Raymond Massey
After graduating from Simon Fraser University with a B.BA in 1983, Raymond went into business with cinematographer brother Nathaniel, to produce documentaries, industrials and commercials. In 1989 he produced his first feature The Traveler and was subsequently invited to attend Norman Jewison’s prestigious Canadian Film Centre as a Producer Resident, producing films by some of Canada’s most noted playwrights, novelists and actors.
Following his residency, Raymond embarked on a prolific career producing a variety of award-winning films including Impolite; Whale Music, which opened at the Toronto Film Festival and was later awarded a Genie; Lives of Girls & Women; My Father's Angel a multiple Leo award winner, including Best picture and a Genie; and Lynne Stopkewich’s Suspicious River, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and later took a Leo for Best Picture. Massey also co-produced Mina Shum’s Long Life Happiness & Prosperity with Shaftesbury Films of Toronto. The film premiered in 2002 at the Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a screening at Sundance and other major international festivals in 2003. Raymond’s producing credits also include documentary programming, most recently, a successful collaboration on Kenny Hotz’s feature documentary Pitch, followed by The Papal Chase, which to date has won three festival audience awards in North America. In 2004 Raymond produced Nick Racz’s Burial Society, released in the US by Regent; Spirit Bear and Raphael Assaf’s The Zero Sum, starring Ewen Bremner. In 2005, Raymond completed line producing the Bob Yari production Gray Matters, starring Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh and Bridget Moynahan, written and directed by Sue Kramer.
Raymond has joined Network to spearhead the development and production of independent Canadian films and international co-productions. Additionally, Raymond will guide Network’s production services division, providing high-level service expertise for US and international productions.
Mary Anne Waterhouse
Mary Anne Waterhouse most recently produced the eco-thriller The Thaw starring Val Kilmer, due for release this fall by Maple Pictures and Lionsgate/Grindhouse in the US. The Thaw is being sold internationally by Voltage Pictures and has sold to over 20 countries already. Prior to that, Mary Anne produced the feature film FIDO with partners Blake Corbet and Trent Carlson. Directed by Anagram partner Andrew Currie and starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Dylan Baker, and Tim Blake Nelson, FIDO garnered great reviews and played worldwide.
Mary Anne has a breadth of experience in both production and finance gleaned from twenty three years working the in the Vancouver film scene. Prior to FIDO, Mary Anne produced the independent feature Desolation Sound, starring Jennifer Beals, Ed Begley Jr. and Lothaire Bluteau. In 2002, Mary Anne produced the CTV movie 100 Days in the Jungle, for which she earned a Gemini for Best TV Movie. 100 Days was shot on location in the jungles of Costa Rica and starred many of Canada’s finest actors, including Peter Outerbridge, Nicholas Campbell, Aiden Devine and Michael Riley. Mary Anne also earned a Gemini for Best TV Movie for her work as Executive Producer on the CTV movie Elijah.
In addition to her work in independent production, Mary Anne has extensive production service credits, including most recently the $40 million Cabin in the Woods for MGM. Previous production service credits of note include the internationally financed indie feature Beautiful Joe, starring Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly, Stephen King’s 13 part mini-series Kingdom Hospital for ABC, as well as numerous American television movies including Vipers, starring Tara Reid, Mr St. Nick, starring Kelsey Grammer and Snow White, which starred Miranda Richardson.
Mary Anne’s film roots lie in production accounting, a career which she began shortly after graduating from UBC with an honors degree in Film & Theatre. As a production accountant, and subsequently production manager and line producer, Mary Anne has been involved in over fifty film and television productions. Her extensive background in finance and accounting, combined with her many years of production experience, have provided her with a broad perspective on the making of films in Canada and a unique ability to combine commerce and creativitiy.
Currently, Mary Anne is packaging Falling Awake, a sci-fi thriller about a sleepless world in the near future, as well as producing Andrew Currie’s upcoming comedies, Man Up and My Asshole Neighbour and developing a TV series based on the Canadian novel Chonicles of a Midlife Crisis.