Two filmmakers have recently joined the team at Digital Film Group. Wendy Hyman (On the Corner) and Simon Capet (Evirati) are no strangers to Digital Film Group, both having either produced or directed films which have made it to the silver screen via transfer to 35mm by DFG.

wendy hyman  project manager

With over 12 years of professional experience working for American and Canadian television networks and studios, Wendy Hyman has a strong background in both production and finance. In addition to having worked in service production, Wendy has produced for film and television and was the production manager of Lynne Stopkewich's runaway hit Kissed. Wendy also production designed Bruce Sweeny's award winning debut feature Live Bait.

Wendy is the founder of Big Sky Pictures Inc. established in 1996.  She recently produced the successful urban drama On the Corner (Nathaniel Geary). On the Corner has garnished several notable international awards including Top prise at the Cinema Jove International Film Festival, Best Western Canadian Film at The Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada 's Top 10 and Best Canadian Film at the Whistler Film Festival.   Wendy also produced Nathaniel Geary's award winning short film Keys to Kingdoms. (Winner Best short Film at the Vancouver International Film Festival and three Golden Sheaf awards at the Yorkton Film Festival:  Best of the Festival, Best Direction and Best Short Film).  Wendy's talents also reach into the edit suite where she produced and edited the short drama Around About Tuesday .  This film went on to win many awards including but not limited to Best Short fiction Film at the Montreal Film Festival and Best editing at the POV Film Festival.  Global recognized her producing talents and programmed Around About Tuesday as part of their New Producers Series and broadcast it nationally prime time.

Wendy currently has several feature films in development and is working at the Art Institute of Burnaby helping to train Canada 's next generation of filmmakers.

Wendy is a past board member and treasurer of Women in Film and Video Vancouver. Wendy is a member of the BC Branch of the CFTPA, a member of the Academy Of Canadian Cinema And Television , and a member of ACFC and IATSE 891.

Wendy is presently the Project Manager at Digital Film Group. 

simon capet   client care

Originally from England, Capet is part of three generations of classical musicians. "Music was the family trade, and I was also intended to carry the baton -- literally." Capet studied music, specifically conducting, at the Royal College Junior Department, and the Royal Academy of Music. He subsequently held posts as Music Director for the Pegasus Ensemble, Battersea Arts Centre Opera, The Middlesex Philharmonic, and the Harrow Symphony, before moving to Vancouver, Canada, in 1995.

He then became Music Coordinator and Assistant Conductor for Vancouver Opera, and Music Director of the Modern Baroque Opera, which he co-founded. It was in Vancouver, now the third busiest film and TV production centre in North America, that he had the opportunity to consider a change in career.

"Being here, it became increasingly hard for me to concentrate on music when all around me were people making films. When my contract at Vancouver Opera expired, I decided to stay in Vancouver and go to film school."

Capet attended the Vancouver Film School, which subsequently employed him as the administrator for their Acting and Writing programmes. "It was while working for the VFS that I came up with a way to use my new-found filmmaking skills in combination with my experience as a conductor. I would make a short drama about baroque opera. This of course required period costumes, wigs, props, furniture, and the construction of the interior of a baroque opera house. I'm certain that everyone who read my script for 'Evirati' thought I was crazy!" Bonkers or not, Capet preceded to make the half-hour musical drama, and the effort has won much critical and audience acclaim.

At the 2000 Vancouver International Film Festival, Capet received the Telefilm Canada Award for "Best Emerging Director of a Short Film." The jury for this award applauded Capet's approach to art, elegance and beauty. "Evirati".


Simon joins Digital Film Group as the Client Care specialist.