Brendan Christie

Brendan is the editor of Playback, and former editor of realscreen and Boards magazines. He has an extensive freelance resume, including work for advertising agencies as well as publications such as Strategy, Strategy: Media, KidScreen, The National Post and many others.

Posts by Brendan Christie

A.J. Cote makes a Big Jump

The animation exec has joined Ottawa’s Big Jump Entertainment as EVP of production and operations.

CFC names 2024 Comedy Story Room Intensive cohort

The 12-week training initiative will be led by Anthony Q. Farrell as story room showrunner.

The CW inks licensing deal with Network Entertainment

The multi-year agreement sees the U.S. network air the Vancouver prodco’s I Am documentary film series.

9 Story Media Group acquires Portfolio Entertainment assets

The deal sees co-founder Lisa Olfman join 9 Story as an executive producer, where she will continue to oversee active Portfolio projects.

Crave gets animated for Super Team Canada

The streamer’s first-ever animated series is produced in partnership with Atomic Cartoons and Will Arnett’s Electric Avenue.

Alison Duke, Shant Joshi among inaugural Elevate cohort

The incubator for BIPOC-led prodcos is led by Paramount+ Canada, BIPOC TV & Film and the National Screen Institute.

Global renews Family Law for fourth season

The legal drama is produced by Calgary’s SEVEN24 Films and Vancouver’s Lark Productions.

TIFF launches No Drama initiative with Monkeypaw, Universal

The program is initiated by filmmaker Jordan Peele and supports short horror films with the potential to be expanded to full-length features.

Blue Ant Media expands Canadian originals slate

The slate includes the spinoff Wild Rose Vets, a joint venture between Blue Ant and APTN.

New Metric Media partners with Encore on rom-com

The Toronto and Montreal prodcos are in development on the mixed French- and English-language concept.

Knowledge Network orders three B.C. documentaries

The projects under the B.C. public broadcaster include The Salmon’s Call from producer-director Joy Haskell.

Sinking Ship partners with Telus on media literacy series

Media Stamped is created by Nicole Stamp and directed by J.J. Johnson.