Stitch Media

Stitch Media partner Evan Jones, is a two-time Emmy Award® winner whose innovative work on interactive content for primetime television, radio, web, mobile and games have established him as a pioneer in new genres of Alternate Reality Games, Locative Media and Interactive Documentary.

His work was recognized as one of the ‘Top 10 New Media Groundbreakers’ according to the Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund. Evan’s international clients include Microsoft, Disney, FOX, CBC, Bell, Discovery and The Movie Network.

He has taught ‘Rich Media Production’, ‘Transmedia Storytelling’ and ‘Extending TV Drama Experiences’ around the world at the Canadian Film Centre, the Australian Film, Television & Radio School and the University of Southern California with Dr. Henry Jenkins.

Stitch Media partner Victoria Ha has extensive production experience in media including coordinating international news events, editing and post production supervising; production management in documentaries; and coordinating an award winning alternate reality game. In 2008, she helmed a live new media presentation with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for the New Creations Festival.

Victoria is also actively on the speaker circuit and has been a keynote, panelist and participant in Crossover Canada, Banff/NextMedia, the Canadian Film Centre, the CMPA, FITC, HotDocs, Interactive Ontario, Women in Film & Television, Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival, and was twice a SXSW speaker on the panels: ‘The Future of Visual Storytelling’ and ‘Interactive Documentaries: a Multi-Dimensional Narrative’. She’s been invited at multiple educational institutes across Canada as a guest lecturer presenting on topics about producing interactive content.

Victoria is currently on the Board of Directors with Women in Film & Television, Toronto and also part of their digital strategy committee. She is nominated for “Producer of the Year’ for the 2010 Canadian New Media Awards.

Michael Schaus has 10 years of experience in the film and television industry. Mike started the last decade transitioning out of the IT consulting industry to join up on Deepa Mehta’s Bollywood Hollywood as a PA. A year later, he was part of the producing team that went to Sri Lanka to shoot Deepa’s Academy Award nominated, Water.

Mike then moved to Vancouver and worked with Insight Film Studio as part of a 6 person business affairs team that handled all matter of business (bank closings, distribution agreements, broadcaster licenses, post deliveries, tax credits, funding applications) for Insight’s huge volume. (15 features, 4 series, and 75 MOW’s in 2 years)

Mired in a sea of paperwork and applications Mike had a thought: that new media was actually something new, not just another channel to be jammed in to the old form. The epiphany led to a 6-month residency at the Canadian Film Center’s Interactive Entertainment New Media Lab.

Post CFC, Mike worked to evolve the HBO documentary film Prom Night in Mississippi from it’s film-life into an ongoing educational package under the banner, “Moving Beyond Prejudice.”

Mike plays keyboards in the electro-rock outfit, CCCR. They continue to develop a niche fan-base.

A lover of all things digital, Dana Herlihey has been working in new media since she was 15 years old, co-pioneering what was Canada’s first online entertainment magazine ‘for teens by teens’. Following an adolescence filled with red carpet interviews, she attended McMaster University, earning a combined honors degree in Multimedia and Cultural Studies. She later spent a year in Geneva, Switzerland working as a Webmaster and digital communications assistant for the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance.

As Stitch Media’s production coordinator she has managed large interactive teams for projects such as Redress Remix and Showcase’s Drunk and On Drugs: Happy Fun Time Hour.

Dana is currently studying for her PMI certification.

Stephan MacLeod is a writer and producer who specializes in interactive content. He works at Stitch Media, a digital media production company that creates multi-platform content.

While at Stitch Media, Stephan wrote the web series Moderation Town, produced videos for Redressremix.ca and directed web content for The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour, a new series by the stars of The Trailer Park Boys.

Previous to joining Stitch Media, Stephan worked on documentaries for Bravo, The History Channel and National Geographic.

In his spare time, he fronts the rock group, Windom Earle, and has traveled across the continent performing karaoke in a super-hero outfit. He also hosts a radio show called TV Party, and was the technical director for Chatroulette Live, a weekly improv show with members of Picnicface.

After graduating with honours from Ryerson’s Broadcast Journalism program, Anna Emmanouil kick-started her career in the business world honing her skills in corporate video production, marketing and communications, and live event producing. Within a few short years she moved into television as a post producer, live video producer, production manager, senior researcher, and development producer where she helped create new shows for Discovery Channel. Anna landed at Stitch as the Associate Producer/Story Editor on a highly anticipated interactive project which includes a 3-part documentary series. Her role expanded to include business development across all of Stitch’s many platforms.

Her credits include several high-budget HD series and documentary productions seen on an International scale. She’s graced the halls of Discovery Channel, InTheoryTv , Corus, and Triangle Studios over her 14 years in the business.

Colin is a web programmer living in Halifax who joins Stitch Media as their Technical Director.

After attending post-secondary studies Dalhousie University, Colin has dozens of successful web sites under his belt—including the new St. Francis Xavier University site. With a passion for technology, his experimental projects keeps him on the leading edge, allowing Colin to incorporate technological innovation and creativity into his work.

Besides being obsessed with the web, he is a published photographer, and absolute car nut. While he wishes he could be a master mechanic or professional driver, he has settled in nicely to his role of weekend racer and tool-passer; he takes it very seriously.