Virginia Thompson Author

Jeremy Fisher is a youthful adult singer-songwriter-musician, full of childlike wonder—and with instantly recognizable hair. He’s curious, enthusiastic, and passionate about music, and loves its ability to convey emotions and help explore the world around us through music and storytelling.  The pop-folk singer-songwriter has been making music since 2001. He has toured across Canada, the US, Australia, and Japan. He is adored by the Canadian music industry and has shared the stage with acts such as Alanis Morissette, Blue Rodeo, Measha Brueggergosman, and many more. Jeremy recently began writing and recording children’s music under the Jeremy Fisher Junior banner upon the birth of his daughter, as part of a drive to bring music into her everyday life. Music gets her up, gets her going, and calms her down at the end of the day. It gives her a framework to express emotions and learn about the world. With the success of Jeremy’s debut children’s album, Highway to Spell, Jeremy is performing his songs and stories to kids, parents, caregivers, and educators in theatre venues, festivals, schools and in online concerts reaching Canadians from coast to coast across Canada. His performances are entertaining and interactive and illustrate how music can help kids, parents, and everyone face their emotions. Music can also provide comfort and company when you feel alone. Robert de Lint is the co-founder of Vérité Films and is an award-winning writer, show runner, director, producer, picture editor and TV show creator. He’s been a key creative contributor (as a writer, director, creative producer or picture editor) in over 300 episodes of prime-time television. Robert is a Co-Creator and Writer on the 57 part children's animated series, Jeremy and Jazzy. He was a Producer on Corner Gas Animated (CTV, Freevee) and Corner Gas: The Movie. Robert directed over twenty episodes of Corner Gas and won a Canadian Comedy Award, a DGC Award and was nominated for a Gemini Award for his work on this series. Prior to Corner Gas, Robert was Co-Creator and Co-Showrunner of the 52-episode youth dramatic series renegadepress.com and the 65-episode children’s series Incredible Story Studio. On both series, Robert was key Director and won multiple awards for his contributions. He was Executive Producer, Co-Creator and key Director of InSecurity, a 23-episode comedy series (CBC) and co-created and executive produced the one-hour drama pilot The Dealership for Global starring Tricia Helfer, Patrick Adams, and William Devane. Robert also works as a Senior Picture Editor on a host of award-winning series, feature length films and documentaries in Toronto including the hit series Kim’s Convenience (CBC, Netflix) and Overlord and the Underwoods (CBC, Nickelodeon). Robert got his start in the industry on the Degrassi franchise. He is a member of the Director’s Guild of Canada and the Writer’s Guild of Canada. Virginia Thompson, President and co-founder of Vérité Films, is an award-winning executive producer, showrunner, and TV series creator. Virginia has created and produced comedies, dramas, animation, children's and youth programming, documentaries, performing arts programming, and digital series for the Canadian and world market in English and French. She's developed some of the most iconic brands in the Canadian entertainment and cultural sector.   Virginia is Executive Producer, Co-Creator and Writer-Showrunner of Jeremy and Jazzy. She is Executive Producer of Canada's #1 comedy brand, Corner Gas. The brand includes the highest-rated show in the history of The Comedy Network, Corner Gas Animated; the 2016 Golden Screen Award winner for the highest-rated scripted program in Canada, Corner Gas: The Movie; and the highest-rated Canadian comedy series of all time, Corner Gas: The Sitcom. Virginia is also Executive Producer of The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAAs), celebrating Canada's most outstanding performing artists in stage, music, dance, theatre, film and television.  Virginia founded Vérité Films, a boutique production company committed to nurturing honest, original and authentic voices, with her partner Robert de Lint. Today, they champion exceptional creative talent and unique stories. As well as Corner Gas, Vérite has several other Canadian success stories. Virginia is Executive Producer/Co-Creator of the comedy series InSecurity (23 episodes, CBC), the award-winning youth dramatic series and e-zine renegadepress.com (53 episodes, Shaw, APTN), and the internationally-acclaimed children's series Incredible Story Studio (Disney, YTV).