and seductive possibilities.
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My Brother's Vows
2013 | Arte | Bunbury Films, Florianfilm | feature documentary
Writer and Director
My brother Gregor is about to make the biggest decision of his life. He has joined the Catholic order of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) to become a missionary priest.
If he doesn't have a change of heart, he will take his final vows and commit to a life of chastity, poverty, obedience and service to the Catholic Church. Stephanie is highly critical of his choice. My Brother's Vows is Stephanie's attempt to understand her brother's extreme decision and explore his world behind the thick monastery walls.
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Watchers of the North
2012 | APTN | Picture This Productions | 6xhalf hour doc series
Director and Cameraperson
“Watchers of the North” is an action-packed six part documentary adventure series following the training, patrols and search & rescue missions of Canadian Rangers in two Nunavut communities.
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Region Around the Heart
2010 | 25min documentary installation
Director, DP, Editor
Where is home and what is home when the place of origin is no longer the place of belonging but nevertheless constitutes a big part of identity?
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Uumatimnin - From the Heart
2007 - 2009 | APTN | Inuvialuit Communication Society | 26x1hour doc series
Director, DP, Editor
Stories from the heart of the Mackenzie Delta and Inuvialuit territory: Traditional knowledge, hunting adventures, overcoming the traumas of residential schools and dealing with climate change