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WHO ARE WE?
WRITER/EP
Daniel is a filmmaker, artist, and advocate from Amiskwacîwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ, so-called Edmonton). Daniel hosted three seasons of the web-series 'Invincible’ and the short film ‘Beneath the Surface’. Both projects followed his adventures as an above elbow/knee quadruple amputee where he tried various adaptive sports like skiing, skydiving, and scuba diving with sharks. He worked as an artist/producer on a 35mm minute-long art film, ‘Form and Function’. Working with Catapult Pictures, he created a series of pitches while he finished his honors degree in psychology. Daniel has an art film, ‘Flesh Ballet’ in development: a visual commentary on ableism. He was a Director on Seasons 1 and 2 of CBC’s ‘PUSH’ while also creating a short documentary with Catapult Pictures for AMI-tv. He attended the Hot Docs Accelerator program and maintains a thriving painting and photography practice focusing on bringing light to Disabled experiences. In late 2023, he and his team received Telefilm Talent to Watch funding to make his first feature film.
DIRECTOR/EP
Frederick has created and directed dozens of eclectic projects, including ‘Dangerous Breed: Crime. Cons. Cats’ (NBCUniversal), the TV-series ‘Queen of the Oil Patch’ (APTN), and the 1-Hour documentary ‘Last of the Fur Traders’ (AMI-tv).
His passion is directing broadcast documentary series includes ‘PUSH’ (CBC), ‘Dr. Savanna: Wildrose Vet’ (Cottage Life & APTN), and ‘The Curse of Oak Island’ (History).
Frederick was Executive Producer/Cinematographer on ‘WOCHIIGII LO: END OF THE PEACE’ which premiered at TIFF 2021. In 2023 Frederick received Telefilm Talent-to-Watch funding and Runner Up for the 2023 Edmonton Film Prize.
PRODUCER
Rebecca was a Producer for Peacock TV’s (NBCUniversal) true crime limited series: ‘Dangerous Breed: Crime. Cons. Cats.’ She is an alumna of ‘Top 25’ – Banff World Media Festival/Canadian Media Fund’s ‘Diversity of Voices,’ NSI, Shaw Rocket Fund Fellowship, Whistler Film Festival Digital Lab, and was a Banff Spark Accelerator participant.
She wrote and directed ‘The Secret Society’, her first feature documentary and an international one hour spin-off documentary ‘Cracked'. She was a director on CBC’s docuseries ‘PUSH’ (Season 2). She most recently received Telefilm Talent-to-Watch program funding to produce a feature.
Other directing highlights include broadcast documentaries ‘Postcards from Vancouver Island’ and ‘Postcards from Quebec’ for AMI-tv, involving blindness and travel; as well as broadcast documentary ‘A Taste of the Prairies’ and mini-series A ‘Taste of Canada,’ involving blindness and cooking. She previously directed VOD short documentary ‘OVA,’ which won an ‘Edmonton Film Prize,’ and ‘Kanada Girl,’ which screened at numerous international film festivals, including Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, and Yorkton Film Festival, at which it was nominated for a ‘Golden Sheaf Award.’
She also produced TV Broadcast Documentary ‘Last of the Fur Traders’ for AMI-tv/TELUS which won an AMPIA (Alberta Media Production Industries Association) ‘Rosie’ Award for Best Production Reflecting Cultural Diversity, and numerous short documentaries which can be found on AMI-tv, CBC Digital, CBC Gem, and TELUS TV. In 2020/2021, she sat on the board for Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta.
SHOWRUNNER/EP
Dylan Wertz is a five-time award LOSING writer, director, and producer based in Port Moody, British Columbia. He has been working in scripted and unscripted television for the past 20+ years and his latest project - the six-part road trip, docu-series Crip Trip - is set to air on AMI and TVO in the Spring of 2025.
