Filmmakers Uncut

Alon Isocianu is a director, visual artist, and creative director known for his hyper-stylized work in commercials, music videos, and opening title sequences. With a background in new media, visual effects, motion design, and animation, Alon brings a unique and imaginative approach to his live-action directorial work. He has worked with Grammy-winning artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Pentatonix, and Maren Morris, and has created commercials for brands like Cadillac, GM, Square, and OLG. As the co-founder and creative director of Reactiv, a motion design and animation studio in Toronto, Alon has crafted title sequences for films and TV shows such as Netflix's "Code 8" and "Code 8 Part II", "Tokyo Trial", and BET's "In Contempt". Over the past decade, his work has been featured in Rolling Stone, WIRED, Billboard, and Stash, and has won several awards, including a Bronze Lion from Cannes, several Clio awards, and an Applied Arts Magazine award. You can find more of his work at alonisocianu.com [http://alonisocianu.com/]

Andrew Barnsley is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning Executive Producer (Best Comedy Series) based in Toronto and Los Angeles. He is a six-time Canadian Screen Award winning Executive Producer. Barnsley is currently an Executive Producer on CTV/Bell Media’s 24 x ½ hour comedy series Jann starring Jann Arden, CBC’s 26 x ½ hour comedy series Son Of A Critch, Amazon Prime’s 8 x ½ hour comedy series Kids In The Hall. He has served previously as an Executive Producer on CBC/PopTV’s 80 x ½ hour series Schitt’s Creek starring Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, Family Channel/CBBC's 15 x ½ hour tween series My Perfect Landing, CTV’s 26 x 1/2 hour sitcom Spun Out starring Dave Foley, the TMN/Movie Central documentary series Sports On Fire and the HBO Canada documentary feature Spirit Unforgettable (2016). Since 2001, Barnsley has produced content across multiple genres and formats including comedy, animation, live-action, children’s, documentary and multiple live concert specials. In addition to Andrew’s role at Project 10 he is the President of Toronto Film School. He is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, the Canadian Media Producers Association, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (USA) and the Academy of Canadian Film & Television. He holds an MA in Communications and Culture from Ryerson and York Universities, a BAA from Ryerson University’s Radio and Television Arts Program and a BEd from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Origin Films Inc. & Origin Weddings Founders Pouya & Danny openly talk about their business, filmmaking in general and how they got to where they are today.

Matt Ardine works as a lighting designer and gaffer. His career has involved hundreds of commercials as well as feature films, tv and broadcast concerts. He enjoys using cutting edge methods to light the scene. When not on set, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, running in the mountains, and rollerblading at the skatepark. Recents projects include Everything Everywhere All at Once, Gaslit, and many commercials.

Sean Skene was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in to a family submersed in the film and theatre community. His father, Rick Skene, is a Stunt Coordinator and his Grandfather, Reg Skene, helped create and chair the U of W theatre department. His Mother, Janice Skene, is an actress, singer and puppeteer in shows such as "Fred Penner's Place". Sean has been working in film and television as a Stunt Performer, Stunt Coordinator, Producer, Editor and Director and is known for Suits, Goon & Siberia just to name a few. Sean's work has taken him around the world and he currently has over 150 film and television credits.