Blake Edwards was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997). He received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, 21 Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Eric Neal Peterson is a Canadian stage, television, and film actor, known for his roles in three major Canadian television series – Street Legal (1987–1994), Corner Gas, and This is Wonderland (2004–2006).
Stewart Robert Einstein, known professionally as Bob Einstein, was an American actor, comedy writer, and producer. He created and performed the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne, and was also known for his roles as Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm and Larry Middleman on Arrested Development.
Slither is a 2006 science fiction comedy horror film written and directed by James Gunn in his directorial debut. Produced by Paul Brooks and Eric Newman, the film stars Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Tania Saulnier, Gregg Henry, and Michael Rooker. The film is set in a small town in South Carolina that becomes invaded by a malevolent alien parasite.
Moses Gunn was an American actor of stage and screen. An Obie Award-winning stage player, he is an alumnus of the Negro Ensemble Company. His 1962 off-Broadway debut was in Jean Genet's The Blacks, and his Broadway debut was in A Hand is on the Gate, an evening of African-American poetry. He was nominated for the 1976 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in The Poison Tree, and he also played Othello on Broadway in 1970. For his screen performances, Gunn is best known for his roles as Clotho in WUSA (1970), Bumpy Jonas in Shaft (1971) and Joe Kagan on Little House on the Prairie (1977–1981).
Herschel Bernardi was an American actor and singer. He is best known for his supporting role in the television detective series Peter Gunn (1958–1961) for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and his starring role in the comedy television series Arnie (1970–1972) which earned him two consecutive Golden Globe Award nominations.
Morgan Waters is a Canadian actor, comedian and musician.
Cock'd Gunns is a Canadian English language mockumentary television series originally produced for IFC and later broadcast on Showcase. The series documents the lives of members of the fictional rock band Cock'd Gunns, as they try to become the biggest band in the world. The show is a production of Tricon Films & Television, and it was directed by Samir Rehem.
Leo Edmund Scherman is a Canadian film and television director, writer and producer. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the feature film Trench 11, and co-creator of the television series Cock'd Gunns.
Jillian Clare is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as pre-teen Abigail "Abby" Deveraux on Days of Our Lives, Hayley on Victorious, and her lead role as Lindsey Lou in the film Pretty Broken.
Danielle Brooks is an American actress. Her breakthrough role as prison inmate Tasha "Taystee" Jefferson in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019) gained her three Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and three NAACP Image Awards nominations.
Alex Nadon is a lighting designer from Canada who won the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Photography in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series in 2015 for his creation and design of the stage at The 43rd Annual JUNO Awards 2014.
The Amazing Gayl Pile is a Canadian web series created by Morgan Waters and Brooks Gray, which follows one man's misguided quest to conquer the world of home shopping, and become king of the TV pitchman game. First created in 2014, the show stars Morgan Waters, Brooks Gray, Inessa Frantowski, Andy King, Leo Scherman, Daniel Stolfi and Natasha Bromfield. The series has received numerous awards and has screened at festivals around the world; in 2017, it won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Directing and Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction. Also in 2017, the series broke the record for most nominations at the Indie Series Awards in Los Angeles.
Henry Stone is an Australian comedian, writer, and director.
The 8th Indie Series Awards were held on April 5, 2017 at The Colony Theatre in Los Angeles, with the ceremony hosted by EastSiders producers and stars Kit Williamson and John Halbach. Presented by We Love Soaps, the awards recognize independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the web.
Samir Rehem is a Canadian film and television director. He is most noted for his 2007 short film The Answer Key, which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 29th Genie Awards in 2009.
Funny as Hell is a Canadian television comedy series, which aired on HBO Canada from 2011 to 2017. Hosted by Jon Dore, the series featured stand-up comedy performances recorded at the annual Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, and marketed itself as an uncensored platform for edgier and more adult comedy than could be aired on a terrestrial channel such as CBC Television. The series originally ran from 2011 to 2016, when it was cancelled by HBO Canada; Seeso then stepped in as a new production partner, resulting in the creation of one further season which aired in 2017.
Chris Robinson is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is most noted for his role as Virgil in the comedy series Pillow Talk, for which he and the other core cast members received an ensemble Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
