Welcome to the 1st episode in our ongoing series about making movies in Manitoba This week on the podcast Micheal Petrow, Mark Cowell and Martin Navarro sit down with director, actor, producer and stuntman Bj Verot and pick his brain on how he got into stunt work, what it takes to learn the craft and some of his favourite stunts he has performed over the years. Email [thereeldebaters@gmail.com](mailto:thereeldebaters@gmail.com) Instagram @reeldebaters Twitter @reeldebaters
And now we do interviews.
This week on the cast sit-down with director, actor, producer, and stuntman Bj Verot
The Inaugural series launch of our focus on Manitoba and the filmmakers who live and create here.
Credits
Executive Producer: Michael Petrow
Producers: Martin Navarro, Mark Cowell
Recorded at: Panda Bear Studios
Audio Engineering & Editing by Micheal Petrow
The Reel Debaters Podcast combines debates, reviews, and interviews from the doorstep of Manitoba's Film Industry
Where Canada makes movies
BJ Verot is an award-winning Writer/Director/Producer based in Winnipeg, Canada. Verot has also achieved massive success in the stunt world, in theatrical films such as Violent Night, Orphan: First Kill, Nobody, and The Grudge (all having a $40M+ box office WW) His feature film The Return stars Richard Harmon of the CW's The 100, and received a Best Feature award at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival.
The film is distributed by Uncork’d Entertainment. Verot’s recent short film, Echoes In The Ice, has screened around the world, most notably as part of the Telefilm: Not Short On Talent At Cannes Program at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and Toronto After Dark. His National Screen Institute - Drama Prize film, Chopin's Heart, also screened at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival with the Telefilm NSOT Program, and he is the winner of the nationally televised CBC Short Film Face Off (2015) for his film Loss Of Contact.