STEVE RENDALL is a Gemini Award-winning former CBC News cameraman. Steve and Director Helen Slinger are the creative team behind many of Bountiful’s docs. Steve brings to the process a still photographer’s eye for composition and an editorial sense both sharp and deep. A great cameraman to have beside you when the going gets tough, and just as good when the subject matter is sensitive. His credits include When the Devil Knocks, Mounties Under Fire, Embracing Bob’s Killer, Alexandra’s Echo and Leaving Bountiful.

JOHN COLLINS is Bountiful Films’ other Gemini award-winning Director of Photography. John shoots Maureen Palmer’s projects and she rests easy, confident he’s got the shot and that it’s a thing of beauty. Since going freelance in 1995, John has filmed over 30 documentaries, capping his career in 2010 with his Gemini for Best Cinematography for Wild Horse Redemption.

TIM WANLIN has cut just about every Bountiful Films documentary. He’s the kind of editor who enjoys beautiful visuals but truly celebrates the heart of the story, and is not content until he’s found it. We rely on Tim’s innate grasp of visual narrative and on his calm intensity. His credits include When the Devil Knocks, Mounties Under Fire, Embracing Bob’s Killer, How to Divorce & Not Wreck the Kids, Peace Warrior, Leaving Bountiful, The Brothel Project and The Downside of High.

SUE RIDOUT has been the queen of Business Affairs for Bountiful Films since 2008. Sue’s also a producer and director in her own right through her company Dreamfilm Productions formed in 2001 to create high-quality arts and science documentaries and factual programming. Documentary credits include Depression: Fighting the Dragon, Embracing Bob’s Killer (with Helen Slinger), Canadians Without Doctors and Hyper Parents & Coddled Kids (with Sharon Bartlett and Maria LeRose), The Downside of High, and the Gemini Award-winning Peace Warrior.

To production coordinator ALISON HILL, no problem is too big or too small or too last minute or too daunting. She just dives in and gets it done. Ally’s been organizing, scheduling, renting, hiring, and adding skills to her bag of tricks for Vancouver production companies since 1998. Part Production Coordinator, part Post Production Supervisor, part Event Planner…100 per cent organizational goddess.

YVETTE BREND is a hard-nosed journalist with a heart of gold. A former CBC reporter, Yvette has worked across Canada – focusing on stories that would otherwise have remained hidden. She’s currently facing her toughest challenge ever, raising two children, while trying to appease her need to dig into important stories. And that’s why Bountiful Films is lucky enough to have cornered this award-winning journalist as our chief researcher.

CAROLINE BUTLER started her broadcasting career at CBC television news, working as a writer, researcher and producer. While regional producer for British Columbia at CBC Newsworld, she did everything from pulling stories out of interviewees to pulling cable for live broadcasts of breaking news. Caroline has now turned her focus to documentaries. She was the researcher on Carbon Hunters, story produced on Abandon Ship: The Sinking of the SV Concordia, and is now researching Hi Mom I’m Home (Again!) for CBC Doc Zone, and The Grey Lane for CBC’s digital channel documentary. Caroline also manages Bountiful’s website and social media communications.

HART SNIDER created many of the trailers that you find on the Bountiful Films website. He has a talent for distilling the essence of a film into three minutes that rock. Hart also gives our films their value-added online elements. For instance, click on The Mounties in Hollywood. For this mini-doc, he watched a six-pack of old Hollywood Mountie films and created something which is both a send-up and a celebration.

STEVE RIO specializes in web strategy, marketing, and design. Through his company Briteweb, Steve designed the Bountiful Films website, and the social media strategy that has made us a strong presence on the web. He is also working with the Bountiful crew, guiding our web strategy and working with Caroline on content strategy when she needs assistance.

MELANIE WOOD and Helen Slinger’s creative collaboration stretches back two decades, culminating in two groundbreaking films on the impact of the internet: A Stranger in our Home and O.com. Wood went on to direct and produce the acclaimed School of Secrets, uncovering the long-hidden story of a Vancouver teacher and the teenage girls he seduced. Wood also produces other filmmaker’s projects like Carbon Hunters with director Miro Cernetig and Liberia 77 with director Jeff Topham

Tiz Beretta likes to think of herself as the Swiss Army Knife of design, taking pleasure in finding design solutions for any medium, ranging from print to web to motion graphics, through her company Beretta Designs. She has worked in the television and film industries for over the past 15 years, working primarily as a motion graphics designer and now spends a good portion of her time designing publicity materials and opening title animations for Bountiful Films.