SELECTED FILMS
Thunder Bay (2023)
Thunder Bay is a four-part, Crave Original documentary series based on the ground-breaking podcast from Canadaland, Thunder Bay. The gripping investigative series is produced and also hosted by Anishinaabe activist, podcaster, and award-winning writer, Ryan McMahon, who is on a quest to uncover the truth in the recent deaths of multiple Indigenous people in Thunder Bay, Ontario—a city known as the homicide and hate crime capital of Canada.
Documentary Series – Writer/Story Editor
Awards
Winner, Canadian Screen Awards, 2024
The Documentary, Factual, Lifestyle, and Reality Awards.
Hell Wire (2023)
Horror, Short film - Writer
On a Zoom call, a couple makes a desperate attempt to keep their relationship alive—until they’re interrupted by something that isn’t.
Awards
Winner, Paris Short Film Festival, 2023
Remi Winner, 56th Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival
Official Selection, Atlanta Horror Film Festival, 2023
Kubo’s Crickets (2015)
Documentary Short – Writer/Director
Obsessive visionary and inventor, Kubo Dzamba, believes he's found a way to save humanity from cataclysmic world famine that many scientists say will cripple humanity by 2050. His solution? Farming crickets for food. With the loving support of his offbeat family, Kubo is forced to navigate a minefield of challenges that include malfunctioning equipment, lack of money, and a world not at all ready to gobble up bugs.
Awards
Winner, Best Short Documentary, North Bay Film Festival
Winner, Best Documentary, Cabbagetown Short Film Festival
Official Selection, Planet in Focus
Official Selection, Austin Film Festival
Official Selection, Devour: The Food Festival
Semisweet:
Life in Chocolate (2013)
Documentary Feature – Writer/Director
Three continents, four stories, and one deep connection: the complex world of chocolate. In the wilds of Northern Canada are Ron and Nadine who make raw chocolate like the Aztecs. In Hershey, Pennsylvania, is Hershey employee, Jonathan. In West Africa, are plantation workers, Noufou and Mamoutou. In Paris, is chocolatier, Patrick Roger. Semisweet: Life in Chocolate follows the unique journeys of people whose lives are transformed by chocolate.
Awards
Official Selection, Durban International Film Festival
Nomination, Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival
Winner, Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program
Official Selection, DOC Toronto
Official Selection, Festival Cinema Africano, Italy
Fear of Dancing (2020)
Documentary Feature – Writer/Director
Filmmaker Michael Allcock is on a worldwide search to discover why he and millions on this planet are terrified by the simple act of dancing. His exploration takes him back to the dreaded high-school dance, continuing through a look at how various cultures perceive dance – from sexual expression to spiritual revelation. The film reveals a rare glimpse into a world rarely seen—rife with spirituality, sex, robots, stereotypes, virtual reality, and a deadly Medieval plague.
In the end, Fear Of Dancing will attempt to make sense of what it means to be human through the simple act of dancing—or not.
Featherland (2007)
Documentary Short – Writer/Director
For bird lovers everywhere, Pelee Island, Canada is known as one of the top bird-watching destinations in the world. But what most people don’t know is that, six days a year, it’s transformed into a battleground—and one of the country’s largest bird hunts. Featherland is a dreamy meditation on a place both magical and schizophrenic. A place where birds control the very fate of a shrinking community.
Awards
Official Selection, Yorkton Film Festival
Official Selection, Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival
Official Selection, Windsor International Film Festival
Ringneck (2017)
Short Film – Writer
Robert and Sherri live a picture-perfect life—quiet street, manicured lawn, wine o’clock by six. But when a man rumored to be a high-ranking mobster moves in next door, a simple noise complaint spirals into paranoia, lost Guatemalan wind chimes, blinding lights…and a tongue in a box. A darkly comedic tale of suburban dread—and the fine line between justice...and stupidity.
Awards
Austin Film Festival Winner: Best Short Screenplay
Vimy Ridge:
From Heaven to Hell (2007)
Documentary Feature – Writer/Story Editor
The battle of Vimy Ridge was a major Allied victory in the First World War and the single greatest military achievement in Canadian history. The film takes viewers into the maze of underground tunnels, one of which is opened up for the first time since the war. It investigates the site of the battle through an archaeological dig, tests battleground strategies, and brings the experience to life through personal letters from soldiers who were there.
Awards
Gemini Nomination: Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
Forensic Factor:
The Abbotsford Killer (2007)
Documentary Series – Writer/Director
A Special Task Force hunts down a deadly stalker on the loose in small-town Abbotsford, British Columbia—where one teenaged girl is found brutally killed and another barely alive. In piecing together their puzzle—and with the life of every resident in Abbotsford hanging in the balance—investigators are forced to consider that the killer may even be a member of their Task Force.
Awards
Gemini Nomination: Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series
Paranormal Revenge:
The Dark Pond (2024)
Documentary Series– Writer/Director
When a 7-year-old girl mysteriously disappears by a remote pond in North Carolina, the life of one of her classmates is forever altered.
Awards
Canadian Screen Award Nomination: Best Writing, Factual