Andrew Nisker
FOUNDER - BFA(Hon.) York University
Hi, my name is Andrew Nisker, and I make films to inspire people to take action and revolutionize the way we treat the environment and ourselves.
My mentor, the late Bob Hunter (Co-Founder of Greenpeace), said that “The revolution starts at home.”
Taking Bob’s words to heart, I founded Take Action Films and set out to make films that could help make environmentalism more accessible. Over the last ten years I’ve written, directed, and produced almost a dozen feature documentaries with a focus on social-environmental issues.
I’ve made a bunch of appearances in the media to share the message, featured on CBC News, MTV, and in pieces by The Atlantic, Now Magazine, POV Magazine, The Beam, Samaritan Magazine, and The Hollywood Reporter. In 2014, I was even lucky enough to get invited to hold my own TEDx Talk at the University of Toronto to share my efforts in “making the invisible visible.”
Iain robinson
CREATIVE PRODUCER - BFA(Hon.) Toronto Metropolitan University
Iain is an honors graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University where his focus in film school was on cinematography and motion graphic design.
He has always been a total nerd when it comes to emerging media formats, camera theory, motion graphics, editing techniques, and basically anything to do with digital filmmaking.
Over the last 25 years Iain has filmed and edited hundreds of projects around the world including feature documentaries, music videos, commercials, and animations.
He has worked with Andrew for over 10 years shooting all of his movies, creating motion graphics and managing post production workflow.
Above all, Iain loves the challenge of filming in crazy environments. From the tops of mountains, dense jungle, deserts and even the bottom of oceans, his keen eye as a DOP has earned him recognition from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers, Technicolour Canada and William F. White.
Nadia Sandhu
PRODUCER
Nadia has produced a full season of The Ashlee Monroe Show, a weekly late night talk show that she sold to Fox, a short retrospective Marshall McLuhan at 100 and the pilot for a currently in pre-production, retro styled dramatic series Fireplace Theatre Presents, where public domain classics are revisited and reimagined with an Elwy Yost meets Giorgio Moroder flair. Nadia is also particularly proud of producing a short profile doc which was screened at a political leadership convention and trended on twitter for its sensitive portrayal of a true Canadian Immigrant success story.
Nadia has been putting her production side skills to good use taking on business affairs work on the series Friday Night Thunder 3 & 4 (APTN) and One Dish One Spoon 2 (APTN) for Big Soul Productions and working closely with prolific up and coming creator Ryan Wilson Cooper (Playback’s 10 to Watch) on his full slate of projects. Nadia has also joined the writers on YouTube Star Jus Reign and Pier 21’s upcoming CBC Series Late Bloomer providing Punjabi language dialogue translations.
In another lifetime, Nadia was ahead of the curve, blogging about rom coms for Entertainment Maven a Toronto based film webzine from 2010 to 2012.
Sabrina Lorie
JUNIOR PRODUCER - BA (Hon.) Queen's University, Postgraduate Certificate Humber College
Sabrina graduated from Queen's University with honours in 2021, where she majored in Film and Media Studies. In 2023, she completed Humber College's Postgraduate Certificate in Television Writing & Producing.
Before she joined the Take Action Films team, Sabrina worked as a Location Support Personnel, Set Production Assistant, and Office Production Assistant on various short films, features and television series (she was also a Background Actor in one of them)!
Mandy Kane
PRODUCTION MANAGER - BA (Hon.)University of Toronto, Media Arts Sheridan College.
Mandy loves stories and helping people tell them. In her first time around in the Toronto film scene, she worked as a Office PA, Camera Assistant and Locations Assistant in scripted.
During a mid-career change, Mandy moved to the marketing department of Tilley Endurables where she told that company’s story for many years. During the same time, Mandy earned a double Major in Environmental Policy and Geography at University of Toronto.
In another career change, Mandy took her passion for helping people tell stories back to the film world, working as a Production Manager at Fathom Films and Expendables Manager at William F. Whites before (finally!) combining her environmental degree with her love of storytelling and joining the team at Take Action Films.