FATHOM
Fathom is a full service production company known for award-winning documentary series and feature documentaries that have garnered numerous awards including Emmy and Oscar nominations. The team at Fathom have produced hundreds of hours of programming that have aired on Discovery Channel, History Channel, ABC, Youtube Originals, HBO, TVO, ITVS, ARTE, GEIE among others and have been screened and downloaded around the world, garnering numerous awards.
THE FATHOM TEAM
Ann Shin
Chief Executive Officer
Founding executive producer, Ann has more than 2 decades of experience helming award-winning series and films that have aired on platforms in Canada, the United States and across the globe, including: CBC, HBO, TVO, ABC, Discovery, History, HGTV, ITVS. She began her career producing at companies like CBC and Cineflix and founded Fathom with a diverse team of creatives who drive the Fathom story engine. We create premium productions around the most compelling stories of the day.
Hannah Donegan
VP, Production
Hannah is an award-winning filmmaker and producer who has worked on numerous Canadian documentary features, series and shorts. She has expertise in lining up financing, producing and multi-platform marketing strategies for projects such as Stay Tooned, 3 x Canada Screen Award-winning The Defector, All Out War, The Choco Jungle Project.
Erica Leendertse
VP, Development
Erica is a Creative Producer and Writer and Story Editor who has developed and produced numerous documentaries, lifestyle and reality series. Her most recent projects include Born Bad, Artificial Immortality, Stay Tooned, Emmy-nominated My Enemy, My Brother, and Blowout which won the Special Jury Award at the Annual WorldFest in Houston.
Danielle Cole
Writer/Producer
Mariam Bastani
Associate Producer
Andrew Beach
Head of Post-Production
Danielle is an award-winning producer and screenwriter. She has written and produced over a hundred episodes of television, working with NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, and Hulu. Most recently, she showran the series Love You to Death for Paramount Global.
Mariam is an Associate Producer who started her career in film after decades of successfully working in publishing including her position as Editor-in-Chief of San Francisco publication Maximum Rocknroll and continued work with Toronto's Rue Morgue Magazine.
Hayley Manship
Office Manager / Executive Assistant
Hayley Manship is a recent honours graduate of Centennial College with an Advanced Diploma in Broadcasting, Television, Radio in addition to a Degree in Film Studies from Western University. She has always had a keen eye for photography and began her career in filmmaking by producing several student-made films and online broadcasts before finding her place organizing the office behind the scenes at Fathom Film.
Saeed Awawdeh
Community Manager
Saeed is a social media and digital marketing specialist who has created and executed several campaigns for leading podcasts, mega-influencers, and international superstars, including Lil Nas X. His most recent experience is spearheading social media efforts for leading entertainment network, Dexerto.
Andrew Beach is a filmmaker specializing in documentary post-production and music videos. He's had the opportunity to work on several perspective-shifting documentaries, like Anthropocene and Tragically Hip: A Long Time Running. Andrew enjoys learning about the world from behind the lens.