Teresa M. Ho
04/27/22 • 55 min
Teresa recently launched on a CBC Gem original HELLO (AGAIN). A rom-com short-form nine episode series created by Simu Liu and Nathalie Younglai, with the support of CBC Gem, the Bell Fund, the CMF and Ontario Creates.
Teresa founded 100 Dragons Productions with the newest branch 100 Dragons Media launched in 2015. 100 Dragons focuses on cultivating and gathering diverse people and inclusive ideas to create innovative programming for the world.
Teresa is currently developing a feature film 15 KINDS OF CAUSAL SEX which was selected for the WIFT Toronto NBC-Universal Development Incubator, it was also selected for the National Screen Institute – EAVE on Demand Access Program and it was awarded development funds from the Harold Greenburg Fund and Telefilm. She is also developing WILD WILLIE with Nathalie Younglai who will be writing the feature. WILD WILLIE received financing through the new Telefilm development stream for Racialized Persons.
When Teresa isn't racing around sets, you can find her racing around the tennis courts working on her service game.
Twitter: @thetho
Instagram: @teresa.m.ho
HELLO (AGAIN)
@watchhelloagain #watchhelloagain
@cbcgem
Watch: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/hello-again/s01
Podcast Team
Head Producer and Editor: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong
Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz
Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019
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Teresa recently launched on a CBC Gem original HELLO (AGAIN). A rom-com short-form nine episode series created by Simu Liu and Nathalie Younglai, with the support of CBC Gem, the Bell Fund, the CMF and Ontario Creates.
Teresa founded 100 Dragons Productions with the newest branch 100 Dragons Media launched in 2015. 100 Dragons focuses on cultivating and gathering diverse people and inclusive ideas to create innovative programming for the world.
Teresa is currently developing a feature film 15 KINDS OF CAUSAL SEX which was selected for the WIFT Toronto NBC-Universal Development Incubator, it was also selected for the National Screen Institute – EAVE on Demand Access Program and it was awarded development funds from the Harold Greenburg Fund and Telefilm. She is also developing WILD WILLIE with Nathalie Younglai who will be writing the feature. WILD WILLIE received financing through the new Telefilm development stream for Racialized Persons.
When Teresa isn't racing around sets, you can find her racing around the tennis courts working on her service game.
Twitter: @thetho
Instagram: @teresa.m.ho
HELLO (AGAIN)
@watchhelloagain #watchhelloagain
@cbcgem
Watch: https://gem.cbc.ca/media/hello-again/s01
Podcast Team
Head Producer and Editor: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong
Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz
Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019
To listen to the podcast: https://linktr.ee/firecrackerdept
Subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.firecrackerdepartment.com and follow us @firecrackerdept!
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Mae Martin
Our 150th guest this week is London-based award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, writer and producer MAE MARTIN! Mae began doing comedy at the age of 13 and dropped out of school at 15 to pursue comedy full time. They trained at The Second City, and was the youngest person to be nominated for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award. At 16 they were nominated for a Canadian Comedy Award and recently they won a Canadian Comedy Award for their work as a writer on BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW. Netflix's FEEL GOOD is a semi-autobiographical comedy drama series created and co-written by Mae and they play Mae. Lisa Kudrow stars as their mom and Charlotte Ritchie stars as their love interest named George . FEEL GOOD has a perfect 100% “Certified Fresh” score on Rotten Tomatoes. Mae’s performance earned them a Royal Television Society "Breakthrough Award", the Edinburgh TV award for “Best Comedy”, the “Best Comedy Drama series” at the C21 award and "Best Scripted Representation of LGBTQ+" at the MIPCOM Diversify TV Awards. Recently, FEEL GOOD won a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Situation Comedy.
Mae's last stand-up show, DOPE, focused on addiction, has since been turned in to a stand-up special for Netflix as part of their first global stand-up series, COMEDIANS OF THE WORLD. Mae wrote CAN EVERYONE PLEASE CALM DOWN?: A GUIDE TO TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SEXUALITY about the pros and cons of labels to coming out and the joys of sexual fluidity. You can grab a copy on Amazon or listen to it on Audible or Apple Books. You will soon be able to see Mae in their recurring guest star in a role in HBO’s THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT. Twitter: @TheMaeMartin Instagram: @hooraymae For info on CAN EVERYONE PLEASE CALM DOWN?: A GUIDE TO TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SEXUALITY and Tour Dates: https://www.maemartin.net/ Podcast Team Head Producer and Editor: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019
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Laura Terruso
Our guest this week is screenwriter, director and producer LAURA TERRUSO!
Laura is a graduate from NYU’s graduate film program at the Tisch School of the Arts. Her feature film debut as writer, director, producer is FITS AND STARTS which premiered at SXSW 2017. This comedy is about a struggling writer who can't seem to escape his wife's literary success. When a road trip to a publisher's salon takes an unexpected turn, he has to face his own creative shortcomings and find a way to regain control of his life and work.
Laura also co-wrote and directed the comedy GOOD GIRLS GET HIGH which won the Audience Award at the 2018 Santa Fe Film Festival and currently holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, is a feature that Laura co-wrote and co-produced. It stars Sally Field. The film is about how a self-help seminar inspires a 60-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker. HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS is based on Laura’s short film DORIS AND THE INTERN. NOW, the feature HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS is released by Roadside Attractions and went on to become one of the top grossing indies of 2016.
Laura directed the Netflix film, WORK IT. It premiered worldwide as the number one movie on Netflix US in its first weekend and it remained in the top ten for two weeks!
Laura is currently in post-production on the Lionsgate film ABOUT MY FATHER starring Robert DeNiro and Sebastian Maniscalco.
Instagram: @lauraterruso
WORK IT: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81132038
HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80050896
Podcast Team
Head Producer and Editor: Winnie Wong @wonder_wong
Editor: Shayne Stolz @shaynestolz
Graphic: Vicki Brier @brier2019
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