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February 7, 2024

Forty Under 40 Award winner Q&A: Arielle Boisvert

BIV is recognizing Arielle Boisvert, partner and executive vice-president of production at Brightlight Pictures, and 39 other exceptional business leaders as part of the 2023 Forty Under 40 Awards cohort.

Forty Under 40 Award winner Q&A: Arielle Boisvert

Feb 7, 2024

Vancouver company notches big milestone in competitive TV/film industry

Brightlight Pictures chairman Shawn Williamson’s Burnaby office isn’t bursting with reminders of two decades of showbiz success.

Sep 10, 2021

‘Monster High 2’ Scares Up Ratings Victory For Nickelodeon

Monster High 2 premiered on Thursday, ranking as the time slots No. 1 cable program among kids ages 2-11. Because of that, Nickelodeon also managed a double-digit live + same-day ratings increase in the kids demo year-over-year (33% among the 2-11 crowd and 25% for ages 6-11).

Oct 10, 2023

January 11, 2019

Valley of the Boom' glitches in portrait of Silicon Valley's busts

"Valley of the Boom" provides a fascinating, timely history lesson in misguided, utterly off-putting fashion. Simply put, a series that spends lots of time talking about initial public offerings and raking in billions doesn't come close to making the sale. [...]

January 11, 2019

'Valley of the Boom': TV Review

National Geographic finally gets its mashup of fiction and documentary to work winningly with this entertaining six-part series on the wild early-1990s tech boom. [...]

July 26, 2018

Advanced screening of Vancouver-shot film to help save the Rio Theatre

Brightlight Pictures The horror film SUMMER OF '84 is will be screening at the Rio Theatre with all the proceeds from ticket sales going towards the campaign to save the iconic Vancouver landmark.

March 29, 2016

Speaking Hollywood with Shawn Williamson

Shawn Williamson might not be a household name, but many of his projects come close: Wayward Pines, White Noise, Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, and a little film that spawned an international incident with a hot-tempered dictator, 2014’s The Interview.

September 10, 2001

Flashing Brightlight

'Wedding's' Hegyes launches Vancouver banner

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Forty Under 40 Award winner Q&A: Arielle Boisvert

Forty Under 40 Award winner Q&A: Arielle Boisvert

Vancouver company notches big milestone in competitive TV/film industry

‘Monster High 2’ Scares Up Ratings Victory For Nickelodeon

Valley of the Boom' glitches in portrait of Silicon Valley's busts

'Valley of the Boom': TV Review

Advanced screening of Vancouver-shot film to help save the Rio Theatre

Speaking Hollywood with Shawn Williamson

Flashing Brightlight