Guest Moderator — All Access 2019:
(All Access 2018 & All Access 2017)

JEFF PEELER

President
Frantic Films


Jeff serves on Frantic Films’ senior management team and holds various responsibilities across the company’s Winnipeg and Toronto offices.

As a producer and executive producer his credits include the Gemini Award winning Peter Jordan’s Grey Cup Adventure for CBC Sports and Fuelled By Passion: The Return of the Jets for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. In 2012, he produced The 13th Man for TSN. Directed by Larry Weinstein, the film went on to become the highest rated documentary in the network’s history and was part of the Engraved on a Nation anthology which won Best Documentary Series at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.  Some of Jeff’s other recent credits include Still Standing (CBC), Buy It Fix It Sell It (HGTV), The Winnipeg Comedy Festival (CBC), Meet the Family (City) and the Baroness von Sketch Show (CBC).

Prior to joining Frantic Films in 2003, Jeff had successfully run his own production company, Critical Madness Productions, through which he produced television commercials and documentaries as well as the award-winning feature film The Nature of Nicholas.

Previously, as a VP and Producer at Credo Entertainment, Jeff was also active in developing lifestyle and documentary television series including the travel series World’s Greatest Spas.

Jeff is a graduate of Ryerson University’s Radio and Television Arts program (Bachelor of Applied Arts - Honours) and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from the University of Manitoba.

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