Joshua Qubti is a GTA based portrait photographer, graduating with a BFA from OCAD University, majoring in photography. During his down time between shooting and editing fashion editorials, Joshua spends his time writing songs for his band and photographing musicians in the Toronto music scene.

Alex’s work as a visual FX artist can be seen in hundreds of commercials including ads for Adidas, Heritage Minutes, Budweiser, Listerine, Smirnoff, Michelob, RBC, Acura, GM Canada, RBC, as well as in feature films such as Fight Club, Black Swan, Panic Room, The Cell, and Chicago. 

Aaron has been creating visual content for  almost 20 years.  He studied at Sheridan College, graduating in both the Technical Illustration course, as well as the Visual Effects course.  He enjoys just about anything creative he can get his hands on, from photography, to 3D animation, to 2D motion graphics, to videography/editing, and to music, where he has been playing drums for almost as long.  He has a desire to always create the best that he can, no matter the job, and an attention to detail to make sure he does so.  When he’s not working on projects for clients, he is trying to learn something new, as this field is ever changing with new tools and techniques all the time.  His professional career has led him contribute his efforts to feature films, indie films, television productions, business advertising, print media, and corporate projects to name a few.

David Stesner was born and raised in New Jersey. He was introduced to photography by his grandmother, who gave him his first camera at the age of 10. As a child, David spent many of his summers at his family’s beach house photographing people and landscapes.  After graduating high school, he earned his bachelor of fine arts degree from Philadelphia College of Art. After completing his education, he moved to New York City and began assisting such legendary photographers such as Albert Watson, Steve Hiett, and Michael Thompson.

Currently, David is focusing his attention and specializing entirely on beauty. He has been shooting for such magazines as Allure, In Style, Cosmopolitan as well as many European publications and advertising campaigns.

Ryan Long is a multimedia blitzkrieg who has spent the last 15 years perfecting his unique brand of filmmaking, directing and editing.  It is this unique brand that is now responsible for two original national half hour television series, scores of music videos with rotation at Much/ MTV and BET, numerous commercial campaigns, and hours of web content that accounts for over 10 million views.

Leaving no faction of the entertainment industry untouched, Ryan has also honed his eye for timing and comedic sensibilities while touring as the singer of The Johnstones(Stomp/Warner) and as a standup comedian (Absolute Comedy, Video on Trial, Bite TV).  The result of Ryan’s performance and production experience is a very unique skill set and perspective that is perfectly suited for a modern ‘out of the box’ approach to creating content of all forms.

Alex Boothby is an award winning, 20-year veteran of the film industry.  His most recent work includes directing the Avenue A commercial for Adidas as well as writing and directing two “Heritage Minutes” commercials for Historica Canada. His work as a visual FX artist can be seen in hundreds of commercials as well as such films as Fight Club, Black Swan, Panic Room, The Cell, and Chicago. Alex has directed ads for Adidas, Acura, Budweiser, Smirnoff, Michelob, Listerine, GM Canada, and RBC.  In 2012 Alex wrote and directed his first feature film entitled “Mr. Viral”.  

Awards include: The Norman Jewison Filmmaker Award, three Bessie Craft awards for excellence in compositing, a MMVA for Best Rock Video, as well as multiple Gemini, Bessie and MMVA nominations.

 

“Marc Ricciardelli is the best director in the world…ever!” This was overheard recently (in Marc’s head). But who is to say that it’s not true? No one can deny the obvious similarities to some of the great filmmakers of our time. Like Scorsese, Coppola and Fellini, Marc also has an Italian last name. He’s also been compared to Kubrick (similar beards).

A Prism Prize nominee 2013 for Hollerado’s “So It Goes”, Marc has also won a Juno, 3 MMVA’s, and a Reel World Film Festival Outstanding Music Video Award. In addition, the Vegetarian Times (bi-weekly) voted him Best Pescatarian director in North America, and we all know that there is a nomination in the works for best Director Bio of 2016. 

Also, Marc has Dave Foley and Margot Kidder’s personal email addresses! Do you? Didn’t think so, babe.  Marc donates monthly to the Human Fund.

Colin attended the Art Institute of Vancouver. While at AI, Colin won top honours at the BC Student Film Festival for best music video, best commercial and 2nd place narrative. It would only be a few years later when Colin would become the youngest ever recipient of the MMVA Director of the Year Award. In the years to follow, Colin directed a diverse range of music videos for the likes of Dean Brody, Mother Mother, Mariana’s Trench, Hedley, Papa Roach, Theory of a Deadman, Carly Rae Jepsen and many more.

Taking a break from music videos, Colin and friend Stuart Ortiz collectively branded themselves as The Vicious Brothers and wrote and directed a micro budget horror film ‘GRAVE ENCOUNTERS’. The film was a festival hit and was soon released In the US theatrically and on VOD by Robert De Niro’s newly formed Tribeca Film. Forbes Magazine ranked Grave Encounters one of the top 10 scariest films of 2011.  In 2014 The Vicious Brothers wrote and directed horror/science fiction film EXTRATERRESTRIAL. EXTRATERRESTRIAL premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by IFC FILMS and released theatrically on VOD in 2014. Colin is currently in post production for his third feature film to be released in 2017.