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Steven Rumbelow directed almost 250 productions in all media. This includes: 9 feature films (three of which were award winning), 64 broadcast episodics, 65 major stage productions, over 70 music videos, 3 Television specials, Opera, Dance and about 30 commercials including award winners for DVLA (Derek Van Lint) and the National Exhibition Centre.

These productions won numerous awards between them, including a hat-trick of three Outstanding Film of the Year awards at the London Film Festival, Canada's prestigious Bessie nominations and wins as well as 11 Chicago Jeff nominations for Moby dick, of which it won four. Rumbelow started Renegade with Frank Capra Jr. in 1992.

Click here to visit Steven's personal site and see more of his prolific career.

Anton Brejak began his career in entertainment by single handedly running the day to day operations of Background Players, a top three extras agency located in downtown Toronto. At the same time Anton was auditioning and earning roles in film and television in productions for The Discovery Channel, YTV, Animorphs Production Inc., and The Canadian Film Centre.

Brejak joined Renegade in 2003 beginning with the film Lost Souls. Anton's ambition and motivation propelled him from actor to associate producer to producer in record time. Anton remains an actor with the company as well as providing essential help behind the scenes.

He also volunteers and organizes charity events for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and The Sexually Abused Council of Canada, for which he has received numerous awards for his leadership skills and generosity to humanity. Anton continues his charity work by dressing up as Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny at the McMaster Medical Centre for terminally ill children and seeks to bring smiles and laughs to every child he meets.

Dan Griffin has been around the entertainment industry most of his life. He has performed in Off-Broadway from a young age, was the youngest member of the Barbershop Group, The Golden Chordsmen, and was a national gymnast. He went to the United States Military Academy at West Point for college and was going to make the military a career before being struck by a car while walking. He shifted his focus back to his prior love, and has never looked back.

Griffin was EVP of Acquisitions and Development for Ubiquity Network, and involved with such shows as Surviving Sam, Circle of 8, Midtown, Gotham, Jeckyll and Hyde Presents, Boogie’s Bedtime Stories, The Arena, Grudge Match, Tumblety's, Breakfast in New England, In the Shadow of the Badge, and Silk City. Griffin was very involved with the Connecticut Tax Incentives, and is helping to launch a New Media Hub (which will be like a smaller Netflix).

Dan approached Steven regarding partnering on certain productions and now Steven is an Executive Producer at the Griffin Group as well as directing and producing on various productions on the Griffin slate. They are also working together on an indie SVOD channel that is part of the New Media Hub going through beta launches in 2014.

Rachel Rumbelow is a Graduate of University of Missouri - Kansas City where she studied for two Bachelors in Philosophy and French. She has extensive experience in administration in the entertainment, academic and corporate sectors. She has deep interest in Martial Arts, the development of comparative cultures, stand-up comedy, writing, web development and digital technology.

Rumbelow joined the company in 2005 as Mr. Rumbelow's Executive Assistant and since then she has developed business strategies in order to help transition the company towards its goal to re-establish operations in the United States. She has assisted in the creation and completion of three feature films, 26 episodics and several commercials as well as assisting in developing strategies for Renegade's new slate of films being shot in Louisiana in the near future.

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Since 1969 Philip Shepherd has worked as an actor, director, teacher and writer. His interest in world theatre has often taken him abroad. In his teens he traveled to India and Japan to study Kathakali and Noh respectively. In London, England he was a founding member of the Play Room and also performed with Tavistock Repertory Theatre. In New York he has performed with Linda Mussmann's Time and Space Limited Theatre, and also toured Switzerland and Poland with them. He trained intensively with director Ho Ying Fung, and took his one-man show, Shades, to Hong Kong. He also trained in Denmark with Eugenio Barba's company, and played the lead in Steven Rumbelow's Dr. Faustus in Chicago and Toronto.

For the past fifteen years, Shepherd has been a director of Toronto's Phyzikal Theatre, a company dedicated to the creation of shows that combine classic principles of theatre with avant-garde theatricality. His own playscripts have been performed in Canada, the USA and Hong Kong, and he has written for CBC television. He also co-starred in Strange Justice, a feature film with Mandy Patinkin, Delroy Lindo and Lou Gossette Jr.

Click here to see more of Philip's career including his books and speaking tours.

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Miro has been practicing entertainment law since 2002. Primarily focused on music, Miro's practice also encompasses the areas of film, television, gaming, new media, dance, art and event promotion. His client list includes artists, record labels, music publishers, film and television producers, music producers and on-screen personalities. Since being called to the bar in 2001, Miro has worked for prominent Bay Street law firms, and entertainment law boutique Stohn Abramovitch. He has taught courses in the entertainment business program at the International Academy of Design, and at the Harris Institute for the Arts and is on the board of directors of the Urban Music Association of Canada.

In addition to his legal experience, Miro has been actively involved in the business side of the entertainment industry as a former owner of both a nightclub and an entertainment company. He applies this entrepreneurial background to his legal work, providing clients with strategic business planning as well as legal advice to help them navigate the murky waters of the business of entertainment.

Miro has extensive experience in the negotiation and drafting of agreements covering all areas of the music industry, including recording, publishing, production, management, touring and personality rights. His expertise also extends to film and television in the areas of rights acquisition, rights management, production and distribution, and to dispute resolution.

Miro is currently a partner at Taylor Mitsopulos Klein Oballa (TMKO) in Vancouver, BC.

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Francesca is a very experienced Television Producer who has been producing since 2003 on major Italian productions, special events and series. As a member of the Renegade team she is handling all our Italian Production liaisons and is producing any Italian Co-Production business on the other side of the Atlantic. Francesca will also be joining the production team on upcoming American productions to be filmed in Louisiana.

Chad has worked as a publicist, media and public relations director for the last 15 years. He has also managed independent artists in music, visual and performance arts. He has always been interested in low budget independent filmmaking and understands the change in market conditions since the 2008 crash along with the subsequent divide that opened up between blockbusters and lower budget independents. He has kept abreast of emerging markets in digital sales and understands these unique requirements.

As Production Coordinator for Toronto, Chad will facilitate any administrative and/or production needs that arise for Renegade in Toronto while Renegade carries out it's next slate of films in Louisiana and other locations.