Kristen McGregor

Produce 50 episodes of the stop-motion animation series, "What's Inside?" - including the hiring of all staff. Manage the post production to ensure top quality delivery regardless of tight budget. Directed many episodes.

Directed non-actor kids between the ages of 5-8 on a green screen background with a single camera! Coached and directed the voice records.

• Managing crews (25 - 120) in new locations resulting in successful three-day playground builds- comparison would be to "Extreme Makeover Home Edition". • Writing compelling scripts. • Directing 10 22-minute episodes and short accompanying segment pieces. • Liaising with post-production to get episodes delivered to time, on time. • Managing sponsorships (over $200,000.00/season), episode submissions, and PR

Wrote two compelling, hilarious, and adventurous scripts for the Kids' CBC animated show, "Chirp"!

• Managed crews (25 - 120 people) in 10 different locations resulting in successful three-day playground builds and episodes. • Wrote compelling scripts for episodes, conveying an understanding of children’s cognitive development in relation to the content presented. • Liaised with post-production to get episodes delivered. • Managed sponsorships (over $200,000.00), episode submissions, volunteers, and all PR.

• Collaborated with municipalities to create 13 new playgrounds across Ontario. • Developed creative treatment for each story and communicated with educational and safety experts to produce the best episodes possible. • Procured approx $200,000.00 in sponsorship within a 2-person team.

• Liaised with managers of Canadian musicians (such as Fefe Dobson, The Guess Who, Martha Wainwright, Bif Naked, Stereos, Crash Test Dummies and Shawn Desman) to develop fun and original songs for the preschool series. • Supervised the creation of new black light puppets with Famous PEOPLE Players.

• Conducted extensive research to develop the creative episode ideas. • Managed the on-set coordination of an 11-person crew in various international locales such as Brazil, Israel and Japan, utilizing an understanding of local business customs to keep production on track. • Kept episodes/season under budget by securing large-scale grants and sponsorships.