Crew/Cast Database
Karen Riley
Film Roles: Actress, Director, Producer, Production Assistant
Place of Residence: Saint John
Also: Production Coordinator/ Background Performer/ Voice-over Artist
Karen Riley is a Saint John–based filmmaker and production professional with experience in documentary filmmaking, music videos, television, and feature film productions. She has worked in both creative and logistical roles and brings strong organizational skills, on-set experience, and a collaborative approach to production environments.
Karen completed a feature-length documentary, Highest Tides & Green Grass: Introducing Saint John’s Newest Hitmakers, celebrating Saint John’s designation as a Cultural Capital of Canada. The film premiered at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John (September 25, 2021), screened at the Silver Wave Film Festival, and later aired on television in Nova Scotia.
She has experience as a Production Coordinator and Production Assistant on music video projects with Canadian musicians and award-winning filmmakers, as well as background performance experience in film and television productions shot in Saint John.
Karen’s early media experience dates back to the late 1970s, when she produced a local television program profiling Canadian artist Miller Brittain, featuring interviews with Fred Ross and Mitchell Franklin.
Production Experience
Production Coordinator
• Side of the Road – Music video for Cat LeBlanc (2020)
Production Assistant
• Faces – Music video for Kylie Fox
Director: Ariana Marquis
Film & Television – Background Performer
2025
• Revival – TV Series (shopping mall scene), Saint John
• Manon Rouge – CBC Gem (French-language series), hospital scene
• Saint John Regional Hospital Foundation – Fundraising billboard campaign (Uproar Productions)
Feature Films
• In Her Self Defence – with Marilee Maitland
• The Fourth Floor – with William Hurt, James Caan
• When Irish Eyes Are Crying – with Daniel Baldwin
• Geraldine’s Fortune – with Jane Curtin, Mary Walsh
• The Patient – with Meaghan Fellows
Nancy Ripeau
Film Roles: Producer, Production Manager
Place of Residence: Shediac
In 2018, Nancy took her first steps into television, film and digital production. A world that fascinates and entertains her enormously. During her career in the field, she has had the good fortune to work on documentaries, television series, and variety shows, primarily as a production manager or executive producer.
Prior to her transition to media arts, she was working in event planning and as an advertising promotion manager and front of house manager for a touring show.
Kris Rogers
Film Roles: Art Director, Colourist, Composer, Director, DOP, Grip, Locations Manager, Picture Editor, Principle, Producer, Sound Editor, Sound Engineer, Special Effects, Stills Photographer, Storyboarding, Video Editor, Writer
Place of Residence: Moncton
Kris Rogers is a New Brunswick-based creative professional with decades of experience developing beautiful and engaging things, supporting many industries including Canadian Film & Television. Kris understands that stories and their storytellers involve a great deal of soul and require equal amounts of care and respect.
Operating “Privateer Creative,” Kris serves the Film & TV industry with Pitch Development, Branding, New Media, Marketing, and supporting content - with a strong background developing experiences for series’ such as APTN’s Wild Game. From world-building and establishing a look-and-feel to promotional trailers, title sequences, and marketing materials; Kris and Privateer Creative support your vision as a funding-approved one-stop-shop.
Since his early days of in-camera end credits with a Sharpie, Kris has been a creative filmmaker focused on making things work with what’s available. He is a strategic storyteller with a solution to every problem and a path to making every creative vision a practical reality.
Andre Roy
Film Roles: Actor, Art Director, Director, Producer, Writer
Place of Residence: Dieppe
André has been working in the artistic sphere since 1997. He is a businessman as president of his own company, Productions l'Entrepôt, as an actor, author, director and producer of documentaries, short films, TV series, digital capsules, variety shows, and game shows. André is versatile, creative and dedicated.
Jason K. Roy
Film Roles: Actor
Place of Residence: Saint-Louis de Kent
Canadian multidisciplinary artist.
Keith Ruttan
Film Roles: Actor, Art Department, Extra, Production Designer, Set Design, Singer / Vocalist, Supporting Role
Place of Residence: Harvey
Keith is an NBCC radio journalism graduate with a Film and Television certificate through the NB Film Co-op.
Keith has a diverse background that he draws on for his acting roles. His acting abilities range from hilarious comedy to hard-hitting dramas. Keith also has a talent for commercial voice-over work, whether cartoon character voices or Ad work.
Outside of acting, Keith has worked as a production designer, set designer, and extras casting on feature films. Keith has also worked on several television docudramas. Keith's acting and production design work has received nominations at film festivals.