Independent
documentary film production company
based in Toronto
RED TRILLIUM FILMS INC.
In 2018 Director and Writer Andrew Gregg partnered with Independent Producer Deborah Parks to become owners of 'Red Trillium Films Inc'. They then produced their first Documentary Film for CBC's, 'The Nature of Things' called 'First Animals'. This film was broadcast on October 25, 2019, with the participation of the Royal Ontario Museum.
'Bug Sex' (it's complicated) their third documentary film is premiered March 10, 2023 on CBC' s Nature of Things. It was filmed in North/South America and Hawaii.
'Skymaster Down', a feature length documentary, is their second film together is now completed and was broadcast in Canada on CBC's Documentary Channel. It was filmed in Canada's Yukon and locations in the United States and Australia.
FILMOGRAPHY
Andrew Gregg
Skymaster Down: The Doc Channel
Director: Andrew Gregg Producer Deborah Parks
The First Animals: CBC The Nature of Things
Director: Andrew Gregg Producer Deborah Parks
Skinhead: CBC Docs POV Director: Andrew Gregg
Secrets From the Ice: CBC The Nature of Things
Director: Andrew Gregg
The Tea Explorer: The Doc Channel
Director: Andrew Gregg
The Brain’s Way of Healing: CBC Nature of Things
Director: Andrew Gregg
Imagining Canada: The Doc Channel
Director: Andrew Gregg
Franklin’s Lost Ships: CBC Nature of Things/
PBS NOVA/CH 4 Director: Andrew Gregg
State of Incarceration: CBC Doc Zone
Director: Andrew Gregg
Wind Rush: CBC Doc Zone Director: Andrew Gregg
The Norse: An Arctic Mystery CBC Nature
of Things/NRK Director: Andrew Gregg
Act Two: Rogers/Citytv Director: Andrew Gregg
We Will Remember Them: CBC
Director: Andrew Gregg
Geologic Journey 2: The Collision Zon
CBC/National Geographic/Discovery Science
Director: Andrew Gregg
Geologic Journey 2: Tectonic Europe
CBC/National Geographic/Discovery
Science Director: Andrew Gregg
Tattoo Odyssey: Bravo/Smithsonian/
The Doc Channel
Director: Andrew Gregg
The Adventurers Series: CBC, Arte
Director: Andrew Gregg
• The Last Nomads
• The Everlasting Oasis
• A Story Told in Stone
• The Lost People of the Baja
Deborah Parks
A Kandahar Away: Kitab Film Productions
Producers Aisha Jamal / Deborah Parks
Lowdown Tracks: Bishari Film Productions
Producers: Shelley Saywell / Deborah Parks
Life With Murder: John Kastner Productions/NFB
Producers: John Kastner/Deborah Parks/
Silva Basmajian (NFB)
Out of Mind, Out of Sight: John Kastner
Productions/NFB Producers: John Kastner/
Deborah Parks/Silva Basmajian (NFB)
'NCR' Not Criminally Responsible
John Kastner Productions / NFB
Producers: John Kastner/Deborah Parks/
Silva Basmajian (NFB)
Out of the Fire: Bishari Film Productions
Producers: Shelley Saywell / Deborah Parks
Crimes of Honour: Bishari Film Productions
Written and directed by Shelley Saywell
Producers: Shelley Saywell/Deborah Parks
In The Name of The Family: Bishari Film
Productions Producers: Shelley Saywell/
Deborah Parks
Running Guns (AKA Devil’s Bargain):
Bishari Film Productions
Narrated by: Kiefer Sutherland
Producers: Shelley Saywell/Deborah Parks
40 Year Secret: Dundas Productions
Producers: Mary Anne Alton/Deborah Parks
Hamas, Behind The Mask: Bishari Film
Productions Producers: Shelley Saywell/
Deborah Parks
Martyr Street: Bishari Film Productions
Producers: Shelley Saywell /Deborah Parks
Angry Girls: Bishari Film Productions
Producers: Shelley Saywell/Deborah Parks
A Childs Century of War: Bishari Film
Productions Narrated by: Christopher Plummer
Producers: Shelley Saywell/Deborah Parks
IMAGE GALLERY
A selection of images from our life of documentary film making
 Andrew GreggAndrew Gregg Writer/Director/Film Maker on location in Norway - during the filming of 'Franklin'. (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |  Deborah ParksDeborah Parks - Producer and Film Maker |  The Desert - S Eastern EgyptEgyptian Desert - Aswan Egypt - 1988 The Film: 'Shahira'. The story of an Egyptian anthropologist who discovers a nomadic tribe displaced by flooding of their ancestral land by Abdul Nassers's 'High Aswan Dam' in the 1960's. (courtesy Bishari Films) |  Deb Parks/Shelley SaywellDeborah Parks DOP and Director Shelley Saywell, Director on location - Egypt during filming of 'Shahira' 1988 (courtesy Bishari Films) |  Deborah ParksDeborah Parks on Location with Canadian War Veterans Near the Menin Gate Ypres, Belgium, 2014. (Deborah Parks) |
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 Director Andrew GreggOn location 'The Tea Explorer' 2017 (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |  On Location - SkinheadOn location during the filming of 'Skinhead' 2017 (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |  Skull On Rock FieldScene from 'Franklin'. Skull is now identified as belonging to John Gregory who was an engineer on board HMS Erebus during Franklin's fateful expedition. (Courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) 1995 |  Busker in AlleywayDeborah Parks - On location in Toronto during filming of 'Lowdown Tracks' (courtesy Bishari Films) 2018 |  'Woody''Woody' - a street musician, a main character of the film 'Lowdown Tracks' 2015 (courtesy Bishari Films) |
 Railyard GhostsImage from the Film Lowdown Tracks - 'The Railyard Ghosts' perform on the streets of Toronto. 2018 (courtesy Bishari Films) |  MaryanneMaryanne - street musician a main character performing on Toronto Street during filming of 'Lowdown Tracks' 2018 (courtesy Bishari Films) |  'The Tea Explorer'Scene from the 'Tea Explorer' - Andrew Gregg, Director (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |  Secrets From the IceAndrew Gregg, Michael Grippo, Mike Josslyn on location during filming of 'Secrets From The ice'. 2017 (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |  Andrew Gregg - BorneoTattoo Odyssey (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |
 Andrew Gregg - DirectorOn Location during filming of 'last Nomads' in Borneo - Penan Family 2017 (courtesy (90th Parallel Productions) |  Andrew Gregg, Alex ColvillePhoto during the shooting of the film 'Studio: the life and times of Alex Colville' |  Ted Parks CD, CSC - RCAFWO Ted Parks - RCAF Cinematographer and director (1929-1997) Deborah's father and the inspiration that led her to a career in film making - image -1957 |  'Talk 16' Deborah Parks DOPSome of the crew including cinematographer Deborah Parks shooting the film 'Talk 16' 1991 Toronto |  US Embassy TehranAndrew Gregg in front of US Embassy in Tehran |
 The Tea ExplorerScene from summit of an Himalayan Pass during filming of ' The Tea Explorer 2017 (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |  South Egypt -'Shahira'Taking a break in the back of our Toyota during the filming of 'Shahira'. 1988 (courtesy Bishari Films) |  Ravine-Rosdedale Lowdown TracksFilming of an impromptu concert and pot luck dinner with young buskers in Toronto's Rosedale Ravine. From the film - 'Lowdown Tracks' 2018 (courtesy Bishari Films) |  'First Canadian Astronaut'Image from the Documentary Film 'The First Canadian Astronaut' - Marc Garneau. The film begins as recruiting ads for astronauts are placed in newspapers across Canada, and then follows Garneau from the time he was one of the nineteen finalists to the last days of the shuttle countdown in 1984. Deborah Parks was camera assistant for cinematographer John Walker. |  Yachiro MuiraThe Man Who Skied Down Everest' Japanese daredevil Yuichiro Miura's 1970 effort to ski down the world's tallest mountain. Miura's trek to the top of Everest provides much of story. 1975 (courtesy Crawley Films) |
 Film 'Kim's Story''Kim's Story' - the 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Kim Phuc became world-famous as a result of a press photograph. She is seen fleeing naked and severely burned, after her village had been bombed with napalm by American Forces during the Vietnam War. The film is an update and account of that story with Kim Phuc who now resides in Canada. (courtesy Bishari Films) |  Illegal Arms Trade - AfricaRussian Antonov aircraft of infamous gun runners land on remote airstrips throughout Africa to deliver small arms to the highest bidder. 'Devil's Bargain' (Running Guns) (courtesy Bishari Films) |  Kandahar, Saskatchewan'A Kandahar Away' Members of Canada's Army reserve practice combat for Afghanistan style warfare during manoevers in and around Kandahar, Saskatchewan (in 2014). 'A Kandahar Away' 2019 (courtesy Kitab Productions) |  Big Quill, SaskatchewanBeautiful sunset on Big Quill Lake, Saskatchewan during the filming of 'A Kandahar Away'. 2019 (courtesy Kitab Productions) |  A Kandahar AwayPersonal photo from Abdul Jamal (the main character) showing the game 'Buzkashi' being played on the outskirts of Kabul during the 1970's - Film 'A Kandahar Away 2019 (courtesy Kitab Productions) |
 'A Kandahar Away'On Location on tracks outside Kandahar Saskatchewan during filming of 'A Kandahar Away' The big grain and passenger trains no longer stop here and haven't for many years. 2019 (courtesy Kitab Productions) |  Abdul Jamal - 'A Kandahar Away'Abdul Jamal - pensive while having coffee at the local bakery in Wynyard, Saskatchewan during filming of ' A Kandahar Away' 2018 (courtesy Kitab Productions) |  Crew - First AnimalsCameraman struggling among Geologist team across the steep incline in BC's Kootenay Range during the filming of 'First Animals' 2019 (Red Trillium Films) |  Tokkum Creek - First AnimalsThe terrain in the Kootenays and the elevation proved challenging for the production crew, scientists and geologists working on the site of ancient fossil beds 2019 (Red Trillium Films) |  Ellie/Maryam ROM Lab - First AnimalsCataloguing and analyzing recent fossil samples from the' Burgess Shale' fossil deposits, at the Royal Ontario Museum. 2019 (Red Trillium Films) |
 Dr. Jean Bernard Caron ROMDr. Jean Bernard Caron examining fossil remains in a scene from 'First Animals - Kootenay Range 2018 (Red Trillium Films) |  Splitting Shale for FossilsGeologists and Paleontologist split rock to reveal fossil remains of Cambrian life on earth 2019 (Red Trillium Films) |  Andrew GreggOn location at Rampart House in the Yukon during filming of 'Canada -A People's History (courtesy CBC) |  Secrets From The IceMelting valley in scene from 'Secrets from the Ice' 2017 (courtesy 90th Parallel Productions) |