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Deerbear Films
We are a production company based in Vancouver, Canada. We are strong visual storytellers who strive to create meaningful and artistic motion pictures that can inspire and entertain.
Recently, we completed the award winning short doc West Coast Sea Salt Harvest, produced for Telus OptikTV and a commercial for My Wardrobe App.
Rich Johnson is an independent film director, writer and film editor. Rich has also worked for ten years in animation and his work has been featured in The Art of Stop-Motion Animation.
Currently, Rich is Series Director on Lego's Ninjago. He was nominated for best director at the 2015 Leos for Kate & Mim-Mim, and in 2016 for Endangered Species he was nominated for best director at the Canadian Screen Awards.
IMDB | richdavidjohnson@gmail.com
Deborah Burns is an independent film director, writer and production designer with a passion for visual storytelling. Her films include In Split Seconds, fig 1, Sockland and Monster. In 2019 she pitched her Creative BC / MPPIA shortlisted short film The Cold Plate at the Whistler Film Festival.
In 2021 Deborah art directed the Netflix miniseries Ivy & Bean. She also Production Designed award winning independent films Forehim and Hekademia.
IMDB | burnsjohnson@gmail.com