JENNIFER NICOLE STANG
DIRECTOR / WRITER
Director/Writer, JENNIFER NICOLE STANG was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has lived in England, Canada, the U.S., and Spain. Jennifer founded her film production company, Round Table Pictures in 2011. With her company, Jennifer has directed award-winning music videos and short films. Her short film, El Lago (The Lake) received various awards, including Best Fantasy Film at the Mexico International Film Festival, and 1st place at the Honolulu Film Awards. Her horror short, The Devil’s Snare, was nominated for best short film screenplay, best sound design, and best actor at the TERROR film festival in 2013. Jennifer directed Livvy Stubenrauch (young Anna from Disney’s Oscar-winning film, FROZEN), in her short film Les Nuages (The Clouds), which was featured at Raindance Web Fest and Miami Web Fest, amongst other festivals. Jennifer has also produced the web series, Englishman in L.A. starring Ashley Fink (Glee), Eddie Jemison (Ocean’s 11, 12, 13) and Cameron Moir (Non-Stop) which currently streams on Amazon Prime. Jennifer wrote and directed the short film, The Whistler, has received BEST THRILLER award from the Amsterdam International Film Festival, two LEO award nominations, and continues to travel the festival circuit, already have been selected to 25 festivals including Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, St. Louis International Film Festival, and NYC Horror Fest. Jennifer co-wrote The Unfamiliar for Dark Matter Studios, which is currently in post production. Jennifer's pilot, The Fairy Faith, is an official finalist at Oaxaca Film Festival and the New York Screenplay Contest, and her feature length script, Blackwood Falls, is also a NY Screenplay finalist and official finalist at Shriekfest film festival.
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Website: www.jennifernicolestang.com
SASHA FILIPOVICH
PRODUCER
Sasha Filipovich is an American/Canadian filmmaker with Colombian & Serbian heritage. She grew up in Houston, Texas where she focused her early studies in classical ballet and telling stories through movement. Sasha danced professionally with the Lake Erie Ballet in Erie, Pennsylvania and Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble in Houston, TX. She was a ballet instructor with Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy and the Ballet Mistress for Houston Repertoire Ballet, where she choreographed short ballet’s for the company. Sasha shifted her work from dance to communications and marketing after moving to Los Angeles in 2008. There, she was part of the marketing team for companies such as Vans, Joe’s Jeans, and Sony Pictures Entertainment. She discovered a new way of storytelling after moving to Canada in 2017. Since moving to Vancouver, BC Sasha has produced several web series and short films including “The Whistler,” which received Best Thriller from the Amsterdam International Film Festival, two LEO award nominations, and has been accepted into over 25 film festivals internationally. She also produced, wrote, and directed the short film, “Done With You,” and is currently working on Netflix's Riverdale.
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IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3335921
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EMMETT LEE STANG
COMPOSER
EMMETT LEE STANG was born in Guildford, UK. Having grown up in Canada and the United States, he began his career in music, touring extensively on the East Coast with drummer Jimmy Coleman (John Legend, Eric Hutchison, Diahann Carroll) and bassist Kevin Vecchione (Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen). Emmett sold CDs and DVDs of a live show, recorded and filmed at the Grapestreet Philadelphia, produced by Phil Nicolo (Aerosmith, Sting, Bob Dylan) and Skip Drinkwater (Norman Connors, Eddie Henderson) and received rave reviews from The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Loquitor, Philly News, and Phoenixville News, amongst others.
After moving to Los Angeles, Emmett continued with his solo work as well as composing for short films and web series. In 2011, founded his film production company, Round Table Pictures, with sister, Jennifer, and composed and mixed sound for a number of productions including The Devil’s Snare, Sword Play, Early Bird, and Les Nuages. The Devil’s Snare was nominated for best sound design at the TERROR film festival in 2013. Now back in Canada, Emmett has just completed the score for The Rain (short film) which is now is post-production.
For more information, please visit: www.imdb.me/emmettleestang
NAIM SUTHERLAND
CINEMATOGRAPHER
NAIM SUTHERLAND is an award-winning cinematographer and member of IATSE Local 669 who has been making motion pictures for films, commercials and music videos for a decade. He has been fortunate to have won 5 “Best Cinematography” awards over the years including Best Cinematography in a Motion Picture at the 2016 Leo Awards for the feature film "Charlotte's Song", as well as the 2015 Vancouver Short Film Festival Best Cinematography Award and the 2014 Leo Award for Best Cinematography in a Short Drama. The Georgia Straight said "Charlotte's Song" featured "Days of Heaven meets Boardwalk Empire cinematography." And VIFF named it one of the "Top 10 most visually appealing films of VIFF 2015." Naim’s images have aired all over North America and Asia on television, and have screened at top-tier festivals and in a dozen countries around the world. The films and commercials he has shot have been recognized with dozens of nominations and awards, hundreds of official selections at festivals, and write-ups in Ad Week, Variety and numerous other publications. Naim been privileged to have worked on amazing projects that have earned over $500,000 in prizes including several Bravo Fact grants, MuchFact grants, Canada Council grants, The Harold Greenberg Shorts to Features Fund, Hot Shot Shorts, Telefilm Microbudget funding. His work has generated over a million online views.
For more info, please visit: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2317243/
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Website: htttp://www.naimsutherland.com
KAREN WONG
PRODUCER
KAREN WONG has worked in the Canadian film and television industry since 1993 as a financial consultant, production accountant, and producer. Karen has gained a bird’s eye view of production on a wide variety of programmes, firstly as a financial advisor and auditor with the boutique accounting firm, Ellis Foster (now merged with Ernst & Young), and later as a production accountant. She has overseen the finances on some of the most important British Columbia-based productions in the last decade, ranging from Canadian independent films such as Kissed and Rollercoaster, television documentaries such as Yukonna and Lilith on Top; to bigger budget fare like Disney’s home movie franchises Air Bud and MVP; international treaty co-production The Bone Snatcher and television series projects, such as CTV’s Robson Arms.
She was awarded Best Information Series at the 2005 Leo Awards and Best Web Series in 2015 Leo Awards.
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IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939183/#producer
Website: http://www.rnrmediainc.com
ESME VIVIERS
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
ESME VIVIERS has honed her skill as set decorator and set designer on numerous commercials, television series and more recently: feature films. Her nickname on set is: Es-mazing, because of her ability to execute her visually rich designs.
Esmé has worked under some of the top art directors in South Africa before launching her independent career in 2013 with the over-the-top comedy Blitzpatrollie, and the romantic explorative film: Leading Lady in 2014.
She is also the co-owner of Spacecraft set design and fabrication where she has designed and manufactured numerous projects for the South African local broadcasters as well as the commercials industry.
She has led teams of artistically gifted individuals to realize the creative direction of a project and aims to always exceed expectations.
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For more information, please visit:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2853705
Website: https://esmeviviers.wixsite.com/esmeviviers
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