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Colten Wilke

WILL BROOK ACTOR / PRODUCER / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Filmmaker Colten Wilke’s venture into the world of entertainment began while teaching himself to write screenplays during his time off after working sixteen-hour days for Reform Energy in Northern Alberta.

With money saved from the oil patch, he took the Professional Diver Training (PDT) program at the Diving Dynamics (Canadian Diving Institute). Upon graduating, he landed a one-in-a-million job in Alaska, working on board the Nautilus Swell live-aboard dive vessel. Guests from all over the world would come for ten-day trips and tour around southeastern Alaska and BC. He led excursions and dives into remote islands, where guests would adventure into uninhabited areas of the Inside Passage to see octopus, sea lions, whales and all sorts of sea life.

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For three years, Colten was also a halibut fisherman on board the boat Ocean Twilight, which would eventually lend its name to the production company he founded, all the while continuing to write scripts, dreaming about acting, and telling his adventure stories. To his surprise, his fisherman friends and family encouraged him in his dream to become an actor and filmmaker.

In 2015, he relocated to Victoria BC, to sign up for a one-year diploma course at the Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts. He fell in love immediately with acting, while also absorbing the arts and culture of the city.

Colten then moved to Vancouver to pursue acting and filmmaking, and established Ocean Twilight Films, while continuing to learn all the ins and outs of making movies and documentaries. His first of several projects is the feature film Thunderbird being released in May 2021, in which he is the lead actor/producer/executive producer. His next film Airband is in pre-production, and he has three other scripts ready to go. His philosophy is to find creative people passionate about expression, and to work with them to bring compelling stories to life on the screen.

He is also focused on documentaries and factual television, launching Hoghead Media, which will explore Canadian history. He recently led an expedition to find a sunken locomotive lost in Slocan Lake shortly after World War II. He filmed the underwater footage, leading the diving operation determined to find the train. This documentary is now in post-production. Colten’s talents of diving in deep waters, exploring mine shafts and his determination to write untold stories make him unique as a filmmaker and one to watch as his adventures continue.

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Natalie Brown

IVY SEYMOUR

Hailing from Timmins, Ontario, Natalie Brown is a Canadian actress best known for her Gemini nominated starring role in CBC/ABC Family’s Sophie as well as her work in Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain on FX Networks, for which she won a “Golden Maple Award” for Best Performance in a Series Broadcast in the US.

Her film credits range from her first feature How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days to XX- the first all-female horror anthology which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, to her double bill at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival where she co-starred in the cult hit Canadian Strain and starred in Nicolas Treeshin’s Best Debut Feature-nominated supernatural thriller, Thunderbird.

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Natalie has been featured in myriad SYFY series such as Being Human, Bitten, Dark Matter, and Channel Zero: Candle Cove. She has also appeared in the streaming hits The Expanse and Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime and CBC/Netflix’s hit comedy Schitt’s Creek. In addition, she’s had guest starring arcs on ABC’s The Crossing, CBS’s Ransom, and one of her darkest turns yet in the chilling Silence of the Lamb’s spinoff, Clarice.

 

Julian Black Antelope

CHIEF GEORGE

Julian Black Antelope (nicknamed JBA), is a Canadian actor of First Nations/Central American and Irish descent who first entered the film and television arena in 2004 on DreamWorks/TNT’s epic six-part mini series Into the West alongside First Nations Canadian icon, Graham Greene. A self taught actor with no financial means for formal training, learned by trial and error working hard to carve to learn the craft and carved out a modest living doing plays, day player roles including work as a stunt performer.

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His first television breakthrough would come in 2010 on the gritty and critically acclaimed Canadian First Nations television series Blackstone. Four seasons of Black Antelope’s portrayal of Darrien Tailfeathers - a villain that audiences would come to love-to-hate, would earn him a CSA nomination (Canadian Screen Award formerly known as a Gemini) for best Guest Star in a TV series alongside Ed Asner and William Shatner. In 2014 Black Antelope was cast in John Logan’s Penny Dreadful, which took him overseas where he secured European representation and has since worked consistently both nationally and internationally on Film and TV projects in leading, supporting and guest star roles in Debris, The Flash Hold the Dark, Condor, Caught, Hell on Wheels andJann just to name a few.

Also a self-taught creative producer and filmmaker, JBA has produced an impressive slate of award-winning feature films screened worldwide in high profile festivals in addition to writing, directing and producing his own television series for broadcast.

An actor with a strong sense of physicality, JBA often plays characters with stunt action who are fearsome, menacing and psychotic villains. He credits his sanity, strength and foundation to the practice of his cultures belief systems, traditions and his loving and supportive wife Tracy and their three beautiful daughters Sparrow, Emiko and Romin.

 

Aaron Douglas

OFFICER JOE FLETCHER

Aaron Douglas is best known for his portrayal of Chief Galen Tyrol on Syfy’s Battlestar Galactica. With over 100 other Film-TV & Video Game credits on his impressive resume-including X-Men 2, iRobot, Stargate SG-1, The Bridge, Hellcats, Hemlock Grove, The Killing, The Returned, Falling Skies, The Strain, iZombie, The X-Files, Supernatural, The Flash, Once Upon A Time, Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency, Imposters, Jordi Chin in Ubisoft’s WatchDogs and more-Aaron is now creating and writing Comic Books for AfterShock Comics. His writing can be found in the first two volumes of Shock and is currently working on his first Original Graphic Novel, which is slated to be released in 2021. 


 

William Belleau

EDDIE 

William Belleau was born in Williams Lake, British Columbia on Alkali Lake, a small reservation also known to First Nations Secwepemc as “Esketemc.” He and his family later moved to Edmonton Alberta where he grew up. 

Belleau’s taste for acting first developed when he answered a call for volunteers at Sxoximic School(Alkali Lake) for participation in school plays. In 2006, after attending a talent competition in Orlando Florida, he received a partial scholarship to attend the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. 

Among Belleau’s notable roles are Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower  Moon also starring Leonardo Dicaprio and Robert De Niro, Blackway starring  Anthony Hopkins, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Killing, Netflix’s Frontier, Van  Helsing, Arctic Air, Amazon's The Man in the High Castle, Loudermilk,  Supergirl and Blood Quantum.

 
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Ava Sleeth 

YOUNG SARAH

From a young age Ava has had a love for the Performing Arts. She began her education in a Fine Arts program in Elementary School where a role as the Paper Bag Princess in a grade one play showed Ava was destined to perform!

Ava’s first film/TV role at nine years of age was for Freeform’s Dead of Summer where she guest starred as ‘young Amy’. Showing her ability to convey intense emotion on screen, Ava followed up with dramatic roles on CW’s Supernatural and Canadian indie feature Thunderbird as ‘young Sarah’. 

Ava continued with a role on AppleTV’s SEE, headlined by Jason Mamoa, as a  ‘young Maghra’ playing opposite Sylvia Hoeks in the acclaimed series. 

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Currently Ava can be seen as ‘young Beth/Alice’ on CW’s Batwoman. Ava's heart breaking portrayal of Beth/Alice’s backstory has caused fans to root for the redemption of the network’s biggest and baddest villain.

Having been fortunate to have worked with some of the best directors, production teams, and actors in the industry Ava has learned so much in a short time, yet at 14 years of age she’s really just getting started. She looks forward to the challenge of more complex roles and storylines in her future.

When Ava is not working on a film project, she enjoys competing in dance, swimming, skimboarding, spending time with her family, and walking her adorable Labradoodle Maisie.


 
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Ben Daon

YOUNG WILL

Born in NYC and raised in Vancouver, Ben began acting at age 11, when he booked his first commercial for the 2018 Winter Olympics (P&G). It was in acting class where Ben fell in love with the process and became determined to make it to the big screen, and supporting roles in feature films, Thunderbird and Broken Diamonds, soon followed. Having spent 7 years in elite gymnastics, Ben retired as a 3 time Provincial  All-Around Champion in B.C. Ben's background as a competitive athlete has given  him both the tenacity and work ethic to pursue his acting dreams with a tireless  determination. He is currently a Series Regular on Ron Howard's new Nickelodeon  series, The Astronauts and can be seen in The Mysterious Benedict  Society, coming to Disney+ in 2021. Along with acting, Ben loves to play piano,  drums and is an avid skateboarder. He lives in Vancouver with his younger sister,  mom, dad and 2 French bulldogs. 


 

NicHolas Treeshin

WRITER/DIRECTOR

Nicholas Treeshin is a passionate writer, director and producer; and is currently running the scripted slate for Black Watch Entertainment. Nicholas wrote and directed the crime drama Thunderbird the award winning sci-fi short Leave Us Alone and over one hundred episodes of documentary, reality and lifestyle television.


 

 
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Michael Morrison

PRODUCER / FILMMAKER

Michael Morrison was born in Edmonton Alberta and later moved to Vancouver BC during his teen years with his family. Michael grew up in a household that had a strong passion for stories and cinema. This drove him in the direction of film making in his early 30’s.

Michael attended Vancouver Film School from 2011-2013 where he excelled and graduated with a dual Diploma in Film Production and Visual Art and Design.

Michael participated in the CMPA Screen Based Media Production Mentorship  Program in 2013. Force Four Entertainment’s production team and executives on  various television series mentored him. Michael had the opportunity to learn the vast  scope of the production process from some of the most skilled in the film and  television field in Vancouver.

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After completing the CMPA Mentorship Program Michael continued to work with Force Four (now E-One) in various positions including Director, Field Producer and Assistant Director. He worked on the National Geographic series Border Security Canada & USA. In addition, he worked as a Field Producer on Slice's Emergency Season 1, and CBC’s Keeping Canada Alive.

In 2017 Michael co-founded Ocean Twilight Films and is a partner in the company. In early 2019, He produced and completed his first feature film ‘Thunderbird’. Michael currently continues to work in the film and television industry in Vancouver. Bigger than any film ever made he and his supportive and loving wife Mariel welcomed their son Heath in 2019, who he reads to, and fosters opportunity for imagination daily.

Lastly Michael’s energy thrives when he is being of service to others, sharing his passion for film and his skill set with those who are marginalized. He strives to listen to what is needed for voices to be heard, and stories to be told.

 

Alfonso Chin

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Alfonso Chin is a cinematographer and visual artist based in Vancouver, Canada. His  journey to Vancouver began in Los Angeles and Mexico where he was born. His  multicultural background sparked a desire to experience stories from various cultures,  which he found through world cinema and painting at a young age. He draws his  influences from graphic design, architecture, fine art, photography and painting. His  cinematic language and visual influence come from the works by Andrei Tarkovsky,  Krzysztof Kieslowki, Lynne Ramsay, Akira Kurosawa, Robert Bresson and Henry Cartier Bresson, Albert Watson, Gregory Grewdson, and many others.

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He has filmed with different formats from 35mm, 16mm to the latest digital emulsions. From commercials to engaging narrative and documentaries, the story and characters always come first, and are always the primary motivation to his approach to lighting and camera movements. He also has a passion and understanding for non-traditional storytelling. His professional industry credits include work for Disney, Marvel, Netflix, Warner Bro, 20th Century Fox, Amazon Studios among others.

He was nominated for 2018 Canadian Society of Cinematographers Award, 2017 Leo Awards for Best Cinematography in Dramatic Short and the 2017 Vaughan Film Festival for Best Cinematography.




Alex Klingle

COMPOSER

Alex spent his teen years playing guitar and producing music on his mom’s work laptop, using the money from delivering pizza to feed his gear addiction. From then on he honed his craft assisting in professional recording studios, studying traditional orchestration, and producing electronic music for world renowned record labels and artists. Now he thrives between the cutting edge of technology, and rich emotive musical composition.

Alex has created music for companies such as Disney, Apple, Microsoft, Warner Bros, and Universal among others, and remixed artists such as Kanye West, Bob Dylan, and AWOLNATION. He aims to continue pushing the boundaries of visual and interactive music.