SARAH WALSH
Born and raised in Vancouver and now based in Los Angeles, Sarah Walsh is an Actor, Producer, and Programmer. She serves as an integral part of the programming and procurement team for the Vancouver Horror Show, scouting and championing the next wave of premier independent genre talent.
ANNALESE TILLING
Errin Lally and Annalese Tilling are Vancouver based Casting Directors. The duo formed Lally Tilling Casting in 2018 after 15 years+ working exclusively with Mayrs Brandstatter Casting. LTC has worked with such talents as Alison Janney in “Lou” for Bad Robot and JJ Abrams to most recently the Osgood Perkins feature "The Monkey" starring Theo James along with series for CBC, CTV, Peacock, CW, Netflix, and Hallmark.
RACHEL TALALAY
Rachel Talalay’s eclectic career spans four decades of directing and producing. She recently completely directing Yaga, a mini-series for Crave with the new superstar Hudson Williams and Carrie Ann Moss.
Her best known work includes directing classics of British television: eight episodes of Doctor Who, the acclaimed BBC Sherlock series, the final installment of Good Omens, and American television, including American Gods, Marvel’s Iron Fist, DC’s Doom Patrol, Quantum Leap, Riverdale, Sabrina, SuperGirl, and The Flash.
CAROLINE STERN
Caroline Stern is a Vancouver-based Film Sales Executive, Producer, and founder of Canoe Films. Caroline has launched over 250 titles internationally including J-Horror films The Ring, Dark Water, and The Grudge, Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, and BAFTA-nominated Keyboard Fantasies. Caroline’s producing credits include Netflix-released Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (co-producer), Vice Media-released documentary, One Man and His Shoes (exec producer), and gothic horror Raven’s Hollow (Producer), an AMC Shudder Original based on events in the life of a young Edgar Allan Poe.
ZACH LIPOVSKY
Emmy-nominated director Zach Lipovsky started his career on Spielberg's filmmaking competing "On the lot" where he placed 5th out of 12,000 directors worldwide. Zach has gone on to direct and produce projects many film and TV projects, most recently directing the reboot of FINAL DESTINATION for Warner Brothers, and is currently releasing the sequel to his film FREAKS.
ERRIN LALLY
Errin Lally and Annalese Tilling are Vancouver based Casting Directors. The duo formed Lally Tilling Casting in 2018 after 15 years+ working exclusively with Mayrs Brandstatter Casting. LTC has worked with such talents as Alison Janney in “Lou” for Bad Robot and JJ Abrams to most recently the Osgood Perkins feature "The Monkey" starring Theo James along with series for CBC, CTV, Peacock, CW, Netflix, and Hallmark.
RACHEL LANGER
Rachel Langer is an award-winning screenwriter for dramatic television. She served as a writer and executive producer on the hit CTV/NBC series TRANSPLANT, and currently has a series adaptation in development with CRAVE.
KAREN LAM
Karen has worked full-time in the film and television industry since 1996. Starting as a producer and lawyer, Karen has written and directed ten short films, three music videos, directed a true-crime documentary series for Investigation Discovery (US), a TELUS web series, and five feature films, including “Stained” (2010), “Evangeline” (2013) and “The Curse of Willow Song” (2020).
MEGHAN HEMINGWAY
Meghan Hemingway is the Artistic Director of the Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival, where she oversees festival curation, programming, and the screenplay competition. An award-winning screenwriter and actor, her work spans horror, thriller, comedy, and drama. Her current projects include the feature The Final Girl, developed with Mackenzie Donaldson, and Addendum, which received a 2026 Creative BC screenwriting grant. She is currently developing two original television series: the family thriller Archipelago with writing partner Stephen Sheffer and the comedy Ice Queens with writing partner Ambika Vas. As an actor, she has appeared in Disney+’s The Mysterious Benedict Society, Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon!, and Encryption, premiering at VHS 2026. She trained at New York’s Circle in the Square Theatre School and serves on the board of Aphotic Theatre Company.
DENNIS HEATON
Award-winning writer, director and showrunner Dennis Heaton is renowned for his deft balance of comedy and dark subject matter, as showcased in his cult classic zombie movie FIDO and his short films, CANNIBALISM AND YOUR TEEN and HEAD SHOT.
SEAN HARRIS OLIVER
Sean Harris Oliver is a Canadian film producer who most recently wrote and produced the award-winning independent horror feature Hunting Matthew Nichols, which received seven Leo Award nominations, and was the winner of FilmQuest’s 2024 Best Found Footage Feature Film. Sean helped spearhead and develop an innovative self-distribution theatrical model, releasing Hunting Matthew Nichols on more than 900 screens across North America. The film went on to earn more than $700,000 at the domestic box office, and was subsequently acquired by IFC/Shudder and Bell Media.
KURTIS DAVID HARDER
Kurtis David Harder is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer whose acclaimed thriller Influencers hit theatres in 2025. The follow-up to his viral social-media horror film Influencer, the film cements Harder as one of the most compelling new voices in genre cinema.
MATT DRAKE
Matt Drake is a Canadian film producer, post-production supervisor, sound designer, and co-founder of Moon7 based in Vancouver.
His credits include Luk’Luk’I, Never Steady, Never Still, Adventures in Public School, Hunting Matthew Nichols, and Lucky Star.
MICHAEL DOUGHERTY
Michael Dougherty is a writer, director, and producer who has worked with some of the world’s most iconic characters, including the X-Men, Superman, Godzilla, and King Kong. Beginning his career as an animator for MTV and Nickelodeon, he then co-wrote the blockbusters X-Men 2 and Superman Returns before making his directorial debut with the Halloween horror comedy, Trick ‘r Treat.
MONIKA DALMAN
Monika Dalman is a Vancouver-based Casting Director, Producer, and Consultant with a growing body of work in horror, thriller, sci-fi, and genre filmmaking. Her casting credits include the horror-thriller Pitfall, starring Richard Harmon, the sci-fi horror feature Othermor, starring Troy Baker and Yasmeen Fletcher, the horror-thriller Fever Dreams, Sleep Tight, and the grindhouse thriller Venari.
ELI CRAIG
Eli Craig wrote and directed the horror-comedy cult classic, Tucker & Dale vs Evil. Recently he co-wrote and directed the hit indie horror-comedy, Clown in a Cornfield, which premiered at SXSW 2025 and went on to break the opening weekend box office record for IFC/Shudder, and was the 3rd highest streamed movie worldwide on HBO Max.