Meet Cute

Patrick moved to BC in the ’90s after completing his acting studies at York University. Having established a successful career as an actor he is now focussed on writing and directing his own projects. In 2012 he participated in Crazy8s as writer/producer, and was inspired to move into directing. In 2014 he wrote/produced/acted in The Out-Laws, a web series pilot. Five of his short film scripts have been shortlisted for funding awards since 2012.

Brendee Green is a stage/film actor, and writer. She completed her studies in acting, jazz vocals, and playwriting at York University in 2013. She moved to Vancouver in 2014, and has been cast in several television and film projects as well as committing herself to writing and performance collectives. Her goal is to contribute to an indigenous film scene that focusses on creating more complex and powerful roles for women both in front of, and behind the camera. Brendee has been seen on tv as recurring character Denise on Rookie Blue and on stage as Rosalind in As You Like It, among other roles.

Michele is a survivor of Crazy8s 2012. Originally from Montreal, she graduated from Queen’s University and headed out west to seek a life of storytelling. A few detours later, she finds herself working in production offices to fund her passion for groundbreaking entertainment and chocolate (not always in that order). She is now producing her 3rd project with Patrick Currie. Their second project, “The Out-Laws” (directed by Shannon Kohli)  is on its festival run, and all of the projects they’ve created since 2011 have been shortlisted for funding awards throughout Canada.

Michelle’s mother was a bush pilot and her father a test pilot so she grew up as an adventurer – circumnavigating the globe twice by the age of 10. After earning her BFA in Film Production from York University she joined the Directors Guild of Canada and worked primarily as a 1st Assistant Director. She has also worked nationally and internationally in film and television on productions for major US studios and Canadian production companies. As an emerging producer, Michelle wrote, directed and produced the short film GOOD INTENTIONS. Last year she produced the play SUDDENLY MOMMY on Broadway (NYC). She currently has two features in development and is studying for her Masters of Film degree in international co-production.

Yogi Omar’s love affair with all things dramatic began as a teen in Indonesia where he ravenously consumed every episode of Friends and Ally McBeal! Landing in Vancouver at the age of 18, his course clearly charted, he began to engage with the film industry in any and every capacity possible; ticket taker at VIFF, Board of Directors for the VQFF, Vancouver Parks Board (special events & filming dept), and eventually co-owning his own talent agency: InspirationAll Talent and Modelling Agency. A mismatched blind date, set up by a local filmmaker to promote her own film ended up being the ‘meet cute’ that brought Yogi to producing with Michele Picard, Michelle Morris and Patrick Currie, a union that intends to keep on creating.