About Skywild
Creative excellence and innovative strategy are the pillars of Skywild Pictures. We produce premium, scripted television and film, delivering captivating narratives to audiences worldwide. Based in Toronto, Skywild Pictures was founded by Travis Farncombe, CEO, and Angela Jennings, President. Tom Hastings is Vice-President, Development. This leadership team brings decades of experience in entertainment, and a distinctly innovative business and creative strategy. Skywild Pictures is uniquely positioned to compete in the rapidly changing content industry, with our exceptional corporate stability and entrepreneurial flexibility setting us apart. Collaboration and innovation are at the heart of what we do, and are reflected in our slate of bold, original projects developed with the industry’s top creative talent.
Our Team
Travis Farncombe
CEO
As CEO and founding partner of Skywild Pictures, Travis sets a bold vision for storytelling through exceptional creative content, and establishes the capacity to execute with excellence.
Skywild is founded on the values of creativity and collaboration through the art of scripted narratives, working with the best creative voices in the industry today.
Travis is a writer, producer and executive producer and believes in the power of television and film to delight, transform and transport us.
Angela Jennings
PRESIDENT
As President and founding partner, Angela oversees the company’s stakeholder relations and corporate development, in addition to managing creative, financial and legal strategies, and daily operations. She brings more than 25 years’ experience to her role at Skywild Pictures, having built two thriving independent production companies from the ground up and producing best-in-class hit shows for audiences worldwide. Working in both Canada and the US, Angela has held positions as corporate president, executive producer and showrunner, producing more than 700 hours of blockbuster content created for commissioners across North America and distributed in more than 100 countries globally. She has successfully negotiated long-running partnerships with Amazon Studios and Prime Video, Bell Media, Fremantle, Banijay, Warner Bros Discovery, Corus Entertainment, Rogers Sports and Media and more.
Tom Hastings
VP DEVELOPMENT
Award-winning and well-respected creative executive, Tom joins Skywild Pictures as Vice-President, Development, where his focus is the development and production of all original scripted series and features. Tom brings unparalleled experience creating highly acclaimed, scripted content, including in his prior roles as Head of Original Programming at Paramount+ Canada, Director of Drama at Bell Media, and Creative Head of Drama CBC. Successes under his tenure include international Emmy award nominated series Cardinal (CTV), acclaimed medical procedural Transplant (NBC, Bell Media), as well as Wynonna Earp (Syfy, Space), 19-2 (Bravo, CTV), Being Erica (CBC), and Arctic Air (CBC). With extensive and long-standing relationships in the independent production and literary communities, Tom is well-known and respected amongst top writers, producers, showrunners and agents.
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