The Team

Cast

Donovan Cerminara – Anderson

Donovan Cerminara has built himself a respectable resume in Vancouver’s independent film scene. His credits include a wisdom-dispensing Stranger in “Fiver”, a 35mm feature; a vengeful ghost principal in “Anna Lynn” by Creepy Six Films; a naked pool player in Jason Bourque & Wyckham Porteous’ “Sex and Drinking”, aired on Bravo; a ghostly lead in “Two Lines” (2nd place Dramatic at the 2002 Cascadia Festival of Moving Images); a supervillain in “Housecoat Man”, screened on YTV’s Final Cuts in 2002; and Bobby in David Mamet’s “American Buffalo”, performed at the Havana Theatre.

A theatre-trained actor since the age of cognition, Donovan is thrilled to bring his ‘extreme method’ sensibilities to Odi et Amo as Anderson, the unwitting (and some would say unwilling) savior of humanity. Donovan brings his immersion in his roles and his absolute conviction to the part to the table, for he would have it no other way.

Sarah Kanter – Lydia

Sarah's professional performing background is extensive. Her studies have reached out to places like Russia, London, and Toronto, with her training ranging from classical theatre to improvisation with The Second City.

She has studied with the Toronto School of Dance, voice with Cathrine Duncinson, and has won the Judy Silver scholarship for her scene studies. While in Toronto Sarah established herself in the Film and Television industry with award winning projects such as CFC's “Evelyn, The Cutest Evil Dead Girl” directed by Brad Payton, and “The Salem Witch Trials”, a CBS mini series.

Sarah has recently moved to Vancouver to continue building her foundation as a passionate, powerful, and dedicated artist. She has continued to expand her theater career by starring in Jean Genet’s “The Maids”.

Robyn Allan – Epikura

Robyn Allan began her acting career at the age of twelve performing in live theatre in Vancouver and Toronto with lead roles in “The Valiant”, “Sunshine” and “The Impossible Years”. She made a brief transition into film and television in the early 1970s before postponing her acting to pursue a career in business, although she continued to train and perform as a dancer.

In 1999 Robyn returned to film and television and enrolled in Tarlington Training. Since that time, she has also studied with Shea Hampton, Yvonne Campeau, Alexander Kalugin and Deanne Henry. Among Robyn’s recent film credits are lead roles in the independent short films “Alexis” directed by Victor Khong, “Birthday” directed by C.L. Eros and “Out of Nowhere” directed by Nikila Cole.

Mikal Grant – Jordan

Mikal trained at Studio 58 and beat the boards around town in commercials, episodic TV and independent films. He also traveled the province with Green Thumb children's theatre in “Square Eyes”.

After moving to Japan, Mikal worked all over the country in television comedy and MOW’s as the token “white guy”, starring in action films such as “Burning Dog” and “A Time Bridge”. Mikal also did voice over work for a number of animated commercials.

Upon his return to Canada, Mikal worked further in the commercial sector, before taking a break from acting to raise a family. “Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate” marks his return to the television stage.

Production

Florian Dedio – Writer/Executive Producer

Florian wrote, directed, and edited his first feature film “Luckily For Me” in his native Germany, which premiered in January 2001 and, after stirring up a lot of controversy, received a state government award for violence prevention.

Florian has worked in TV/film production for the past six years. His credits include staff writer on the third season of the German television show “NDR Nordrallye” and crew positions documentaries such as the theatrically released “Hangmen” (a documentary about the last European executioners), “Checkmate” (the involvement of the Superpowers in the Rumanian Revolution), and “Genesis II – Recreating Nature”.

Florian received his Diploma with Honors in screenwriting from Vancouver Film School in 2001. He also earned certificates through the Grimme Institute’s “Screenwriting Psychology” course, Mark Travis’s “The Director’s Journey”, Willy Egger’s “The Executive Producer”, and Robert McKee’s genre workshop.

Patricia Murray – Producer

Over the past twenty years, Patricia has enjoyed great success in film and television make-up, culminating in an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Prosthetic) for her work on Steven Spielberg’s “Taken”.

Patricia is branching out into producing with “Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate” and other projects. She brings countless close associations with many successful and influential leaders in the world of film and television to the table.

Her credits as a make-up artist include such films as “Sixth Day”, “Thirteen Ghosts”, and “Scooby-Doo 2”. Her works in television include shows such as “The Crow – Stairway to Heaven”, “John Doe” and “Wolf Lake”. She was also the head of the make-up department for “Freddy vs. Jason”.

Robyn Allan – Producer

Robyn Allan co-produced Force Four Entertainment’s “Out of Nowhere”, a short dance fantasy created for Bravo TV. Over the past decade, she has produced more than a dozen theatre shows for various stage venues, including the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.

After earning a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of British Columbia, Robyn has enjoyed an extensive career in the private and public sector. As President and CEO of the $3.4 billion Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, she transformed a $200 million loss to a $150 million surplus in less than a year.

Other business responsibilities have included Vice-President, Finance for ParkLane Homes, Executive Director of the VanCity Community Foundation and Senior Economist for BC Central Credit Union. She was also Economic and Financial Advisor to the Commission of Inquiry into Condominium Construction from 1998-2000. Her book, “Quest for Prosperity: The Dance of Success” was published in 1995. Robyn was named by the Financial Post as one of the Top 200 CEOs in Canada for 1992 and by Business in Vancouver as one of the 40 Under 40 Top Business Performers in 1993.

Gunnar Dedio – Co-Producer

Gunnar Dedio, born in 1969, has been managing director and partner of LOOKS Medienproduktionen GmbH since its inception. He studied Law, Physics, and French Language and Literature at the universities of Rostock and Avignon.

In 1993, Gunnar founded LOOKS Medienproduktionen GmbH. Since then, he has produced a wide variety of non-fictional films of various genres for broadcasters and clients such as NDR, 3sat, Discovery Channel, ZDF, mdr, ORF, Vox, Unicef, gtz, and Mercedes-Benz. With branches in Rostock and Leipzig, Germany, and Gaborone, Botswana, LOOKS Medienproduktionen GmbH produced over 20 hours of programming in 2003 and looks to expand its growth further in 2004.

Gunnar Dedio also produced and co-wrote the theatrically released and widely acclaimed documentary “Hangmen”, which was released theatrically in Europe.

Greg Loewen – Production Designer

Greg has worked extensively in all areas of design and art direction for film, television, and commercials in the past twenty years and has built himself a reputation for being one of the best production designers in Vancouver.

He is perhaps most well-known for his work on “X-Files”. He received an Emmy award in 1998 for his art direction of the cult black-and-white episode “The Post-Modern Prometheus”, about a modern day Frankenstein. In 2002, Greg received a Leo Award for his production design of the mini-series “Voyage of the Unicorn”, a children’s fantasy of discovery and adventure in the lands of ancient mythological creatures, trolls and faeries.

Along with production design for other television movies and series such as “Mercy Point” and “Harsh Realm”, Greg has been working extensively in commercials. He was responsible for the production design of many international advertising campaigns, including Dell Computers, Microsoft, Hummer, and Fruit Rollups.

Attila Szalay – Director of Photography

Attila Szalay has extensive experience in episodic television, working as director of photography on such shows as “The L-Word”, “Smallville”, “The Outer Limits”, and “The Crow – Stairway To Heaven”, as well as second unit director of photography on “The X-Files”. He also has worked extensively in feature film, where his credits include “Hudson Hawk”, “Ace Ventura”, “Jumanji”, and recently “Blade Trinity”.

His work on the television incarnation of “The Crow”, a series set in a city not unlike the Vancouver of “Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate” makes Attila a perfect fit to capture the contrasting urban opposites that characterize the show. His work on “X-Files” and “Blade Trinity” has included many supernatural elements, as well as extensive use of visual effects, which will be an invaluable asset.

Thea Koshman – Legal Consultant

Thea Koshman is a Vancouver based entertainment lawyer and producer. Her practice is primarily focused on entertainment law, securities and corporate and commercial matters. Ms. Koshman's entertainment law clients include local independent producers, writers and actors.

After graduating with honours from York University (Toronto) in 1983, Ms. Koshman received her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1987 and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1988. Ms. Koshman is a member of the Law Societies of British Columbia and Alberta and is a member of Women in Film and Video.

Reive Doig – Writer/BDSM Consultant

Reive Doig has been a prominent member of Vancouver’s BDSM community for over 10 years. He is the co-founder of BIO (By Invitation Only), a truly pansexual organization dedicated to holding regular S&M play parties, educational workshops, and special events celebrating diversity in the alternative sexuality community.

Since the summer of 2000 BIO has hosted close to 50 play parties, presented over 100 workshops and seminars, and held 6 weekend-long conferences. In the summer of 2001, BIO sponsored and ran the Dungeon Party for the North American Conference on Bisexuality, Gender & Sexual Diversity. BIO became the first pansexual group to become a member of Western Canada Leather Pride (WCLP) and marched in the 2003 Pride Parade as part of the WCLP contingent

Reive has written countless articles and press releases for BIO and has been avidly studying the principles of television writing since joining the team of “Odi et Amo – Of Love and Hate” in September 2002.

Peter Tupper – Writer

Peter Tupper is a freelance writer and journalist who has been published in Wired, the Vancouver Sun, the Vancouver Courier, the Canadian Medical Association Journal and more. He has been involved in the Vancouver BDSM Scene for ten years, including serving the Other Side as publicist and organizing the Dark Circus and VanFemDom party series. His short story "Subjective Lens" was published in Circlet Press's S/M Futures anthology. He writes the Thrashing It Out column for the VancouverDungeon.com web site and regularly contributes to Canada's fetish magazine, Whiplash.

In his career, Peter has interviewed powwow dancers, burlesque dancers, artists from Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia, monster model builders, veterinarians and electric car builders. This is his first foray into screenwriting, and he is excited to be part of an innovative television project from the beginning.

Lisa Smedman – Writer

Lisa Smedman is an accomplished writer and game designer, with 10 novels published to date and two more due for release next year. In Feburary 2004, her novel "Extinction" made the New York Times bestseller list. Her most recent novels include "The Apparition Trail," an alternative history set in the Canadian west of 1884, and the upcoming "Daughters of Artemis," a young adult novel that explores the world of the ancient Amazons.

She has designed adventures for the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons game, as well as for the Indiana Jones and Star Wars roleplaying games. She has also written three one-act plays which were produced by an amateur Vancouver theater group, and is the author of numerous short stories.

A journalist for 20 years, she currently splits her week between her "day job" as an editor and columnist at Vancouver's third largest newspaper and writing fiction. She was one of the founders of Adventures Unlimited, a magazine for roleplaying game enthusiasts. She facilitates a bi-weekly writers' workshop and has been active in organizing science fiction conventions.

Wendy D. – Photographer

Wendy started photography at a very young age in her native New Brunswick but only with in the past 5 years (here in BC) has her passion for the image creating truly soared. To Wendy its not just about the "picture", its the experience creating the image for her and her subject.

Its an intimate moment when everything works. There is beauty in everything and everyone. Her love of light shows in her work.

Wendy recently moved to Vancouver and is making her way into editorial, fashion, portfolios, headshots and the movie industry.