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Victoria Long profile

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Victoria Long is a filmmaker and producer based in Toronto, Canada. She has worked as a writer, director, cinematographer, producer, and musical artist for dozens of productions including music videos, documentaries, short films, and web series.

In addition to shooting and producing two seasons of the popular Canadian web series Barbelle, she also directed several episodes and provided music for the soundtrack of the series.

In 2018, Victoria was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival’s 60 second short film competition in association with Instagram. The following year, she filmed Nancy’s Workshop (CBC), a short documentary which depicts a workshop for young girls of colour who struggle with their hair. The documentary was selected as an official selection for the 2020 Hot Docs Film Festival and was viewed millions of times on YouTube.

She is currently in post-production on her debut feature film as a director, producer, and editor and will serve as the cinematographer and co-producer of Murray’s Son of Sara, which was slated to go to production in March 2020 but was delayed due to COVID-19. Victoria serves as a story editor and co-producer for I Don’t Know Who You Are.

Mark Clennon in Ghost 2020

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Mark Clennon is a multifaceted artist and musician based in Toronto, Ontario. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Toronto, Mark is a versatile singer, dancer, and actor. He has honed his skills over the course of nearly two decades of performance, in Jamaica, Canada, and the U.S. He has been featured in several publications, including Paper Magazine.

In addition to releasing multiple music videos, singles, and extended plays, Mark has written poetry and starred in M. H. Murray’s recent short film, Ghost, in which he portrays and originates the character of Benjamin (the same character returning in I Don’t Know Who You Are). The short film screened at festivals around the world.

Through his work, Mark hopes to stimulate important conversations about race and sexuality and create more space for other young, Black, LGBTQ+ people to feel seen.
Mark serves as the lead actor, story editor, and co-producer for I Don’t Know Who You Are.

TJ Scott profile

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TJ Scott is an award-winning director, writer, producer, and photographer. Having worked in both film and television, his attention to detail has led to his films and television episodes having been nominated for, and winning, major awards including three Canadian Screen Awards (Canada’s Emmy Awards) for Best Director.

He has sold numerous film scripts and overseen writer’s rooms for network television. He executive produced M. H. Murray’s hit web series Teenagers from 2014 to 2017. TJ has directed eight pilots (seven of which went to series) and has directed many of the most popular network and cable television series on the air, such as Star Trek: Discovery, Spartacus, Longmire, Gotham, Orphan Black, Dark Matter, Bates Motel, Bitten … all the way back to the ground-breaking Xena: Warrior Princess, which broke new ground for LGBTQ+ representation in the 1990s when TJ was directing it.

Most recently, he executive produced and directed the Canadian Screen Award-nominated series Caught for CBC and Departure for Global Television, the latter starring Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer.

TJ will use his decades of expertise in the film business and producing television to mentor and support M. H., Victoria, and Mark in the production and post-production process, through to the release of this film project. He will not be taking any fees for the project.