Lioz Bouganin

Lioz Bouganin is an award-winning film and television producer and writer. Lioz’s programs have aired on several networks including CBC, Rogers, YesTV, SCN and APTN. Lioz is the producer and co-writer of the popular children’s animated series, Louis Says, which airs in Canada on APTN, Citytv and YesTV. Winner of Golden Sheaf for Best Children’s & Youth Production, Louis Says is available on a number of streaming platforms including Lumi and YouTube. Other recent projects include the animated mini-series Sonny’s World which aired on CityTv as well as executive producing the TeleFilm funded feature film Mercy which had its world premiere at the 2020 Whistler Film Festival.

His documentary credits include the documentary series Reclaiming Our Education and People that Changed Lives (APTN, SCN) and the films Jim Brady: In the Footsteps of the Metis Leader (APTN, SCN) and Under the Skin: Drugs, Dreams and Demons (CBC, SCN) for which Lioz won the prestigious Golden Sheaf Best of Saskatchewan award.

Lioz continues to develop film and TV projects in a variety of genres including feature film, scripted series, animation, and factual entertainment through his Regina-based entertainment company, Landslide Entertainment. The company is committed to diversity and gender equality as many of their shows are led by women and BIPOC individuals in key creative positions. Current productions include two animated series, Indigrams (APTN, CMF) and Max Velocity (CMF, Shaw Rocket Fund) with co-producer Arcana Studio. Lioz represents his company in markets all over the world.

Recently he was a part of Team Canada Trade Mission to South Korea where he met with leading local audiovisual companies. Lioz is the former president and current board member of SMPIA (Saskatchewan Media Production Industry Association). He is a University of Regina alumnus having graduated with distinction from the faculty of Media, Arts and Performance. He is also a member of Youth Media Alliance (YMA) and a voting member of the Academy.