Tyson Hepburn

Tyson Hepburn is a Vancouver-based Television creator, director and producer. He is also an Executive Producer at Mayhem Entertainment.[1][2][3][4]

Tyson Hepburn
NationalityCanadian
OccupationTelevision creator, director, producer
Known forMayhem Entertainment
Notable work
Pyros, Jacked! and Cold Water Cowboys
Websitemayhemtv.ca

Career

Tyson's career has mainly focused on Documentaries and Reality television productions in which he has contributed as creator, director as well as producer.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Pyros,[11][12] Jacked! and Cold Water Cowboys[13][14] are few of the most notable TV series created by Hepburn. Cold Water Cowboys, a series about the struggle of Newfoundland fishermen received the highest ratings ever as a Discovery Channel premiere. The series was distributed by Netflix internationally.[15][16][17][18] On the other hand, Pyros was aired in more than 120 countries.[19][20][21]

Hepburn worked with his school friend, John Driftmier, to develop the series Dangerous Flights and Cold Water Cowboys. The presented the latter to Paperny Entertainment in January, 2013. However, in a month, Driftmier lost his life in a plane crash while filming the show Dangerous Flights making these shows their final collaboration.[22][23][24][25] Hepburn continued Newfoundland in April soon to start filming and complete the show.[26]

Since then, Tyson formed Mayhem Entertainment with producing partner Matt Shewchuck and created ‘Rust Valley Restorers’ together in 2017.[27][28] The series has gone on to become a global hit on History Channel Canada and Netflix International. In early 2020, the series garnered a nomination for the Canadian Screen Awards.[29][30][31]

Television series

References

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  2. https://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/entertainment/history-channel-s-rust-valley-restorers-filmed-in-tappen-features-cars-and-personality-1.23517940
  3. https://cineflix.com/news/cineflix-rights-signs-first-look-development-deal-with-mayhem-entertainment/
  4. https://realscreen.com/2018/09/07/cineflix-rights-strikes-first-look-deal-with-mayhem-entertainment/
  5. https://tbivision.com/2018/09/07/cineflix-signs-first-look-deal-with-mayhem-entertainment/
  6. https://tva.onscreenasia.com/2018/09/cineflix-rights-strikes-first-look-deal-with-mayhem-entertainment/
  7. https://www.tricitynews.com/news/new-reality-tv-show-looking-for-tri-city-problem-pooches-1.23775829
  8. https://playbackonline.ca/2019/12/18/playback-winter-2019-best-of-the-year/
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  10. https://entreterse.com.br/ficha-tecnica-restauradores-de-rust-valley-1a-temporada-original-netflix-34874/
  11. Allen, Jessica (April 21, 2012). "'Pyros' lights up night skies". Macleans. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  12. "Pyros". Discovery Science. Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  13. "Cold Water Cowboys" (in Dutch). nieuwdezeweek.nl. Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  14. Inga kommentarer (2017-03-25). "Cold Water Cowboys" (in Swedish). flixfilmer.se. Archived from the original on 2017-11-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  15. Laura Friesen (2015-01-14). "Canadian Screen Award nominations: 19 projects from 18 alumni". National Screen Institute. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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  17. "Lots of high-fives". lportepilot.ca. 2015-01-13. Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  18. "Canadian Screen Awards '15: TV categories". Playback. 2015-01-13. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
  19. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2828710/
  20. http://www.mayhemtv.ca/
  21. https://decider.com/2019/08/23/rust-valley-restorers-netflix-stream-it-or-skip-it/
  22. "TV doc cameraman, director John Driftmier dies at 30". CBC News. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  23. "John Driftmier Dead: Calgary Filmmaker Killed In Kenya Plane Crash Filming Dangerous Flights". Huffington Post. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  24. "Canadian director of 'Ice Pilots' John Driftmier dies in plane crash". Toronto Sun. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  25. "Preliminary Air Accident Investigation Report for 5Y-LWF" (PDF), Air Accident Investigation Department, Kenya Ministry of Transportation, 2013-03-23, retrieved 2014-01-12
  26. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/rocking-the-boat-with-tvs-cold-water-cowboys/article17022636/
  27. https://cineflix.com/news/cineflix-rights-signs-first-look-development-deal-with-mayhem-entertainment/
  28. https://realscreen.com/2018/09/07/cineflix-rights-strikes-first-look-deal-with-mayhem-entertainment/
  29. "Rust Valley Restorers star Mike Hall can't resist a car cadaver". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  30. "'Rust Valley Restorers' on Netflix: Canada's Car-Flipping Series Comes to Netflix". Decider. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  31. Atad, Corey. "The Rust Bros. Are Back To 'Shake Things' Up In 'Rust Valley Restorers' Season 2 Trailer". Entertainment Today Canada. Entertainment Today. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
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