TEAM TYSON

Tyson is a Vancouver-based Director and Producer who produces powerful unscripted Reality and Documentary Series that have caught the attention of audiences from around the world. Tyson’s projects have been broadcasted by major networks such as Discovery Channel Canada, History Channel Canada, Crave, Netflix, HGTV, CBC, Cottage Life Network, Amazon Prime, Animal Planet US and Apple T.V.

Tyson began his career selling projects to established prod co’s, starting off with ‘PYROS’, and then ‘JACKED’. He then partnered with Oscar Award winning producer David Paperny, and achieved his first global success with the hit series ‘Cold Water Cowboys’. Tyson then co-founded Mayhem Entertainment and subsequently created the global hit Rust Valley Restorers. Mayhem Entertainment was awarded Best Series and Best Direction by Canada’s Leo Awards for Rust Valley Restorers in 2020 and 2022. Tyson is a passionate storyteller who can work with a range of personalities and thrives in challenging environments. In 2021, Tyson stepped out on his own to begin ‘Tyson Media Productions’ which is now producing its 2nd season of ‘Pets & Pickers’ for Crave and Animal Planet US.

Caitlin is a television researcher, story producer, and writer, based in Vancouver. She has a master’s degree in Journalism from UBC and made the leap from newspaper and magazine reporting to documentary work in 2005.

Her work includes the Emmy-nominated episode of Dan Rather Reports, Green Scare on HD Net, research and story producing for ID channel’s Very Bad Men, and The Devil You Know, researching for Kink on Showcase, and casting work for Confessions: Animal Hoarding for Animal Planet.

She has also worked for development teams at Omni TV, Paperny Films, and Lark Productions before becoming Head of Development at Tyson Media in January 2021. Caitlin prides herself on her ability to find the stories worth telling and finding the right people to tell them.

Laura Wheeler is a senior-level Business Affairs Executive with over 20 years of experience in television, film and digital media, working with independent Canadian production companies, U.S studios and international partners. Laura has been responsible for the business affairs at every stage of a project, from acquisitions to development and from production to post-production on hundreds of hours of scripted, unscripted series, documentaries and animated programs.

Laura is experienced in all matters relating to broadcasters, distributors, funders, talent, tax credit agencies, labour unions (US and Canada), legal, contracts, marketing and publicity.

Shivam has been working in Post Production for four years. Before moving to Vancouver he was an Assistant Director in Bollywood.

He has worked as an Assistant Editor, Editor, DIT and Colourist on contemporary dance videos, short films, and commercials. One of his many goals is to Write and Direct feature films.

Jamie has been an Assistant Editor for three years. He has worked on commercials, corporate videos, and on CityTV’s Veracity.

In his free time he enjoys creating animations, short films, and music videos for local bands.

Alex is the newest addition to our Tyson Media Development team, joining in early 2022, and works alongside our Executive Producer and our Head of Development to help the research and creation of future projects.

Alex got his start in the music industry, where he worked as a photographer/videographer with Canadian acts, while also having snapped photos of household names such as Travis $cott, A$AP Rocky, Kanye West and others.

In 2020, with the cancellation of all concerts for the foreseeable future, Alex made the transition to television, starting in animation production, working on shows such as 16 Hudson. Since then, Alex has moved to unscripted television, where he strives to uncover some of the many great untold stories, as well as the characters who can share these stories.