raymond yakeleya

Raymond Yakeleya is an award winning Dene television Producer, Director and Writer. Raymond is originally from Tulita (formally Fort Norman) in the central Northwest Territories. For the last 18 years, he's called Edmonton his home.

Raymond has over 30 years in the television industry. The documentary films he has made with Bill have been selected for showing at festivals around the world including the John Grierson Film Festival, the Robert Faherty Festival and the Margaret Mead Film Festival, as well as the Museum of the American Indian in New York and the British Museum of Mankind in London. He has won national and international awards for his work.

Raymond received his photography and advanced television production at the Banff School of Fine Arts and attended the University of Southern California summer cinema program in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

In 1979, Raymond and Bill produced, for CBC, their first award winning documentary together titled We Remember and in 1981 produced and directed The Last Mooseskin Boat, also an award winner, for the National Film Board. Since 1998, Raymond and Bill have produced four national television series and are currently in production of their fifth.

Raymond has always believed that Canada’s Native people need to have a voice in mainstream media in order to tell our People’s stories, our way. With the passing of many of our Elders, the telling of these stories has become more important.

bill stewart

Bill Stewart is a Producer, Writer, and Director based in Edmonton. He has over 35 years experience in the film and television industry. The documentary films he has made have been selected for showing at festivals around the world, including the John Grierson Film Festival, the Robert Flaherty Festival and the Margaret Mead Film Festival, as well as the Museum of the American Indian in New York and the British Museum of Mankind in London.

As Film and Video Producer for the Government of the Northwest Territories he produced, wrote and directed over a hundred film and video productions, winning national and international awards including two Gabriel Awards, a Red Ribbon at the American Film and Video Festival and a Gemini Award. Bill spent eight years as Senior Film and Video Consultant for Alberta Culture, developing programs of support for film and video makers through the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. He was one of the creators of the groundbreaking Canada/Alberta Cultural Industries Agreement.
Bill holds the degree of Master of the Arts from the School of Film and Television, Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
Bill and Raymond made their first documentary together , We Remember, for CBC in 1979 and went on to make The Last Mooseskin Boat with NFB in 1981. They have been working together in Earth Magic Media since 1999.

carol chapelski

Carol Chapelski is Earth Magic Media's Production Coordinator. Carol joined Earth Magic Media in 2004 and has over 12 years of experience in the television industry. Carol has worked across Canada in Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Sparwood, BC, working in the oil and gas and construction industry. She is highly skilled in project management, research, copyright, marketing, accounting and human resources.