Courage in Red is a 13-part television documentary that details many aspects of crime that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police must contend with on a daily basis. Each 30 minute episode focuses on a certain aspect of the RCMP such as training at the RCMP Academy, Depot Division in Regina, frontline police work, the Emergency Response Team, canine unit, and VIP protection among others.
The show aired on OLN from November 1 to December 13, 2009 and aired on SCN from February 23 to May 21, 2010.
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Colin McKeown
Executive Producer & Director
Colin McKeown served for 20 years as a Canadian Naval officer and has lengthy experience in both peacekeeping and joint warfare operations. After leaving the military he became a TV producer, and is responsible for documentary series such as Truth Duty Valour and The New Fly Fisher. He is Executive Producer of the new highly anticipated series Courage in Red and the military series Combat Forces. Colin earned Honors degrees in both History and Political Science at Dalhousie University.
Jessica Webb
Producer
Jessica was born and raised in the Ottawa area, attended Carleton University for Political Science and graduated from Algonquin College's Television Broadcasting program. Following graduation she became the Production Manager for the successful fourth season of Truth Duty Valour seen on the Outdoor Life Network. She is now the Producer of the ground-breaking documentary series Courage In Red which gives Canadians unprecedented access into the inner workings of the RCMP.
Marie-Josée Houle
Director/Writer
Marie-Josée has an honours BA in Communication as well as a BA in Theatre from the University of Ottawa. She has worked for several years as a freelancer in the television and media industries, most notably as a Director and Writer for three episodes of Truth Duty Valour. Outside of the JenCor family she has had the opportunity to work as Script Supervisor on a French drama for pre-teens, travel to Mexico while working as Coordinator on a wedding show, work for the New Media department at Radio-Canada, as well as other media relations branches of the federal government. She has a notable theatrical background having studied acting and theatre since the age of 12.
Laurie-Anne Smith
Director/Writer
Laurie-Anne worked on the popular military show Truth Duty Valour for four seasons as Writer and Director. She has also produced and co-hosted shows for various media outlets including The Discovery Channel, Rogers Sportsnet and CTV. LA holds an honours bachelor's degree in Journalism, and has practiced print, radio and broadcast journalism. In her spare time she works on screenplays, and documentaries about world issues.
Katie Tallo
Director/Writer
Katie is a graduate of Carleton University and Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a BA in Film and English and a Diploma in Television Broadcasting. Katie owned her own production company for over a decade where she was an award-winning Producer, Writer and Director of more than fifty half-hours of network television. Highlights include writing and directing four national TV series and two movies. Katie has won support from The Canada Council for the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council and Telefilm Canada. Her work has screened at film festivals around the world and received international distribution. Since 2005, Katie has been freelance directing for numerous independent producers, as well as consulting for government and private sector clients on media, marketing and communications. Katie joined the Truth Duty Valour team in the spring of 2007 and directed six episodes over two successful seasons.
Matt West
Director/Writer/Editor
Matt has directed and edited over 400 episodes of television seen in over 80 countries, including the Gemini nominated Great Canadian Food Show, Cook Like a Chef and an unprecedented 104 episodes of License to Grill. After a season of Design U, Matt directed the smash hit Junk Brothers and directed the first season of Dig In for HGTV US. His latest short The Funeral... Again has won acclaim from Hollywood's Dances With Films festival, the Strasbourg International Film Festival and won "Best Canadian Short Film" from the Prince Edward Island International Film Festival.
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