Cast & crew
Brianna Johnston
Actor: Ellie
Stunts, Fight Choreographer
Brianna is a Calgary-local actor for film and voice over, as well as a Betty Mitchell Award nominated stage performer.
She is also a certified Advanced Actor-Combatant, Apprentice Fight Instructor, and Paddy Crean Award winner with The Academy of Fight Directors of Canada.
Some favorite recent credits include Stage – The Three Musketeers (The Shakespeare Company), The Crucible (Theatre Calgary), and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare in the Park);
Film – #Partytime (Forgotten Trail Productions), Skinner (Cave Puppet Productions), and Momento Mori (Gutterball Productions);
Fight Direction – Peter Pan, The Three Musketeers, Macbeth (Calgary Young People’s Theatre), Goodnight Desdemona… (The Shakespeare Company), andWait Until Dark (Assistant; Vertigo Theatre).
Ethan R. Hill
Actor: Harvey
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Props & Special FX
Ethan has always had a passion for story telling. He was born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, eventually moving to Red Deer, Alberta to pursue an education in film, where he gained experience making student films and demo scenes.
After graduating in 2015, Ethan continued making demo scenes, up until he moved to Calgary. There he has developed several ideas into story treatments and screenplays.
In 2017 he began production on his first feature film, Damned Rites, with his production partner, Jesse Prosser. Since then he has continued to develop more new ideas for future projects.
Some of his favourite films include Back to the Future, The Exorcist, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Warriors.
Some film makers who inspire him are John Carpenter, Peter Jackson and Steven Speilberg.
Wayne DeAtley
Actor: Hollis
Wayne has pursued acting for 10 years. It started when he took his first drama class in grade 8.
That year he starred in his very first theatre production, Our Town at Theatre Calgary where he played
the roles of Joe and Si Crowell. After that his continued love for Acting took him to Red Deer College.
Where he became a graduated from the Theatre Performance and Creation program and the Motion
Picture Arts program.
After he graduated he started to pursue for film opportunities. He has appeared in a commercial, can be found in a couple seasons of Heartland and many other series that have been filmed in Alberta.
He was very excited to work on Damned Rights as this would be his first lead role on film.
When he is not working on stage or on set, he works at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary as a Standardized Patient, where he works with medical students as an actor to help give them the real-life interactions and experiences that they would not be able to learn from a textbook. On his spare time, he enjoys writing, watching tv series, and gaming with friends.
Jey Marie
Actor: Sasha
Costumes
Jessie is from Hanna, Alberta and has always felt a passion and desire for acting. She had her first major experience acting when she attended the Canadian Badlands Performing Arts Summer School, for 3 years.
She graduated from Red Deer College's Motions Picture Arts Program for Acting in 2016. There she was featured in many student projects and demo scenes.
Since then she has moved to Calgary to pursue more opportunities in acting. She also enjoys designing costumes and clothing for herself and others. Another one of her passions is dancing.
Riley Alexander
Actor: Red
Stills Photographer
Riley hails from Spruce Grove, Alberta and currently lives in Calgary. He graduated from Red Deer College in 2014, completing both the theatre performance and creation as well as the motion picture arts programs.
His passion is acting but he also helps out behind the camera when the opportunity arises. Diving into the acting world has been a fun journey for Riley as he always looks forward to the next project and whatever fun that may bring.
Rebecca Scheiris
Actor: Rachel
Becca was featured on a Japanese television program called Nihon Sugoi. Shortly after she was cast in the Japanese film Narratage as a foreign visitor. She had caught the acting bug.
After returning to Canada, she began looking for opportunities to further her passion. She began attending acting classes at Company of Rogues in Calgary, Alberta, as well as doing background work. She premiered on the acting scene in the feature film “Damned Rites.“
Though it was a steep learning curve, she really enjoyed the experience. Most recently she was cast in the Shred Kelly music video for “Don’t Ever Look Back”. Before that she acted in a “Hubtown Brewery” commercial.
In pursuit of getting more involved in the industry, Rebecca runs a monthly networking event for people in the film industry. Rebecca looks forward to learning more about the film industry and thanks everyone for their support and guidance.
Jesse Prosser
Director, Cinematographer, Producer, Editor, Props & Special FX
Jesse is a creative, driven and self-sufficient Filmmaker from Athabasca, Alberta. He currently resides in Calgary. He enjoys the team dynamic of filmmaking and is always open to collaboration with others to make great art. He has been involved in the arts from a young age and has done everything from Acting and Directing to building Sets and Props for both theatre and film.
He’s had a hand in the creation of many short film projects and is currently working on his first feature film (Damned Rites) which he is Co-Directing with long time collaborator, Ethan R. Hill. He continues to work on film independently whenever possible.
Ida Edwards
Actor: Nancy
Ida has a passion for emerging artists and new works both as a creator and performing artist. Her stage credits include:Fabine from C’est La Vie, Edith from Little Girl Lost, Mrs. C. from Kelsey’s Girls,Lucy from You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Aunt Polly from Tom Sawyer, opera excerpts, and others.
As a long time member of the Magnificient River Rats Festival Society, Ida has worked with the executive committee to build a fun and family friendly event. Ida Edwards created and founded Rural Notes Music Services to promote and foster the performing arts in Rural Alberta.
Her home base of Athabasca offers lessons in singing, piano, theory, ukulele and speech crafts. She has directed and produced several children’s musicals including Peter and the Wolf, The Hobbit, Secret Garden, and other children’s classic stories adapted for stage. She appears regularly at community events as a solo singing artist.
It was a great experience to be part of the film production Damned Rites as Nancy. Thank you to Jesse Prosser, the crew and the cast for their kind support.
Jennifer Suter
Actor: Gabby
Jennifer is an Alberta born and raised actor who also has a passion for dancing. She has danced competetively when she was younger and went to college for theatre acting and film acting. She is currently exploring her writing ability and attempting to write a children's book.
Alexander Boldt
Sound Recordist, Literally every other crew postition
Alex is an editor, videographer, and sound recordist from Edmonton, Alberta. He enjoys drawing, making hand drawn animations and working with plants in the garden.
J.M. Beardsley
Composer
Jordan Murray Beardsley is a composer for film, video- games, and other media and is well versed and can write in both contemporary and older styles of composition including classical, electronic, metal, folk, and has a passion for researching new styles as well as working on his own unique, personal brand of music.
He has written music in many different styles for a variety of short films, web series, and demo scenes, has had his work performed live and holds a College Diploma in Music from the Red Deer College Music Program, an International Baccalaureate (IB) Certificate in Music, an Advanced Certificate and Applied Bachelor's Degree for Film Production from the Red Deer College Motion Picture Arts and has been composing and playing music for 10 years.
He is familiar with the latest DAW softwares using mostly Digital Performer and Reason, notation software such as Notion and Guitar Pro, sampling softwares such as East West’s line of instruments, Garritan, IK Multimedia’s Miroslav Philharmonik and Sampletank, Kontakt, and has made many of his own custom samples through Reason’s built in sampling software.
He has a passion for and is proficient at Electric Guitar, has a strong Bass 2 Vocal Range, writes MIDI with Keyboard and an Electronic Drum Kit (and occasionally Guitar and Audio Waves!), played Percussion for various Ensembles such as the Red Deer College Symphonic Winds, and is very knowledgeable with the latest Amplification, Recording, Midi control, and other various forms of Audio Hard and Software.
He currently has composed music for over 20 visual media projects including but not limited to short films, web-series, commercial work, and more and loves teaching his craft to others in order to help them achieve their musical dreams and aspirations!
Al Veheire
Production Designer, Concept Artist
Al Verheire, hailing from Ponoka County AB. started her career in 2005 with small, local, design work. Her work since has covered many media, with pieces in private and public collections across Canada, Europe, and as far as Saudi Arabia. Currently finishing a BFA in Visual Arts at UBC, Al continues to work in both fine art, and design.