Derek Sewell

Background

About Derek Sewell

Derek Sewell is the co-founder Emeritus of Holiday Films and the Holiday United Group. His passion for constantly adjusting to the needs of the branded content industry in Canada has lead the growth of Holiday Films, Nimble Content, Recess Post and The Cavalry. Establishing this full service content production group know as H.U.G.(Holiday United Group) has opened the door to new partnerships across a variety of business sectors leading to the growth of all the divisions. The ability of this group to respond faster and deliver better value without creative compromise, has proven to be timely and desirable to todays marketers. Prior to the establishment of Holiday Films, Derek had leadership positions in a variety of other leading production companies in Canada. He also spent a period of time producing feature films and served as production supervisor at The Canadian Film Centre mentoring the residents on their graduate productions. Derek served on the board of the Commercial Production Association of Toronto for 14 years. Along with the other board members he was instrumental in establishing many of the production standards that are followed today in Ontario and much of the rest of Canada.