COMPANY PROFILE

Television, theatre, radio, concerts, award shows, a CD, anniversary dinners - we've done some surprising things. We've even staged a National Election for young people and the release of a Royal Commission report.

Rooney Productions specializes in the production of video programs and special events that celebrate Canada's diversity of language and peoples. We offer our clients and production partners skills in the following areas: Writing, Directing, Producing and Production Management. With our extensive background in theatre we try to combine a dramatic approach to our understanding of the issues involved.

We have had the honour of creating events for three of South Africa's Rivonia Six: namely Walter Sisulu, Ahmed Kathrada and several notable events for Nelson Mandela, including MANDELA AND THE CHILDREN AT SKYDOME. For more info and pictures check out Events.

Film & television credits include:
CONDOMS, FISH & CIRCUS TRICKS; THE WOMAN WHO LOST HER VIEW, a documentary about the rebuilding of the Wakefield covered bridge produced in English and French; THE GREAT LAW, a 20 part series of one hour programs on the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy; and SAFIKA!, a dramatic short which aired on the SABC, Vision TV and MuchMusic, and was used extensively for voter education leading up to South Africa's first democratic election in 1994.

The Creative Team:
As A husband and wife team, Brenda and Robert are members of the Documentary Organization of Canada, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and the Canadian Actors' Equity Association.

Brenda spent 10 years as a youth and community worker before switching to theatre She has held positions at the Stratford Festival, Theatre Plus and the Berkshire Theatre Festival among others. She wrote the 1986 Job Readiness Training Program for the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture and Co-ordinated two Ontario Provincial Government Consultations. See her resumé for details.

Robert has directed over 40 stage plays in theatres across Canada and the United States, from Massachusetts to Alaska. He was Artistic Director of Toronto Workshop Productions in the mid-1980s. He has produced and staged two Much Music Big Ticket Concerts to raise public awareness of injustice and the fund-raising CD, X Marks the Spot. He has produced 15 radio dramas for CBC and for 3 seasons, was Supervising Producer on the APTN'S hit series Buffalo Tracks. To find out more . . . click here.

In 2005, Rooney Productions hired Oren Hertz, who has worked on shoots and in the edit suite, proving to be an invaluable sound man, editor, composer, and all-round useful guy. To learn more about Oren . . . click here.

Brenda's Resumé |  Robert's Resumé |  Oren's Resumé |  Press Quotes