Stew is our jack-of-all-trades – a music producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer, and mastering engineer. He is also a multi-instrumentalist, published songwriter and performer. In Stew’s spare time you can find him collecting and restoring vintage musical equipment, and studying the history of music. He also loves cooking, Vespas, and Forensic psychology.

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With over 25 years experience, Gemini Award-winning editor Dean Evans has credits in feature films, television drama, commercials, music video and documentary. In 1997 Dean was first nominated for a Gemini for editing the national CBC series Utopia Cafe. Dean has also had success as a Director with credits including the Gemini-nominated Dirty Money, a half hour action-drama for Global Television, and Prank Patrol, a top rated children’s series for YTV. Dean spent over five years with Spotlight Productions editing short and long form documentary. Recently Dean was the editor on the pilot for APTN’s action/thriller series Wynter.Check out Dean Evans IMDb here.

Michael works on the production company side of the business developing original film and television IP. As a development manager, Michael evaluates pitches on a creative and project suitability level as well as works with writers and creatives on projects that are in development. Prior to joining Dept.9 Studios, Michael completed an MBA in Arts, Media, and Entertainment Management from Schulich School of Business as well as a Certificate in Entertainment Law.

You might recognize Michael as that guy whose Halloween costume went viral on social media. One year Michael dressed up as the Talus Dome, a piece of public art in Edmonton purchased from LA artists – the pictures of his costume spread across news stations and social media. He also kissed Katy Perry once, but that’s a whole other story.

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Fara’s diverse role consists of overseeing the marketing department and managing the day-to-day operations. Fara has been involved in the Marketing world for many years and through her time with Dept.9 Studios, she has also developed a passion for operations. She loves that her role allows her to be very hands on.

Fara is also a self-proclaimed cat lover… in fact, she believes that they are her spirit animal due to how much they have in common… sleep, food, and the right amount of attention, what more could you need? Aside from loving cats, Fara also loves kindness and wants to see more of it “in a world where you can be anything, be kind.”

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Don has been with Dept.9 since the beginning. As President & COO of Dept.9 Studios, Don is responsible for making things happen and bringing our Founder, Johnny Mac’s short and long-term vision to life.

Don’s experience in music publishing and negotiating sync deals makes him an asset to the Dept.9 Studios leadership team. Don also tells some great stories – and even better jokes. You should ask him to tell you one some time. You won’t regret it!

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A retired lawyer who began investing in feature films in 2015. He has been an Executive Producer on a dozen films which feature actors such as Riley Keough, Marisa Tomei, Uma Thurman, Tatiana Maslany, Simon Baker, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Ryan Eggold. The films have been critically successful having been screened in festivals such as Cannes, TIFF (x2), Sundance (x3), and Tribeca.