Devan Towers is a practicing lawyer, called to the Manitoba Bar in 1994, and has represented film and multi-media clients in contract negotiations and the development, financing, production, exploitation and protection of intellectual property.

Prior to her call, Devan worked in the film and television industry as a production accountant before taking on administrative positions for commercial production companies.  In 1984 she worked for the Province of Manitoba and designed programs in support of various sectors in the cultural industries, including film, publishing and sound recording.  Devan was instrumental in setting up the film office for the Province of Manitoba, presently Manitoba Film and Music, where she was the Film Financial Officer, the Film Officer/Film Commissioner and the Executive Program Co-ordinator responsible for all film and sound recording programs, respectively.  During this period of time, she represented the Province on various provincial, national and international committees in the cultural industries.  Additionally, Devan has worked as a policy analyst for the Province, provided consulting services to federal and provincial organizations and many private production companies and from 1992 to 1994 she was the Executive Director of the then Manitoba Motion Picture Industries Association (MMPIA) (currently called On Screen Manitoba). 

From 1994 to September, 2013, Devan was in private practice with Taylor McCaffrey, LLP in Winnipeg, MB., where she was a partner for the last 7 years of her practice, and where, in addition to her corporate commercial practice, she provided services to clients from the film, music and publishing industries, including producers, artists, writers, distributors and lending institutions.  In 2004, she took a sojourn from private practice for 2 years and worked with Original Pictures Inc. as Executive Producer on A Bear Named Winnie, an international co-production with Powercorp TV, and spent 2005 as Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Original Pictures where she assisted in setting up development and production systems, specifically providing services for the Global/ABC Family series Falcon Beach. 

Devan joined Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc. in 2013 as their Senior Vice-President.  During this time, she has been executive producer on many productions, including on a 22 one-hour episode series entitled The Pinkertons and a treaty animation feature film currently entitled Ozzy.

Devan is on the Board of Directors of The Non-Defensive Voice Inc. (Canada), The Non-Defensive Voice International Inc. (US), and the Gimli Film Festival Inc.  

Devan is recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Entertainment Law.

Liz Jarvis joined Buffalo Gal Pictures in 1995 and has contributed to the company as a producer, production executive, production and post supervisor, and assistant director. Her first feature as a producer, SEVEN TIMES LUCKY, a film by Gary Yates, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.  Most recently, Liz was supervising producer for Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s critically-acclaimed feature THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, which premiered at Sundance 2015, opened the Berlinale Forum, and won the Toronto Film Critics’ Association Best Canadian Film of 2015.   Additionally, Liz co-produced with Jonas Chernik the feature BOREALIS, starring up-and-comer Joey King and directed by Sean Garrity as well as CIUDADES DESIERTAS, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, co-produced with Mexican director-producer Roberto Sneider.   

Liz co-produced the US-Canada-Kuwait co-production AMREEKA, a film by Cherien Dabis, which premiered at Sundance 2009, and screened at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, winning the FIPRESCI Critics' Prize. Liz also co-produced HIGH LIFE, a film by Gary Yates starring Timothy Olyphant, which premiered at Panorama, Berlin 2009. In 2007 Liz collaborated with writer-director Kari Skogland to produce the feature film THE STONE ANGEL, starring Ellen Burstyn, based on the beloved novel by Margaret Laurence.   

Currently Vice President of Post Production at Buffalo Gal Pictures, Liz is also actively involved as a mentor for upcoming filmmakers, and is a consultant for On Screen Manitoba. 

Jen Beasley brings a wealth of experience in a multitude of fields to her present-day endeavours. A WGC-nominated Canadian writer with comedy and drama television as well as web-based screenwriting credits to her name, Jen has been active in the film communities in both Toronto and Winnipeg for almost two decades. Following a ten-year stint as an assistant cameraperson with various film and television productions (during which she learned the lay of the land when it comes to effective script structure) and before that as both an elementary and high school teacher (during which she learned the effectiveness of time-outs) Jen segued into the television story department, beginning with the Showcase comedy BILLABLE HOURS.

Upon graduating from the Canadian Film Centre’s Prime Time Television Program in 2009, Jen was hired as story coordinator on the award-winning LESS THAN KIND, studying comedy from no less than The Kids in the Hall’s Mark McKinney. Her co-written script for the finale of the second season was nominated for a 2011 Writers Guild of Canada Comedy Writing Award. From there she went on to work as a story editor for Season Four of the acclaimed series. Subsequent work included screenwriting credits on such series as Showcase’s CRA$H & BURN and CBC’s MEN WITH BROOMS as well as story editing on a number of Toronto-based projects in development.

In addition to her position in various television story departments, Jen was also employed as Creative Development/Project Manager for Paquin Entertainment Group in Winnipeg, during which time she penned their associated company Koba Entertainment’s live theatrical touring production of Mike The Knight, based upon the popular Treehouse children’s series.

As a Prodution Executive at Buffalo Gal Pictures, Jen was integral to both the development and production divisions and is adept at shepherding a project from the initial stages through financing to delivery.

In the fall of 2017, Jen was named Buffalo Gal Pictures' Head of Development, and currenlty oversees the company's diverse feature and television slate. 

In addition to the above, Jen has gained a strong online following detailing the precocious exploits and utterings of her 5-year- old in the popular blog “Mom Gives Me Scotch” and plans to retire on the proceeds from the book deal when it happens.

Drew Scurfield is a recent honours degree graduate from the Film Studies program at the University of Manitoba where he studied under Guy Maddin. Though he graduated in 2016, Drew has been with Buffalo Gal since May 2014, working both on set and in the production office.

In 2014 and 2015 Drew worked as a Script Coordinator for the Roger’s primetime sketch series “Sunnyside” airing on CityTV, working closely with established Canadian comedy writers. Following Sunnyside, Drew was offered a position as a writer for Buffalo Gal’s Original Content division under Jeff Beesley, where they conceive and create original film and television scripts for production. Drew also works as an in-house publicity coordinator, shooting and editing Electronic Press Kits. When Drew is not writing, shooting, or editing, he works in development, reading and evaluating incoming scripts for production.