Stephen has produced over 30 feature films and more than 100 hours of scripted television and has extensive experience in development, packaging and physical production. Stephen's first film, "Double Happiness" starring Sandra Oh won best first feature at the Berlin film festival and was acquired by New Line cinema at Sundance. Stephen produced several more independent features before launching Brightlight Pictures in 2001, the same year his film "The Last Wedding" opened the Toronto International Film Festival. While at Brightlight Stephen was responsible for building a slate of feature and television projects. These included Canadian / US co-ventures, international co-productions and scripted Canadian content.
Throughout his career Stephen has fostered close relationships with talent agencies, studios and broadcasters both in Canada and the US. This has helped attract the elements needed to produce "The Guard" for Shaw and LionsGate. Stephen's expertise in international co-productions acquired on movies like "White Noise" starring Michael Keaton and "Fifty Dead Men Walking" with Sir Ben Kinsgley was also key in structuring 26 episodes of "Stormworld" for Bell (Space), the first Canadian, Australian, Singaporean live action series. Stephen is currently completing Mr. Hockey, a movie for the CBC about hockey legend Gordie Howe to air this spring.
Stephen holds and MFA in film and television production from the University of British Columbia and has received awards including The Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CMPA) Entrepreneur of the year in 2006, and Business in Vancouver's 40 under 40 in 2004. Stephen was also nominated by Variety Magazine's as "One of Fifty to Watch"
Warren Carr
Warren Carr is a motion picture and television production veteran. Over the course of his career, he has been an integral production team member on more than 90 projects, including 35 feature films (four Oscar nominations), 20 movies of the week (three Emmy nominations), TV pilots and series. In September 2003, Warren was awarded an Emmy for his role on the producing team of the Turner Network Television production Door To Door. He is also the recipient of Humanitus and Christopher Awards and a Leo Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, The Directors Guild of America, The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Motion Picture Production Industry of BC and the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC. He contributes to the production and business community as a consultant and member of committees, executive and labour advisory boards. Warren supports the CineCoup Film Accelerator and is committed to contributing his producing expertise to the innovative platform-as-studio model.
Fred Fuchs is currently an independent producer and media consultant based in Toronto. He is focused on developing, financing and producing feature films and television series for international audiences. He also offers expertise in the evolving convergence of digital distribution and content. Prior to becoming an independent, Fuchs spent four years as Executive Director of Arts and Entertainment at CBC, Canada's public broadcaster. There, he was in charge of Arts Programming and also responsible for commissioning and supervising production of all scripted shows including Little Mosque on the Prairie, The Tudors, Heartland, Being Erica and The Border. Fuchs began his career as a producer in LA working on award-winning television series for Showtime and HBO before segueing into feature film. After producing Tucker: The Man and His Dream, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and executive produced by George Lucas, Fuchs landed a decade-long run as President of Coppola's American Zoetrope Studios. During that time, he was also Executive Producer of 17 features including The Godfather III, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Secret Garden, Don Juan Demarco, The Virgin Suicides and John Grisham's The Rainmaker. With this proven experience and strong ties to international talent and networks, Fuchs is uniquely situated to succeed in the world of independent film and television.
