Stephen Dunn

Great to talk to you.

Stephen Dunn, one of the directors of the series, is on the line from Toronto.

Hello, Stephen.

Hello.

Thank you for taking the time.

It's been great to have you.

That's Stephen Dunn.

He directed one of the episodes of Below.

And then it sort of happened again a few years later back in Newfoundland.

It was like I went back to Toronto and was working on, you know, a bunch of different stuff, and then it was Stephen Dunn's first feature, um, you know, that I was one of the producers on.

And, uh, you know, again, the budget was, like, bigger than we had ever had before, and we got to do it back home.

Um, and that film, Stephen, you know, I think Stephen's a genius, and h- his, uh, his film took off as well, and it really kind of propelled us to, like, another level.

It's finally out, and we're going to spend a bit of time discussing On this program, talking about that, we've got Perry Chafe and one of the directors coming on the program.

How exciting is that? Stephen Dunn is going to join us because there's a big watch party tonight.

I'll say more about below in a minute because there are a couple of other things I want to mention first before we go to Perry.

You may know, and this is a great thing, that today, earlier today, a Canadian writer, Canadian Anne Carson, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, and well done by her.

And you can see, it's all on the screen.

And a production this ambitious was filmed here, with Newfoundland and Labrador talent in front of the camera.

You know, we had Andy Jones and Martha Picard and Willow Keane and Mary Walsh in the cast, and then Chris Hatcher was producing, and Stephen Dunn, who you're going to be talking to later, directed.

It just shows what our crews can do and what this place can bring to a story when we film here.