Radke Directors

Born in New Brunswick, Canada, he started his career as a plumber with his family’s business. In 1996, he took on "black sheep" status within the family and moved to Toronto to become an agency creative instead. His work as a writer and creative director showcased his ability to make people laugh by having a firm grasp on craft and character driven stories. This earned him hundreds of international awards including Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show and D&AD.

He began his filmmaking career in 2000 and his first short film ‘Alfred's New Dog’ was screened at numerous film festivals around the world, including the Interfilm Festival (Berlin) and the Toronto International Film Festival. The short was also shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City as part of an exhibition on independent children’s comedy films.

It made sense for Michael to transition to directing and he immediately came out of the gate hot with seminal work through Radke Films in Canada. His commercial directorial debut ‘Pyramid Scheme the Rainbow’ for Skittles was shortlisted at the Cannes International Advertising Festival and his recent work for Cheerios set the social world buzzing, scoring a place as AdWeek’s top ad of the week while sending #HowToDad trending on Twitter within days. 

Michael Downing started directing as a small child, when he used to tell his friends what game they were going to play and how it would end. He later studied acting and started his own small theatre company. He graduated from the American Film Institute and won a student Academy Award for his graduating short film, entitled Fine. His first American commercial was a Bud Light Super Bowl spot entitled Skydiver, which is still one of the most popular Super Bowl spots ever. 

Awards:

Pencil

Bronze Lion

AICP award

Student Academy Award

Bessie - Canadian advertising award

Porsche racing - first place in Southern California event

My hot wife

A second place soccer trophy for some league in Los Angeles when I was a kid and no-one else really played soccer in North America

Junior basketball champs when in high school 

GREG POPP IS AN AMERICAN FILMMAKER WHO SPECIALIZES IN COMEDY-DIALOGUE COMMERCIALS. GREG HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MANY HIGH PROFILE, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES INCLUDING PEYTON MANNING, TROY POLAMALU, ADRIAN PETERSON, HENRIK LUNDQVIST, DANICA PATRICK, ROGER FEDERER AND VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS, TO NAME A FEW. GREG’S FORAY INTO FILMMAKING BEGAN AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY WHERE ALONG WITH A FILM DEGREE, HE EARNED A STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS NARRATIVE-LENGTH FILM THE LOTTERY ROSE. AFTER A BRIEF STINT WORKING IN FEATURES, GREG EMBARKED ON A CAREER AT DDB CHICAGO WHERE HIS WORK WITH ANHEUSER-BUSCH WON LITERALLY EVERY MAJOR ADVERTISING HONOR. IN 2005, GREG LEFT DDB TO DIRECT, AND HIS EFFORTS HAVE WON HIM NUMEROUS AWARDS INCLUDING GOLD AT CANNES, CLIOS, ANDYS, AND DISTINCTION FOR HUMOR AND TALENT PERFORMANCE AT AICP/MOMA. IN 2014, GREG’S SHORT FILM, THE DRAMATIC THRILLER LAST SHOT, PREMIER ED AT THE NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL. LAST SHOT WAS A FINALIST AT THE OSCAR-QUALIFYING USA FILM FESTIVAL AND WILL BE APPEARING IN SEVERAL OTHER FESTIVALS AS AN OFFICIAL SELECTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 

Anthony Scott Burns is a self taught Canadian filmmaker. Deeply involved and fascinated by film from a young age, Burns would build small models that he called his « parallel universes ». By the age of 16, he began working on films, and created his own award winning shorts just two years later at the age of 18. He started his professional career as a graphic designer at MTV where he quickly outgrew his job title and took over creating/directing all the on-air interstitials in Canada. After his work on television was recognised internationally, he decided to return to directing and filmmaking. Anthony is part of the new breed of filmmakers who believe in doing whatever necessary to get his vision on screen - He shoots, edits, composes, animates, designs, renders, and grades most of his work. He has released 2 albums as his musical alter ego PILOTPRIEST, directed dozens of commercials, directed and shot episodes of television, and is now developing multiple feature films with Hollywood studios. Anthony has joined Troublemakers for european representation for commercials and music videos.