About

Rebeka Herron is an alumna of Capilano University’s Motion Picture Program, and the Cineplex Entertainment Film Program Producers’ Lab at the Canadian Film Centre. She is a notable member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, and the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA). Rebeka worked in development for Brightlight Pictures before transitioning to the story department on several lifestyle and reality programs, including the award-winning series Ice Pilots NWT, has directed and produced the original fitness series Kiss My Incoming Abs (NOVUS TV), and recently finished directing the music video Honey. Rebeka’s latest project about the sport ringette was chosen out of 9,000 submissions to be developed by CBC through their Covid-19 CBC Relief Fund. Rebeka currently works at Taqqut Productions, where she is their supervising line producer. Her credits at Taqqut include animated series Ukaliq & Kalla; stop-motion TV movie The Shaman’s Apprentice directed by Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk; and Unnikkatuat, a four-part documentary series following the creation of a multimedia circus performance that was shot in Ontario, Quebec, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Rebeka owns the production company Rusty Halo Productions, co-owns 180 Sisterhood Productions, co-owns Canadian distribution company Parallel Universe Pictures, and is co-founder of the Sault Film Festival.