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Mackenzie Donaldson
Blink49 Studios expands scripted television team
Playback’s 5 to Watch alumna Mackenzie Donaldson and former Amazon Studios exec Andy Bourne are reporting to Carolyn Newman, EVP, global scripted television.
Rebeka Herron wins $60K Forest City Film Festival film pitch prize
The winning pitch, Broken Bones, is a horror thriller starring Sarah Cleveland.
In Brief: Content Catalyst Fund rebrands as Catalyst with new hire
Plus: Indigenous filmmakers are making strides with genre films, the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma reveals participants for Nouveau Marché, and more.
Orphan Black alums team for Showtime-commissioned biohacking doc
Executive produced by Graeme Manson and Mackenzie Donaldson, the project premieres today on Showtime in the U.S. and Crave in Canada.
Canadian projects named to new Cannes Drama Creative Forum
The Donaldson Company’s Whatever, Linda (pictured) is one of the titles named to the new Canneseries In Development program.
Deals: Buck Productions, Stellar Citizens, Mongrel
Buck strikes up an international deal for two docs with Syndicado, Toronto’s Stellar Citizens options Haya Waseem’s short film Shahzad (pictured) and more deals of the week.
What our 5 to Watch are up to now
The Playback team checks in with our 5 to Watch class of 2015 to get an update on their latest projects, deals and moves.
Playback’s 5 to Watch: Aberrant Pictures
Since meeting in 2013, multi-hyphenate talents Hannah Cheesman and Mackenzie Donaldson have been building considerable momentum for their fledging prodco.
Playback’s 5 to Watch revealed
Our annual list of Canadian entertainment industry talents whose careers are on the fast-track to success.
Shaftesbury, Banff AMP Accelerator finalists announced
Orphan Black writer/producer duo Hannah Cheesman and Mackenzie Donaldson are one of the three teams chosen to pitch their digital series project at Banff.
Clique Pictures, Aberrant Pictures option The Western Light
Mackenzie Donaldson, Hannah Cheesman and Lauren Grant have teamed up to produce a feature film based on the Susan Swan novel.
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