Colette Johnson – Vosberg
President, Firestarter Productions

With her business acumen, Colette Line Produces with credits to include critically acclaimed NFB/Germany Co-Pro feature documentary This is Not a Movie, TV dramedy series Mangoes: A Slice of Life, feature docudrama Shelter, Accessibility oriented comedy TV Series The Squeaky Wheel, and feature documentary Play it Loud! How Toronto got Soul.

Play It Loud!

Line Producer
Play it Loud! is a feature documentary that tells the little known story of how Jamaican music became a critical and unlikely part of Canadian culture.

My Brother, Soleiman

Line Producer
Soleiman Faqiri, a young man with schizophrenia, was found dead in a Canadian prison under disturbing circumstances. After a seven-year fight for answers, his brother Yusuf uncovers the shocking truth through a long-awaited coroner’s inquest—revealing chilling CCTV footage and systemic failures that led to Soleiman’s brutal death. My Brother, Soleiman weaves together eyewitness testimony and intimate family accounts, exposing the human cost of a broken justice system and the urgent need for reform.

Shelter

Producer | Production Manager
Shelter is the inspirational story of how these brave Jewish immigrants survived religious persecution in their homelands to build wildly successful real estate businesses shaping Toronto as a refuge for all newcomers.

This is Not a Movie

Business Affairs
For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world. He travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions.

The Squeaky Wheel

Line Producer
The Squeaky Wheel is a sketch comedy series in a half-hour news format, which pokes fun at the ableist society that people with disabilities face every day. Presented by Canada’s top disabled writers and performers, TSW’s irreverent perspective is a clever blend of social commentary and provocative humor that you won’t find anywhere else.

Mangoes

Line Producer | Production Manager | Business Affairs
“Mangoes” follows the adventures of a fiercely independent woman and psychology grad from India; and the sensitive, well-educated immigrant from Pakistan who finally has a job in his field after years of struggling.

Spurred On – Website

Producer | Researcher
Canadian actor RH Thomson and New Zealand’s Dean O’Gorman embark on a personal WWI investigation. Using an interactive website, users choose their path through this documentary. Thomson’s interest comes from his five great uncles’ involvement in the war, sparked by reading their detailed letters. O’Gorman’s passion began at age 10 in London, inspired by the story of the O’Gorman brothers who left New Zealand to fight. The documentary features short videos and archival materials, exploring their family heritage and the soldiers’ contributions during the Passchendaele war in Belgium.

Future Legends

Business Producer / Field Director | VR , App, and OnlineVideo 
Future Legends is a TV docu-series that focuses on young athletes (grades nine to twelve), and explore their own unique story – who they are, how they got started, and the victories and challenges that they have faced on the road to success. 

What Girls Learn

Production Assistant | Clearances | Researcher
Two sisters must deal with big changes in their lives when their mother (Elizabeth Perkins) uproots the family to be with the new man (Scott Bakula) in her life.

Additional works include:

Blue Ant, Guru Studios – Business Affairs, Digital and TV financing
Telefilm, Zoomer Media – Business Affairs, Script Reader
Global TV – Production Project Manager, Researcher
The Hootenanny (1 hr doc) – Producer, Director
MoneySense Television (TV Series) – Production Coordinator, Researcher
Gotta Get Ahead (short film) – Writer, Director, Co Producer