Guest Industry Expert — All Access 2020:
JAMIE BROWN
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Producer at Frantic Films
As CEO & Executive Producer of Frantic Films, Jamie has been proud to see the company become one of Canada’s leading film and television producers, gaining recognition for its creative work and business success.
Frantic’s award winning film, television and branded content projects have sold to well over 100 countries around the world to networks including Food Network, HGTV, CBC, CTV, Discovery, History Television and more. Current productions include comedies (“Still Standing” and “Baroness von Sketch”), unscripted series (“Backyard Builds” and “The Stats of Life”), one-off documentaries (“Indictment – The Crimes of Shelly Chartier”) feature films (“Stand!”) and web series (“Writers Block”) and more.
Jamie is the creator, producer and executive producer of many successful and award-winning projects. He has created or co-created over a dozen series and is responsible for hundreds of hours of production (a complete list of his film and television work is available at www.franticfilms.com)
Jamie was the first recipient of the Lions Gate Innovative Producer Award, named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, received the I.H. Asper Broadcast Entrepreneur of the Future Award, was nominated as the New Media Visionary at the Canadian New Media Awards and was the CMPA’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Among his many creative awards are Gemini, Canadian Screen Award, Banff Rockie, and Golden Sheaf awards. He was member and later Chair of both the CMPA and National Screen Institute.