Speaker Ariel Yang
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Ariel Yang is a people-first Film and TV Producer. She is a Creative Producer at premier comedy studio, New Metric Media, known for TV comedies Letterkenny (Crave/Hulu), Shoresy (Crave/Hulu), Children Ruin Everything (CTV/Roku/CW), and Bria Mack Gets A Life (Crave). She leads a full slate of both live-action and adult animated comedy series in development.
As an Independent Producer, her credits include the musical comedy feature film, Mother Of All Shows, starring Wendie Malick (Young Sheldon, Hot In Cleveland), which premiered at the 2024 Kingston Canadian Film Festival and the hit digital series Gay Mean Girls, nominated for several Canadian Screen Awards, now streaming on KindaTV.
She is a former Content Executive at Warnermedia for Cartoon Network and the key organizer for CN Imagination Studios, a creator-focused talent development initiative. A graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University's RTA School of Media, Ariel started her career at VisionTV in programming, video editing for Channel Zero's digital brand Chart Attack, and independently produced a Toronto music documentary short, Untold Noise, which is free to watch on YouTube.
Speaking on: Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum #1 Scripted Comedy
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