cast and crew
Executive Producer | DON YOUNG
Throughout his impressive 30 year career in the film and television industry, Young has worked for numerous production companies and TV networks including CTV, TSN, The Discovery Channel, CBC, FOX, ESPN and PBS with a strong focus on long form documentary storytelling. Young ran his own production company for 14 years, producing and financing 52 half hour programs (including: Quest for the Bay, Klondike: Quest for the Gold, and Quest for the Sea) and 14 one hour documentaries. Young is now head of documentary features at CTV for both the 2010 Vancouver and 2012 London Olympic games.
Director, Co-Producer, Writer | SCOTT RENYARD
Writer, Producer | SIGNE OLYNYK
Signe Olynyk is President/CEO of Protagonist Pictures Inc. in Los Angeles, and Twilight Pictures, Inc. in Canada. She has associate produced two feature films, as well as written/produced several documentaries, one hour specials, tv pilots, and a six part series. Her work has been seen on the CBC, Discovery Channel, FOX, the BBC, and she has professional credits on more than 120 productions. BELOW ZERO, starring Nancy Robertson (Wanda from 'Corner Gas') is a feature film she wrote, and will be producing/directing in the new year.
Signe created and founded the Great American PitchFest and the Great Canadian PitchFest as a way to help other writers meet the people they need to know for their careers to move forward. As a direct result, more than 60 writers have had their scripts optioned, been hired for writing assignments, or been signed with agents or managers. The PitchFest has also allowed Signe to develop relationship with more than 500 industry executives around the world, and she routines partners new writers with these companies and agencies for representation and script development. Visit www.pitchfest.com to learn more.
Editor, Narrator | JAMES FRANCEY
synopsis
A mother cougar is killed by a car on a highway that orphans three cougar cubs. The cubs are rescued and they are raised in captivity without contact with their human caregivers in the hope they can be released back in the wild. But will the cubs imprint on humans and will they be able to fend for themselves once on their own? Interviews and reenactments about cougar attacks reveal that young, adolescent cougars are the most likely age to fail in the wild on their own. Scientists are split on whether the experiment is too dangerous. No one really knows what causes a cougar to attack its prey. So are we inadvertently setting ourselves up for an attack. Is the experiment doomed for failure?