Can you please provide a brief overview of your journey in the film and TV industry?
My journey in film began in junior high and high school, where I made countless terrible movies with friends, fueling my passion for storytelling. This led me to Concordia University in Montreal, where I learned to edit on a Steenbeck. After earning my degree, I returned to Edmonton and took on the role of projectionist at the Princess Theatre – a great way to see free movies! Simultaneously, I volunteered at ShawTV, the local community cable channel, gradually working my way up the ladder. I delivered weekly movie reviews, entertainment reports, and even created my own snowboarding show. Ah, the salad days!
My career progressed as I transitioned to producing segments for HelpTV, eventually becoming a reporter and producer at CTV2. For five years, I traveled across Alberta, filming short documentaries that showcased the province’s unique and often hidden stories. This experience allowed me to build a vast network and uncover the remarkable diversity of life in Alberta’s nooks and crannies. A good resource for a future documentary filmmaker.
In 2013, I made the leap to independent production, creating numerous shows for TELUS Optik Local. Over the next decade, I continued to produce documentaries and art projects that reflected my evolving vision. The diverse skills I’ve developed—spanning film studies, camera operation, editing, TV hosting, producing, directing—now inform my work as I develop and direct TV series.
What are some of your key accomplishments?
I’ve been fortunate to work on many interesting projects. Right now, we’re filming Crip Trip, a road trip documentary TV-series. It features my friend Daniel Ennett and I travelling across the continent, raising awareness about disability justice. A couple years ago I made a true crime TV-series called Dangerous Breed for NBC/Universal. That was wild. I made a documentary about my dad’s experiences in the arctic called Last of the Fur Traders. I was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award this year for directing a series called Dr. Savannah: Wildrose Vet.
What are your current and/or future projects?
Once we’re done filming Crip Trip, it’s gonna spend all winter in post-production, and premiere on AMI-tv in the spring of 2025. Check it out!
Our team is currently developing an anthology horror series based around disability justice, a true-crime series… and dozens of other eclectic projects.
Have there been any key moments in your career that changed your trajectory?
Grade 6:
My dad bought me a Sony Hi-8 camcorder in grade 6 and forever changed the trajectory of my life.
Gonzo:
Discovering Hunter S. Thompson and David Foster Wallace changed my trajectory again.
Daniel Ennett:
I met my friend Daniel Ennett while I was a journalist, and now we’ve been making documentaries for 10 years together. He is a quadruple amputee, but that doesn’t stop us from going on the wildest adventures. We even filmed him scuba diving with sharks.
Werner Herzog:
Meeting Herzog at his Rogue Film School in Munich caused some esoteric stylistic changes.
Rebecca Campbell:
My wife Rebecca became a filmmaker, and it opened a whole new realm of possibilities. Now we’re able to double our output! And hopefully my four-year old son Knight will one day operate a boom for me. Triple the output!
