Bachelor of Film and Media Production

Gordon Burkell is an editor who played a pivotal role in the creation of the Canadian Cinema Editors and is currently part of the American Cinema Editors educational committee exploring new ways to teach editing to students.

Catherine Carnovale is a professor and Toronto-based film and television professional with over 12 years of experience working in network, studio, agency and independent production company environments in Canada and the United States. As a seasoned development executive, she has successfully set up scripted and factual projects with domestic and international networks, and set up co-production relationships with Ireland and the UK. Television movies she has shepherded through development and production have aired on such networks as Crave/TMN, CityTV, Lifetime, W Network, UPtv, TF1 and M6.  As a producer, her work has screened at such festivals as Tribeca, Locarno and Sundance. Catherine has an honours bachelor of arts degree in Film Studies and Drama from Queen’s University, and a master of fine arts degree in Film Producing and Screenwriting from Columbia University.

My passion for cinematography started while I working as a PA on Searching For Bobby Fischer. I was so inspired by Conrad Hall's work that I decided to pursue cinematography as a career. I jumped into the lighting department at my next opportunity to learn from some of the best DPs in Toronto. Since 2003, I have been working full-time as a DP on such TV shows as Glamorous (Netflix), One More Time (CBC) and Wayne (Prime). My features include Stickman (Sheldon Wilson), Go Jump In The Pool (Vivieno Caldinelli) and Suck (Rob Stefaniuk). I have won a few awards along the way including a Canadian Screen Award and four CSC Awards.

Nathan is a U.K.-born Toronto based filmmaker focused on work that deals with overcoming traumatic situations.

His short film The Substitute won a Kodak Student Scholarship and screened at over fifty film festivals worldwide (Montreal World, Dresden, Brno 16). His following short, Rape Card, was screened at Montreal World, Underwire and Nitehawk and was funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council and Shorts TV.

He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and completed masters degrees in screenwriting at Central Saint Martins and in film at York University. He currently teaches Film Production and Screenwriting at Humber College and Laurier University. 

Garrett has worked in the film industry for over 25 years, focusing on post-production and sound design. He has received wide industry recognition for his sound work, including a Prime Time Emmy, three MPSE nominations, and a combined total of 30 CSA, Genie, Gemini and DGC awards with 6 wins. In addition, he has worked on a number of projects with Academy, Emmy and BAFTA awards and nominations. Since moving into full-time teaching, Garrett remains active as a consultant and supervisor on select Canadian production when he's able.

Eva Kolcze creates short films and video installations that investigate themes of landscape, architecture, and the body. Her work has screened at venues and festivals including the National Gallery of Canada, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC), MOCA Toronto, the Gardiner Museum, Nuit Blanche, Cinémathèque québécoise, Birch Contemporary, and the Images Festival. She currently teaches filmmaking at Humber College and OCAD University. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University and a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from York University.

Steven May is a professor in Humber College's Faculty of Media & Creative Arts. May holds a PhD in Communication & Culture from Toronto Metropolitan (Ryerson) University and York University. His core research interest is television distribution in the digital age.

Cody Pentzos (MFA) has worked alongside some of Canada’s foremost filmmaking talents, including Clement Virgo (HBO’s The Wire, OWN Network’s Greenleaf), Damon D’Oliveira (CBC’s The Book of Negroes), and former Writers Guild of Canada Showrunner of the Year Michael MacLennan.

Professor Pentzos has helped bring to life many big and small screen projects, including the television hit series Bitten, the Netflix reboot The Magic School Bus Rides Again, as well as the adaptation of Order of Canada member Lawrence Hill's acclaimed novel The Illegal. His story/script consulting services are sought after by both emerging and established creatives alike.

Professor Pentzos joined the department in 2019 and is a graduate of the Bachelor of Film & Media Production program. He earned his master of fine arts degree in film (screenwriting) from York University in 2017. Other institutions where he has lectured on cinema and storytelling for the screen include University of Toronto, George Brown College, and York University.

I am a journalist and filmmaker, but first and foremost, I am a camerawoman. I am fluent in Russian, Hebrew, English, and I understand French, Arabic, and Portuguese. 

For eight years, I worked as a one-woman crew as Israel/Palestine correspondent for The Real News Network (based in Washington, D.C.). There, I conducted investigations and interviews, filmed, and edited more than 200 documentary shorts for TRNN before branching off to found Naretiv Productions (Toronto). I've made four feature-length investigative-but-poetic documentaries for BBC World, TeleSUR, and independently. I've also made a number of experimental shorts, VR and augmented-reality projects that have toured the festival circuit, won awards and screened in over 20 countries.

I teach cinematography and media production at Humber, York and Toronto Metropolitan University, and in my spare time I like to watch videos about cameras, visual experiments with exposure, and hacks for making our film sets friendlier and more inclusive environments.

Steven Toepell is a sound designer/editor/mixer who has been working in sound for film and television for more than three decades and teaching at the post-secondary level for 10 years. He has contributed to TV series and movies as well as IMAX and documentary films for television broadcast, theatrical and direct-to-video release, and online streaming. Advertising and podcasts are also a part of his repertoire. His clientele range from major film and TV studios to independent filmmakers.

Steven has wide-ranging experience in dialogue, sound effects and music editing, ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement) recording, Foley performing and recording, and mixing.

Field recording has been a large part of his professional experience. He has travelled extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia recording sound effects for use in audio post-production for film and television and operates an online library.

He is a Gemini Award winner as well as a multiple nominee for the MPSE Golden Reel Awards in the United States.

Upon completion of the graduate certificate in Post-Production at Humber College, Shannon Vieira-Covello has worked as a freelance producer and video editor for 10 years. Shannon has worked on various types of projects from corporate communications, commercials, documentary, and multi-cam studio productions for a wide range of clients including Scotiabank, Loblaw Companies Ltd., University Health Network, Bank of Montreal, United Way and Toronto Police Services.

In 2014, Shannon obtained her master of arts in Media Production from Ryerson University, with the goal to pursue teaching in post-secondary institutions. Since 2015, Shannon has taught an array of media courses in both production and post-production at various institutions including Humber College, Ryerson University, Sheridan College and OCAD University.

Shannon takes pride in teaching media production at the post-secondary level while continuing to work in industry so that she can foster an effective and interactive learning environment as she guides future content creators.

Jessica Duffin Wolfe teaches interactive design and digital storytelling in the Digital Communications, Journalism, and Film degree programs at Humber’s Lakeshore campus. Before joining Humber, she completed a PhD in English, Book History, and Print Culture, and worked as a critic, magazine editor, and web developer. She’s taught previously at OCAD University and the University of Toronto, and is working to develop Humber’s immersive storytelling capacity. You can learn more about her writing and projects at her website: https://jessicaduffinwolfe.com