Discover Top Executive Producers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A journalist, reporter, and news manager focused on creating awareness and open thinking through investigative journalism. Forced to flee Afghanistan because of the Taliban and resettle in Canada. Extensive skills and knowledge in leadership, researching, writing, and video production. Samples of work can be found here. x EXPERIENCE VOICE OF AMERICA, Washington, USA │February 2022 - present A United States state-owned international broadcaster. Producing digital, TV, and radio content in 48 languages which it distributes to affiliate stations around the globe. Investigative Reporter  Researched, investigated, and wrote stories regarding news and current affairs.  Focused special investigations on drug cultivation and trafficking in South Asia which are yet unaired due to the implications of the content's release ARIANA NEWS NETWORK, Kabul, Afghanistan │2014 - 2021 One of the leading television channels in Afghanistan with terrestrial coverage in 33 of 34 provinces in the country. News Manager, 2017 – 2021  Managed the planning and production of the daily TV news  Led and continually developed a team of 120 news staff  Fostered the development story ideas, tracking of issues and events,  Selected reporter coverage, scheduled stories for publication  Managed a budget of US$1.2M Senior Reporter, 2014 – 2017  Investigated and gathered information on news events at the scene and by interviewing witnesses, experts, sources and officials  Obtained statements and imagery on video  Edited recorded information into a finished news report  Developed a network of sources who provide tips and early access to information  Extensively covered the war in Afghanistan including in the Kandahar, Helmand, and Jalal Abad provinces  Produced acclaimed documentaries on Haqany’s Attacks on Kabul and the open sales of narcotics Ahmad Farshad Saleh │2 FANOOS INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Kabul, Afghanistan │2017 – 2020 A coeducational Afghan higher education institution that is officially recognized by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Higher Education Lecturer  Developed curriculum and taught courses in Report Writing and Investigative Reporting. GHAZNAWYAN TV, Ghazni, Afghanistan│2012 – 2014 A local media and news company located in Ghazni, Afghanistan Program Director  Scheduled program material  Determined what entertainment programs, news broadcasts, and other program material were offered to the public. AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS  Journalist of the Year, NAI – Supporting Open Journalism in Afghanistan, 2015  Profiled in Iran Wire – September 2021 EDUCATION  Completing Masters Degree in International Relations, Afghanistan University - 2017-2019  Bachelor’s in International Relations, Avni Sena University - 2012- 2015

• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• TV News Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Executive Producer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager

Hey, I’m Annas, a creative leader and storyteller, specializing in strategic social media brand management, from ensuring outstanding customer engagement and satisfaction to leading innovative marketing campaigns across all major platforms. Throughout my career, I’ve demonstrated my capacity for strengthening the brand image and reputation for global organizations across Retail, Technology, Art, and more! Over the years, I’ve refined my skills in social, digital, production, digital marketing campaigns, online community growth, data analytics, creative content development, stakeholder negotiations, and competitive research. I love to work and lead with empathy, compassion, and transparency 😊

• Creative Director
• Executive Producer
• Copywriter
• Social Media Producer
• Content Strategist
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Metaverse

Owen Leitch specializes in the development of video formats and brands geared towards millennial and Gen Z audiences. He has nearly two decades of broadcast journalism experience in Canada and abroad, including CBC News, CBC Television and Al Jazeera English. Owen has produced live news events, weekly current affairs shows, documentaries and factual entertainment. His latest project, Technality, is a video-first brand focused on all things future, tech and humanity.

• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• TV News Producer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Executive Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Content Strategist
• Senior Editor

An Egyptian correspondent lives in Canada, I worked extensively in the Middle East, North Africa

• Production Company
• TV News Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Audio Storyteller
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Field Producer
• Copy Editor
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Executive Producer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• Content Strategist
• Art Director
• Social Media Producer
• Senior Editor

Karan Deep Singh is an Emmy-nominated journalist, filmmaker, editor and photographer. He has most recently been focusing on long-form storytelling at The New York Times. Karan has worked for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal as a staffer telling stories in visuals and words for nearly a decade. He covered terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, the crackdown in Kashmir, labor shortage in Japan, and Myanmar’s military campaign that drove more than a million Rohingya refugees to neighboring Bangladesh. Karan was part of the Journal team that was named a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for coverage of Amazon, the e-commerce retailer, and its unsafe global supply chain. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2020 for a short documentary film he produced, filmed and directed. In 2022, he won a South Asian Journalists Association Award for a visual and investigative series about India’s devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. He also won a Human Rights Press Award in 2021 for an investigation into an anti-Muslim campaign in India’s northeast. Before joining The Times in 2019, Karan spent five years at The Wall Street Journal as a Reporter and Video Journalist reporting from five countries in Asia. He started his career at The Hindustan Times, one of India’s largest English newspapers.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Reporter / Journalist
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Drone Operator
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Designer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Colorist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Video Editor - News
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Copywriter
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Production Assistant
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Executive Producer
• Content Strategist
• TV News Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Series Producer / Show Runner
• Digital Content Creator
• Audio Storyteller
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• On-Camera Talent
• Copy Editor

I’ve been an artist since before I can remember. It all started with drawing. At 12 years old I was doing stop motion and Claymation and by the time I was 14 I had shot my first short film. Fast forward to my 24th birthday, when I decided to go get my master’s degree from my dream school (USC’s School of Cinematic Arts). By then I had finished a Bachelor’s Degree in Visual arts, played bass for a band in front of hundreds of people, had songs played at and been interviewed on national radio, had three music videos I directed on MTV Latin America’s top 10 (with one # 1), and had shot and edited a live rock concert that would go on to feature as part of MTV’s world stage series, and be sold in record stores. That still wasn't enough. So, I left my band and my burgeoning career as an up and coming music video director in Colombia to pursue my dream of being a film director. Thus, I moved to Los Angeles, where I got my MFA, and then stayed 6 years total until late 2015. During this time, I worked as an independent director, doing short form content for artists and clients. I Co-wrote, produced, co-directed and edited my first feature length film, and I worked as a cinematographer on another feature, meanwhile working in developing film and TV projects for one of my USC mentors, as well as for myself. In late 2018, my wife and I moved to Vancouver Canada, looking for a new start. In my time there, I taught film directing at Vancouver Film School, was a Creative Director at Appreciated Media, and then for the past two years Creative Vice President and Producer at Crank Media, a company where I got to assemble from the ground and lead a talented creative team, as well as pursue the production of various long and short form projects, including developing long form projects, shooting a TV pilot, all kinds of content for social media, photographing our music label’s artists, shooting their videos, and I even got to supervise the creation on 3D metaverse style world prototypes. I moved to Toronto in late 2022, and decided to start working for myself again.

• Creative Director
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Full-Service Live Production
• HD Live Operator
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Gaffer
• Colorist
• Senior Editor
• Commercial DP
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Executive Producer
• Storyboard Artist
• Art Director
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Mixer
• Sound Designer
• Copywriter

I have over 15 years of experience in the news industry and in my most recent role I managed a digital video and script writing team that creates and delivers stories across platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok at TRT World. My team produced everything from 30-second reels on Instagram to 8-minute explainers on YouTube and has won a Lovie Award for our Kashmir lockdown coverage. Our video 'The Killing of Willie McCoy' was a finalist for long form story at the Shorty Awards where we also won the Audience Honor. Some of our best content has had over a million views and central to it all has been one element: writing that connects with people around the world

• Social Media Producer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copy Editor
• Copywriter
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Digital Content Creator
• Translator
• Transcriber
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Executive Producer
• Content Strategist
• Senior Editor
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist

Self-made, resourceful go-getter invigorated by the ever- changing digital marketing landscape and constantly pursuing innovative means to create new content and fine- tune existing campaigns. Successfully delivering 30M+ monthly views, and 2M+ subscribers on YouTube. I'm certified by Google in YouTube channel growth, I worked with international TV networks as a creative director and video editor.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Executive Producer
• Creative Director
• Digital Content Creator
• Social Media Producer
• Influencer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary

Hello! I’m Adam Pedersen, I’m based in Toronto Ontario, Canada. I am an award winning director with an immeasurable passion for filmmaking. Let's tell great stories together.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Colorist
• Creative Director
• Executive Producer

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Corporate Videographer
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Field Producer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• Production Company
• Content Strategist
• Senior Editor
• Executive Producer