Michael Bruce Adams is a produced writer with over 25 years of film and television production experience. Michael has written 37 feature film and television scripts and is a Script Consultant for feature films, documentaries and television series with clients in Canada, the US, China, Malaysia, Ghana, England and Spain.
As an educator, Michael began teaching story seminars with Peter D. Marshall’s Action, Cut, Print film directing programs. Michael then spent two years in China as senior writing instructor for Shanghai Vancouver Film School’s Writing for Film and Television Program returning in 2018 to teach select classes at the Vancouver Film School. As a filmmaking mentor, Michael served as story and production consultant on hundreds of produced student film projects. Michael continues educating internationally through workshops and seminars based on his ‘Story Courage’ theory work.

Fredrik Thorsen is a writer, director, and editor. His first film, Wake Linda, a half-hour drama, won 1numuerous awards at international film festivals, including; the Palme d'Or (Grande Prize) at Huy World Festival of Short Films in Belgium, and the Best Fiction Film (short film category) at the Montreal World Film Festival. As an editor he as worked on feature films, television pilots, and feature length documentaries winning the Leo Award for Best Editing on a Feature Length Drama for Stone Of Destiny, director Charles Martin Smith.

Fredrick is a self-taught entrepreneur who founded Comet Post Production Inc., a post-production facility which provided state-of-the-art editing services for the local and international film & television industry for over 10 years.

Since 2009, Fredrik Thorsen has used his success as a filmmaker and editor to inspire hundreds of vulnerable youth in the downtown Eastside as key instructor at a non-profit charitable organization founded by the late William Vince, an Oscar-nominated Vancouver filmmaker and advocate for youth at risk.

Leslie has produced and directed over 150 professional projects in film, television, and live theatre, including work featured on Bell Media, CBC, Discovery Networks, Amazon, Knowledge Network, FNX, Télé Quebec, Maori TV, NITV Australia, TV 5 Monde, Bytedance China. His credits include the award-winning feature Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood featuring Howie Mandel, Neve Campbell, and David Foster; the sitcom series Ollie and Emma; the doc series The Wine Guys: Grape Escapes; three feature docs Dust n' Bones, Tzouhalem, and A Cedar Is Life. A comedy heist feature The Great Salish Heist with Graham Greene and Tricia Helfer premieres in 2024, and another romcom feature Sweet Summer Pow Wow will be out soon.

Harold is a cultural worker, archeology consultant, and filmmaker. He does this to preserve and teach about the values and traditions of his ancestral Cowichan culture. A Capilano Film School graduate, Harold’s documentary Dust n’ Bones was produced for Telus, APTN, and FNX, and has been sold to broadcasters throughout the world. Harold’s feature documentary Tzouhalem, exploring the life of legendary Cowichan Chief Tzouhalem was an official selection of eight film festivals in Canada and the US, receiving its World Premiere at the American Indian Film Festival, and its Canadian Premiere at the Whistler Film Festival. A Cedar Is Life received its World Premiere at the Red Nation International Film Festival and its Canadian Premiere at the Victoria Film Festival. A comedy heist feature The Great Salish Heist inspired by Harold’s work with ancestral remains and scared artifacts featuring, Graham Greene, Tricia Helfer, and Ashley Callingbull premieres in 2024. His next scripted feature, the Telefilm/ Crave TV supported coming-of-age romance Sweet Summer Pow Wow is in post-production.

James Brown is an Emmy and Canadian Screen Award nominated film and television producer. He has produced over 150 episodes of animated television content including the series Dorg Van Dango, Subway Surfers, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Chip and Potato. Most recently, he’s produced 7 new half-hour Peanuts Specials for Apple TV+ continuing the timeless tradition of such Peanuts classics like A Charlie Brown Christmas. In film, James has produced a number of feature-length films both live-action and documentary, notably Never Steady, Never Still (TIFF 2017), The Grizzlie Truth (VIFF 2022), and his latest, an ESPN 30-for-30 film, I’m Just Here For The Riot (VIFF 2023).