People: Development & Production

Director of Development

Sean De Vries began his media career making really bad student films, and studying Philosophy – a move which made for great cocktail conversations and limited employment opportunities.

After attending the Broadcast Journalism program at BCIT, he started his first real job as a Reporter and Senior Writer for CBC television. He continued working for the CBC in Edmonton before moving to London where he joined the BBC. As a Broadcast Journalist and Producer for BBC he worked on a number of International News and Current Affairs programs including, "Hard Talk", "Asia Today", and "Extra Time".

Since returning to Vancouver Sean has directed and produced a number of award winning lifestyle shows including, "Tube Tales", "Smart Cookies", and "The Shopping Bags". He now works with the Force Four team developing and creating a busy slate of factual and lifestyle programming.

Development Coordinator, Producer

Graduating with a degree in Journalism from Ryerson University, Nicole began her media career at Business in Vancouver newspaper where she earned a Webster Award nomination for her work. Figuring that reality television would be more salacious, Nicole started working with Force Four as a researcher on the first season of "Making It Big" and returned to the second season as an associate story producer.

In 2007, Nicole signed on as story producer with Force Four on "Tube Tales". Today, Nicole works full-time as Development Coordinator and Producer. Nicole also has a degree in psychology from UBC.

Writer, Associate Producer

After graduating from the BCIT Television Program in 2003, Greg began with Force Four as an assistant editor on the 6-part mini series "Human Cargo". He was also the Associate Producer for "Murder Unveiled" and "The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess".

In 2005, Greg began working with the development team and has used his writing skills to develop programs for broadcasters. As an Associate Producer Greg also contributes to the development process by researching and sourcing stories and characters for new projects.

Office Administrator

Amanda previously worked as a make-up artist on two Force Four productions: "Wakanheja" and "Art Zone". She enjoyed the experience so much that she jumped at the opportunity to join the Force Four team permanently as the Office Administrator.

Amanda manages and ensures that everything runs smoothly for clients and employees.