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.

Heaton recently completed writing and executive producing season 3 of MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN, where he’s often asked to tone down his murder scenes. He is currently part of the development team for the upcoming AMC/ACORN series PACK RAT, starring Eric McCormack.

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). Karen finished two films in the last two years: “Mrs. Chang’s Perfect Teeth,” a short film which won the DCG-BC “Established Director Greenlight Award” in 2023 and Armageddon Road (2026).