Speaker Jocelyn Hamilton
Jocelyn Hamilton leads all operations for Lionsgate Canada’s television business which includes the strategic planning and day-to-day management of Lionsgate’s television development and production activities in Canada. In her role, she focuses on building and broadening strong relationships with creative talent and Canadian platforms, while overseeing all aspects of the studio’s original slate across all genres.
As Executive Producer, Hamilton has helped bring to life such high-profile projects as Cardinal (CTV/Hulu); Mary Kills People (Lifetime/Global); Nurses (Global/NBC); Private Eyes (Global/ION); Ransom (Corus/CBS); Burden of Truth (CBC/CW); Moonshine (CBC/CW); and The Spencer Sisters (CTV/CW). She also oversees all unscripted content including Billionaire Murders (Crave); Thunder Bay (Crave); Arctic Vets (CBC/Roku); Border Security (Global/Netflix); Project Bakeover (Food Network); Make it to the Moon (Discovery); Chicago Strangler (Discovery+); and Death in the Bayou: The Jennings 8 (Discovery ID).
Hamilton’s current projects include the highly anticipated spin-off of the hit Private Eyes procedural, Private Eyes West Coast (Global/The CW), comedy docu-series Trailer Trash (Amazon Prime Video), Ripple (Netflix), and the third season of hit-series Mistletoe Murders (W Network/Hallmark Channel).
Hamilton has over 35 years of creative, strategic and business experience in the entertainment industry. Prior to Lionsgate Canada, she served as VP, Programming & Original Productions for Corus Entertainment where she was responsible for all content strategies, programming and original productions. She held a number of other key roles over many years at Corus Entertainment, which included overseeing Comedy and Drama original programming for all Corus specialty networks as well as Movie Central and HBO Canada. Hamilton was named to The Hollywood Reporter’s 2024, 2025 and 2026 Most Powerful Women in Canadian Entertainment lists.
Hamilton is on the board of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and Hollywood Suite, was Board Chair for Women in Film and Television for five years. She has won numerous awards over the years including Emmy, Gemini and Canadian Screen awards, and was named the recipient of the 2022 Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) Crystal Award for Outstanding Achievement in Business.
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