Edward Peill – Executive Producer

Edward has been working in film and TV since 1996 and has a BA in Business & Economics from Acadia University. Since establishing Tell Tale Productions in 2003, Edward has produced more than 200 hours of award-winning blue-chip documentaries and factual entertainment for Canadian, American, and international broadcasters. The company also service produces for History, Discovery, National Geographic, and RMC Decouverte.

Prior to establishing Tell Tale Productions, Edward was the Director of Production for Topsail Entertainment and oversaw the development and production of more than 40 hours of drama, documentaries, lifestyle, and comedy series including the iconic Canadian mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys and the highly rated documentary series Tall Ship Chronicles.

Selected projects include: Spirit Talker Season 1-3 (APTN), Newfoundland (NDR Germany) Drag Kids (CBC POV Docs), The Curse of Oak Island Seasons 1-9 (History), The Big Downsize Seasons 1-4 (Vision TV), Bay of Fundy (NDR Germany), Growing Sense (AMI ), Power of Play (CBC Nature of Things), Radical Age (Vision TV), Terror in the Woods (Discovery) Body Language Decoded (CBC Nature of Things), Free Reins (CBC Firsthand ) Lunenburg: Where The Land Meets the Sea (NDR Germany), Forever Young (CBC Firsthand), TV Renaissance (CBC Doc Zone), Santa Quest (Super Channel), Bounty: Into The Hurricane (CBC), Trek of the Titans (CBC Nature of Things), Bite Me (CBC Doc Zone ), BorderLine (Super Channel), Counterfeit Culture (CBC Doc Zone), Our Lady (Vision TV), FaceBook Follies (CBC Doc Zone), Web Warriors (CBC Doc Zone), and Land & Sea (24 x 30 Min. Eps.- CBC).

Sean Doyle – Field Producer 

Sean started working on Spirit Talker on season two as a coordinator and then became the field producer on season three.  His education consists of: The Canadian Film Centre’s Producer’s Lab, Rotterdam Producers Lab and the National Screen Institute’s Features First Program. Sean has worked in a variety format’s including animation, drama comedy, horror and documentary. He has produced content that has been broadcast in Canada, United States and Europe. Sean’s skills as a producer have been greatly enhanced by working with companies such as CTV, CBC, Trailer Park Productions, Salter Street Films and IFC Canada. He has been part of the Tell Tale’s team since 2020.

Angie-Pepper O'Bomsawin - Director

Angie-Pepper O'Bomsawin is an Abenaki and Mohawk director, producer and media professional from the Odanak territory of Quebec, with a career in film and television spanning over 20 years. After getting her start in Concordia University’s Fine Arts Program, Angie-Pepper went on to work on a number of different productions ranging from children’s programs, game shows and socially driven docu-series, all with the express mandate of bettering the representation of Indigenous people on screen and fostering a diversity of voices in the industry. Her depth of experience led her to co-found KASKO Productions, where she spearheaded several television projects including Little Big Community, Skindigenous, Bullseye, Chuck and the First Peoples Kitchen, nominated for Canadian Screen Award, and The Ultimate Canadian Challenge, following Donovan Bailey in a risk-taking adventure diving into diversity and so much more. Her experience as a seasoned Director also led her to found her solo production company Peppered Films, where she takes on innovative film and television projects destined for both Canadian and international markets. Even with an illustrious career under her belt, Angie-Pepper has continued to strive to stay at the cutting edge of industry practices, returning to complete two Producers Programs at The National Institute of Image and Sound in 2017 and the National Screen Institute in 2021. She prides herself on being a positive role model for native youth and a source of inspiration for artistically-driven women. Over the years, Angie-Pepper has consistently centred powerful storytelling in her projects and has clearly demonstrated its continued ability to create transformative and lasting social change.

Dugal McLaren – Director

Dugald holds a First-Class Honours degree in Linguistics, Anthropology, and Film, and graduated with an award for Outstanding Achievement in Philosophy. He is a graduate of the Producer's program at the National Screen Institute in Winnipeg.

His professional career began at a young age on feature film sets and big television series where he worked in many departments including Locations, Art, and even stunts. After a few years he transitioned to primarily television and became a PM, then Producer, and eventually VP of Production at Ocean Entertainment where he worked for more than a decade. During that time Dugald was part of the development team, was a Series Director, and Produced almost 200 hours of quality television. Genres included food, ob-doc, reality, renovation, documentary, crime, travel/adventure, and recreation. He has traveled to over 50 countries and filmed in most of them.

Many of his projects have won and been nominated for awards, including a Gemini nom for Dugald himself on a Food Network special that he wrote, produced, and directed called A Chateau Dinner. It was also up for a prestigious James Beard Award in New York City.

In 2008 Dugald made a foray into the commercial world and enjoyed producing large and small commercials. He also directed pieces for Toyota, NSGEU, Sodexo, Craft Brewers of Ontario, political parties, and more.

In 2015 he moved to the mountains of British Columbia, where he continues to grow and work as a Producer on the acclaimed series Highway Thru Hell for Discovery Network.

Recently he directed Spirit Talker, for APTN, and is the Supervising Field Producer on Season 9 of Highway Thru Hell, and maintains his position as the owner and CEO of Neo-Pioneer Entertainment.

Clarence Leblanc – Director

With 30 years of experience in the film and television industry, Clarence LeBlanc made his debut the Unit department on the film sets Montreal. While he was working Cinélande as a Production Manager, he heard more and more from a company in his home province of Nova Scotia: Salter Street Films (SSF). During a visit to Halifax, he met Paul Donovan and after 6 months of being his Executive Assistant, he began a 10 year position with SSF Int. For the next decade he travelled the world selling the rights of Films and TV shows all the major networks on the planet. He has sold over $ 33 million worth of programming to Sci FI UK, Canal +, SVT Sweden, NHK Japan, Travel Channel UK, RAI, DR TV, YLE, and several others.

In the last 10 years he has been focused on developing his own projects. These include the super successful Trajectories series for RDS/Bell Media, currently in pre-prodcution of season 8! He has also Co-Produced a feature film with the recently departed legend, Roch Demers, The Outlaw League. He has also recently begun guest directing on projects he is passionate about such as APTN’s, Spirit Talker.

Donna Gabriel – Writer

If there’s a story there, Donna Gabriel will sniff it out a find the best way to tell it for a TV audience. A journalist by trade, for the past 25 years Donna has specialized in documentary series production with writing credits on dozens of shows for such broadcasters as APTN, CBC, CTV, VISION, DISCOVERY ID and SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL.

While a big fan of both true crime and the paranormal genre, as a passionate storyteller, Donna is happy to dive into any subject under the sun and has tackled quite a range of topics from food history and culture, to shipwrecks and gardening for the visually impaired. Before deciding to specialize in documentary television production, Donna spent a decade with CBC Radio, where contracts as a producer and broadcaster sent her off telling stories in a variety of Canadian cities and locales. A stint as a morning show researcher in Quebec City gave her the chance to put her French language skills to the test, and in Yellowknife and Iqaluit a job as a reporter offered her an immersion in indigenous culture. Landing back in the Maritimes, Donna transitioned from CBC to discover her professional calling as an independent TV researcher and writer and hasn’t looked back. While not cranking out scripts for television shows, Donna wears her landlord hat for rental properties that keep her way too busy but she always makes time for her kids, dog and cat, singing in a local choir and regular boot camp workouts.

Jennifer Adcock – Writer

A veteran of the Canadian television and documentary scene, Adcock, has been writing, directing and producing in the field of television and documentary production for over twenty years. Several broadcasters have showcased her work including the CBC, IFC Canada, The Movie Network, The Space Channel, Vision and AMI.

She was part of the CBC’s Emmy award winning show Street Cents for eight seasons before moving on to work for IFC Canada. As an independent she has directed and written the documentary Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film which won a Gold Remi in 2005 at the World Fest in Houston and more recently The Halifax Explosion which aired on CBC, AMI and was part of the Atlantic Film Festival lineup in 2017. Her most recent doc series The Big Downsize is now in production for its second season on Vision.