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Steven R. Mitchell

Series Producer, Screenwriter,
Director, Editor

Steven is a Toronto-based, award-winning screenwriter, producer and director whose career spans scripted television, documentaries, factual entertainment, and feature film development.

He began his career as a film and television editor, where he developed a deep understanding of visual storytelling and the craft of shaping compelling narratives.

His selected credits include THE LITTLEST HOBO, MY SECRET IDENTITY, MATRIX, YOUTH & CRIME: BEYOND THE HEADLINES, THE SMART WOMAN’S SURVIVAL GUIDE, EVERYDAY EXOTIC and YOU GOTTA EAT HERE! As Series Producer of YGEH!, he shaped and led the Food Network hit during its Canadian Screen Award-winning 5-year run.

Over four decades, Steven has approached storytelling from every stage of the creative process, and now from the blank page as a feature screenwriter.

His debut screenplay, SHADOW IN HAWTHORN BAY, adapted from Janet Lunn’s bestselling and acclaimed novel, has received international recognition through screenplay competitions and film festivals, introducing him as a compelling new voice. His interests and work span historical drama, folklore, elevated science fiction, and dark satire, united by a fascination with overlooked stories and the people at their centre.

Steven is currently developing THE CLOWN RIOTS, a satirical feature inspired by one of Canada’s strangest true stories.

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Imagination

Your series has just been greenlit. Your documentary landed its grant. You want to create a cinematic presence that will reflect your company’s culture and drive your business to new heights. Now you need to build your team!

Steven connects, creates, and turns your dreams and ideas into realities.

Action

A veteran producer who develops and packages show concepts, Steven confidently leads production teams from the early stages of development to launch.

Steven knows television from the ground up and manages teams at all levels of experience. 

From Idea to Delivery

  1. Network pitches
  2. Script writing
  3. Character casting
  4. Team building
  5. Production leadership
  6. Set safety
  7. Editing
  8. Post-production

Success

Steven has produced hundreds of hours of hit television programming.

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Awards

Shadow in Hawthorn Bay – Screenwriter

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS 2026 (Winner)
FOREST CITY FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Nominee)
HAMILTON FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Finalist) 
CANADA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Official Selection)
ADAPTED STORY SHOWCASE 2026 (Official Selection)

ISA FAST TRACK FELLOWSHIP 2026 (Second Round Selection)

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL Screenwriting Competition 2026  (Second Rounder)

PEACHTREE VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Finalist)
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL ARTS FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Honourable Mention)

CAMBRIDGE SCRIPT FESTIVAL 2026 (Finalist)

OXFORD SCRIPT AWARDS 2026 (Finalist)
BERLIN INTERNATIONAL SCREENWRITING FESTIVAL 2026 (Finalist)
SWEDEN FILM AWARDS International Screenwriting Competition 2026 (Finalist)
CAPITAL FUND SCREENPLAY CONTEST 2026 (9th place in Top 100)
BEST SCRIPT AWARDS – LONDON 2026 (Finalist)
FADE IN AWARDS: DRAMA Screenwriting Competition 2026 (Semi-Finalist)
LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS 2026 (Quarter-Finalist)
NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 (Quarter-Finalist)
CUT TO BLACK PRIZE 2026 – INVITATION ONLY (Quarter-Finalist)
ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL Screenwriting Competition 2025  (Semi-Finalist)
VAIL FILM FESTIVAL Screenwriting Competition 2025  (Quarter-Finalist)
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAYS “Feature” Competition 2025  (Semi-Finalist)
WRITEMOVIES 80 International Screenwriting Competition 2025  (Quarter-Finalist)
THE GREAT PITCH COMPETITION 2025  (Quarter-Finalist)
THE GOLDEN SCRIPT International Screenwriting Competition 2024  (Semi-Finalist)

You Gotta Eat Here!

Two-time Canadian Screen Awards for ‘Best Lifestyle Program’ (2014 & 2017), Canadian Screen Award Nomination (2015), Worldfest Houston Platinum & Silver Remi (2015 & 2014).

Wendell Ferguson’s Cranky Christmas

NYIIFF ‘Best Musical Short’ & Worldfest Houston Platinum Remi (2010)

Youth & Crime: Beyond The Headlines

Worldfest Houston Platinum Remi, ‘Direction’ (2001)

Smoking: Why Can’t I Quit?

Worldfest Houston Bronze Remi, Best Medical Doc (2000)

My Secret Identity

MPSE Golden Reel Award for ‘Best ADR – Direction’ (1990)

Selected Credits

Scripted

The Saga of Skallagrim Ice-Waster (Screenwriter)

In a near-future Dark Age, a young man prophesied to become “King of the South” is exiled with his family aboard a cursed refugee fleet, where he must survive warring overlords, mythic threats, and his fate to find salvation and fulfill a destiny foretold by his Norse sibyl mother.

 (Currently writing)

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Shadow in Hawthorn Bay

(Screenwriter)

In the early 1800s, a young Scottish woman, burdened with the strange gift of “second sight”, embarks on a perilous journey to find her missing sweetheart in the wilderness of Upper Canada. Confronted by a dark truth upon her arrival, Mary must choose between a second chance at life and love amongst a community wary of her visions – or succumb to the dark shadows of her past, which threaten to take her life.

“This feature film screenplay is a bold but deceptively old-fashioned drama that has good character work and an intimately epic scope. A sweeping, at times very haunting, drama, extremely well written.” 

– CHRIS WATT,  2025 GOLDEN SCRIPT INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

“This is an extraordinary role for a top actress, and securing talent would be a good way to increase its commercial potential. Not a blockbuster but a prestige picture for a mature audience. I wish you the best of luck telling this epic love story.”

– BETH ANSLEY, UK DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE &  STORY PRODUCER

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The Smart Woman

Survival Guide

(Producer)

Also: Matrix, My Secret Identity, Danger Bay, The Midday Sun

Documentary

Youth & Crime: Beyond the Headlines

Smoking: Why
Can’t I Quit?

Obesity: Seeking Solutions

Also:  Violent August

In Development

Big Science

Extreme Rituals

Factual

You Gotta Eat Here!

Everyday Exotic

Hometown Kickstart

Also: Designer Guys, Design Rivals, So Chic With Steven & Chris, Party Dish

Competition

Superstar Hair Challenge II

Music

Wendell Ferguson’s Cranky Christmas

Also: The Third Fez Festival

Corporate

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