My Background

VICKERS & BENSON ADVERTISING – Toronto
Radio & Television Traffic Controller Scheduling commercials for air.

BRIMSTONE CONCERT PRODUCTIONS – Calgary & Central Canada
Security, Catering & Assistant to Promoter KEN COOPER (Here with Tom Jones)

PERFORMING ARTISTS – Calgary & Alberta
Entertainment Booking Agent/Promotion & Marketing – 1st agency to bring MOTLEY CRUE to Canada. Read about Motley Crue’s Infamous 1982 Edmonton, Alberta Gig.

ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWER – Calgary & Alberta
Two years covering the Calgary Music Scene for 3 community papers interviewing Chris DeBurgh, John Hammond, The Chieftains Little River Band and others.

CINEPLEX ODEON CORPORATION – Toronto
Assistant to the Director of Media Relations handling Press & promotion Screenings for Film Distributors such as COLUMBIA PICTURES, PARAMOUNT STUDIOS and ALLIANCE ATLANTIS.

BRIGHTSTAR FILMS DISTRIBUTION – Toronto

Publicist for MISS PIPER LAURIE’S film TIGER WARSAW with PATRICK SWAYZE handling all her press interviews during the 1988 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

ALANNAH RYANE PUBLICITY & PROMOTIONS – Toronto

Publicist for 9 independent & foreign films in the 1989 TIFF for CINEPHILE FILM DISTRIBUTION including ATOM EGOYAN’S SPEAKING PARTS & BRUCE MCDONALD & DON MCKELLER’S ROADKILL

S.A.I.T. COLLEGE – Calgary

Completed 2 year Cinema, Television, Stage & Radio Arts course as Television Writer/Producer Calgary majoring in Television Production.  I was then placed as a Script Assistant for the CBC News Final.

ROGERS TELEVISION – Calgary

4 years volunteer Host/Writer/Producer in Calgary covering the Calgary Stampede and interviewing celebrities that included Wayne Gretzky, Steve Podborski, Lanny MacDonald, Ken Read and Alan Thicke.  I also produced and hosted my own series ESOTERIC EXPLORATIONS.

CBC TELEVISION – Calgary

Script Assistant to the director for the 11 pm CBC NEWS FINAL

RYANE INC/ALANNAH RYANE – Toronto

Produced,  Shot, Edited & Created 13 DVD’s of the DOREEN HAYES SCHOOL OF DANCING‘s Annual Dance Recital at RYERSON THEATRE.

Produced shot and edited  a series of Videos for the Non-Profit LEARNING CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT in the US

Created, Wrote, Produced, Shot and edited My own Genealogy series BY HER ROOTS for ROOTSTELEVISION.COM

Produced, Edited and provided Voice Over’s for 17 podcasts of ON EAGLES WINGS WEBCAST RADIO currently airing on ITUNES.

Produced, Shot & Edited a Preliminary Trailer for my documentary “SECRETS OF THE ROYAL GRANDMOTHERS” still in Pre-Production