John titley
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This is a selection of my favourite projects across film, television, commercials and social media.
Plant Strong - Documentary Series Sizzle
Writer, Director, Editor
I was hired to write, direct and edit this sizzle reel for national news journalist Mark Neufeld's upcoming television series "Plant Strong", currently being developed with award-winning production company Merit Motion Pictures.
Writer/Director/Editor: John Titley
Host/Writer/Producer: Mark Neufeld
Cinematographer: Markus Henkel
First AC: Quan Long
Gaffer: Ryan Hanson
Sound: Ian Bawa
Tavern United/Budweiser - "NFL/NHL Headquarters" 2x15
Writer, Director, Editor
This series of commercials for Tavern United and Budweiser won the Signature Award for Best Commercial Series Under $20,000. I loved that we got to use the iconic ESPN Monday Night Football theme.
Writer/Director/Editor: John Titley
Exec Producers: Chris McIvor, Frank Digital
Cinematographer: Stephen Reckseidler
First AC: Joao Holowka
92 CITI FM / Rogers Media - "Epic" 1x30
I directed two commercial campaigns and won a Signature Award for my work with Rogers Media and radio station 92 CITI FM. This spot was my favorite of the bunch, summarizing the campaign and making superheroes out of their hosts.
Writer/Director/Editor: John Titley
Exec Producers: Rachelle Fedora, Craig Pfeiffer
Cinematographer: Kevin McQuade
First AC: Justin George
Audio: Cliff Simpson
Cold Feet - Short Film
Writer
This is one of my first short films that I co-wrote while studying at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto about a mop boy trying to work his way up in the mafia. I knew I had something special when even my 74-year-old grandmother laughed at this tragic, gruesome dark comedy. The film went on to play festivals like Fantasia Montreal and LA Screamfest before selling to AMC-IFC Networks and helped launch my career as a full-time writer.
Co-Writers: John Ainslie, John Titley, Daniel D'Alimonte
Director: Daniel D'Alimonte
Producer: Lyvia Cohen
Editor: Jordan Crute
Music: Jeff Morrow
Cinematographer: Mikhail Petrenko
Production and Post: Rechna Varma
Exec Producers: Kathryn Emslie, Erica Proudlock
Breakfast Television - "The Waking Dead"
At the start of my career I was working as a Creative Producer for Citytv and Breakfast Television in Winnipeg. For Halloween I gathered all of our hosts and directed this parody of a smash hit television series and called it "The Waking Dead". The segment was so popular it ended up being played nationally across all markets.
Writer/Director/Editor: John Titley
Exec Producers: Rachelle Fedora
Audio: Justin George
The Office (NBC) - "The Purge" Spec Script
"The Office" is one of my all-time favorite comedies. I wrote this spec script after a conversation with a friend about how funny it would be to subject the characters to the horror movie premise of "The Purge".
"The Legend of Zelda" is my favorite video game franchise. I wrote this spec script as a writing experiment with the main character, Link, as a silent protagonist.