Stephen Paniccia

Business Affairs 

Stephen Paniccia has been working in the film and television industry since 1997 when he graduated from the Vancouver Film School, where upon completion he joined Forefront Entertainment as their Assistant to the Executive in Charge of Production.   While at Forefront Stephen worked on the CBC Drama, “These Arms of Mine” and with a solid background in finance and accounting, soon became the Production Supervisor on the International Emmy winning children’s series, “The Magician’s House” for CTV and the BBC.  

Since then, Stephen has worked with numerous independent film and television production companies both in Vancouver and Toronto in a variety of roles from Production Manager and Producer to the Vice President of Business Affairs at Amaze Film and Television and Portfolio Entertainment.  While at Amaze, Stephen was involved in financing the feature film, “Saint Ralph” which was nominated for Best Picture at the 2006 Genie Awards. 

Stephen graduated from the University of Windsor with an Honors Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting and Theatre.  He earned his Certified Management Accounting (CMA) designation in 2003.