STEPH OUAKNINE

Executive Producer
Smokebomb Entertainment Inc.

As a producer for Smokebomb/Shaftesbury, Steph specializes in the development and production of digital series and multi-platform transmedia properties, emerging business models and online audience engagement. Recent projects include producing the convergent webseries for season five of CTV's "The Listener," "MsLabelled" for Shaw Media/Tetley/Schick, and "Inhuman Condition" for the Independent Production Fund. Her longest-running and active project is "Carmilla", the award-winning digital phenomenon standing at 43 million views worldwide and headed into its third season.

She runs No Exit Theatre Company by night, which incorporates new media and projection design on stage. The company recently toured Jennifer Tremblay's "The List," starring Torri Higginson (The English Patient, Stargate: Atlantis) bringing it from Toronto's Artisan Factory to Theatre La Chapelle's 13-14 season in Montreal.