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CO-PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Yale Massey is an award-winning producer, director, writer and cinematographer. As a partner in Massey Bros. Films, he co-wrote and directed a six-part television series entitled Hart of the Annex. Since then, Yale has written, directed and produced five seasons (33 episodes)
of the Gemini-nominated documentary series, The Film Student, and has directed and produced two documentaries: G-Way focused on issues facing at-risk youth; while HIV: A Nutrient Deficiency Disease outlined holistic solutions to HIV in Africa. Yale’s work as a director and cinematographer has aired on television stations and premiered in film festivals worldwide including, the Berlin Film Festival and the CBC.
DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER
James Dunnison is an award-winning director, writer, and producer of film and television. His feature debut Stuff enjoyed international critical acclaim, including from the Los Angeles Times (“Consistently inspired and hilarious”), the Montreal Gazette (“This film is to Canadian cinema what punk is to rock ‘n’ roll”) and the Globe and Mail (“Buzz film of the year… Laugh out loud funny, sweet and inventive”).
Dunnison also directed the TV pilot and 6 additional episodes of Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, 14 episodes of HBO Canada’s critical darling Less Than Kind and 8 episodes of the SyFy/Space series Bitten. Among his other TV credits are episodes of The Listener, Lost Girl, Seed, Arctic Air, Blood Ties, Whistler, Godiva’s and Robson Arms. He has won and been nominated for numerous awards for directing both drama and comedy including 4 Director’s Guild of Canada awards, 3 Canadian Screen Awards (Gemini) for Best Direction and with assistance from the Harold Greenberg Fund – has written a screen adaptation of Susin Nielsen’s best-selling novel The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, which won the 2012 Governor General’s Award for Literature.
RE-RECORDING MIXER/SOUND DESIGNER
Scott Purdy was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, the son of renowned Atlantic region artist Henry Purdy R.C.A., C.M. His youth was a brilliant mixture of the arts and the local sports arenas. Scott remained on the “Island” (with a brief stay at the University of New Brunswick) to pursue a chemical engineering degree at U.P.E.I. but it didn’t take very long to realize my ambitions lay in other places than white lab coats, pills and regime type routines.
Following the trend of the day Scott headed west to Calgary, Alberta, for the prosperity of the oil fields, and a personal need to see more of life’s rich pageantry.
Upon returning to P.E.I., Scott’s life long love of music found him immersed in the local music scene, working sound and lights for “Island” bands.
Scott’s new curiosity for sound led him to Toronto to demystify and educate himself in the amazing world of recording. After graduating from a recording school in the Toronto area Scott was fortunate to land a job at “Eastern Sound Studios” where he was able to be familiarized with studio procedures and get hands on practical experience for the good base of knowledge in electronics, acoustics and theories he had acquired.
Three and a half years later with working highlights the likes of Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot and Bob Dylan, it was clear to Scott there was still more audio challenge needed in his world.
Scott started working at “The Filmhouse” (presently named “Deluxe”) and it didn’t take very long for him to be hooked by the passion of filmmaking and the challenge of audio post. In the process of putting sound to picture Scott has found an art to help moving images provoke thought and emotion. In his over a twelve-year tenure at “Deluxe” Scott had the opportunity to work with sound for many talented directors, producers and lots of people on different projects in various facets of the film, television and entertainment industries.
In February of 2000 Scott started his own post audio company “Sign Post Sound Inc.” with the intention of being able to bring a more personalized and passionate approach to post sound……..
Notable Work:
- MasterChef Canada (TV Series) (sound editor 12 episodes)
- She’s All That (Movie) (Sound Department)
- The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (rerecording mixer)
DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER
Vivian Lin is a Toronto director, producer and writer. She is currently a story editor on Killjoys (Space/Syfy) and a partner at Midnight Print Studios, a boutique soundstage with postproduction facilities. She was previously director of development and business affairs with Sarrazin Couture Entertainment, where she associate produced the pilot Stay with Me, a $2.8 million drama for CTV. With SCE, she is currently co-producing the feature film Four One Nine, based on the Giller Prize-winning novel, directed by Jeremy Podeswa (Game of Thrones), executive produced by Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa of Killer Films (Carol).
In 2015, she was awarded Telefilm’s New Voices Award; her comedic half-hour television pilot 100 Blackouts won Bronze in the Page Screenplay Competition and Top 10 Finalist in Final Draft’s Screenplay Competition. Her short film And They Watched was an Official Selection of Sitges Film Festival, Holly Shorts, and more. It is part of the film anthology Fun Size Horror: Volume 2, which opened theatrically and is available on Hulu. Her previous directing credits include Four Walls starring Nina Dobrev (Vampire Diaries).
Vivian is a graduate of Second City Improvisation and writing, Comedy Bar’s Episodic Writing Room program with Anne Fenn, Michael Kennedy’s Directing Workshop (with a focus on comedy), and Judith Weston’s prestigious Directing Actors workshop. She has her Certificate of Entertainment Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, post-graduate diploma from Sheridan Advanced Film and Television and she was a 2016 participant of the Bell Media/Writers Guild of Canada’s Diverse Screenwriters Program.
Notable works:
- Killjoys
- 419
- And They Watched
