KEN TSUI
Phobos Pictures
Development Executive
2026 - Current
As the Development Executive, I connect with talent, source, evaluate, and shape scripts or intellectual property for the slate of productions at Phobos Pictures. The company is the production banner of director Osgood Perkins and producer Chris Ferguson, working with studios such as A24 and maintaining a first-look deal with NEON.
TELUS originals
Senior Production Executive
2024 - 2026
Production Executive
2021 - 2024
As a Senior Production Executive at TELUS originals, I support a slate of compelling, locally reflective, social purpose documentary shorts, mid-length, features and docuseries that connect established filmmakers in B.C. and Alberta to viewers from diverse identities and communities. Through this Western Canadian documentary fund, the TELUS originals team prioritizes representation in front of and behind the camera.
Celebrated productions include Ari’s Theme (VIFF Opening Night Film 2023), #skoden (Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Prize, Hot Docs 2025), Curl Power (Critics Pick, Hot Docs 2024), The Chef & the Daruma (VIFF Insights Audience Award 2024), Delta Dawn (Best Canadian Short, Hot Docs 2024) and House Special (CBC Gem).
The Vancouver
International Film Festival
Curator, VIFF Labs
2019 - 2025
Curator, VIFF LIVE
2018 - 2021
Director, Industry & Live Events
2020 - 2021
As the director of industry and live events, I provide strategic leadership on initiatives that cultivate and empower the creator and the cinephile at all levels. By developing a dynamic portfolio of conferences, talks, masterclasses, exhibitions, performances and marketplaces for film, television, virtual reality, live performance and film music, live events at VIFF extends the boundaries of our collective understanding of screen-based storytelling.
As the programmer of VIFF LIVE, I curated major events that diversify the dimensionality of the festival experience. With a focus on live performances, I have worked with talent including RZA (Wu Tang Clan), Kid Koala, Goblin, Song Exploder, Chuck D (Public Enemy), Beverly Glenn-Copeland and On Cinema at the Cinema with Tim Heidecker & Gregg Turkington.
For VIFF Labs, I curate conversations between established global talent and local filmmakers, facilitating space to connect. Previous guests include Kristen Johnson (Cameraperson), Robert Greene (Procession, Bisbee ‘17), RaMell Ross (Hale County, This Morning, This Evening), Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind), Marco Costa (Challengers, Queer) and Emma Seligman (Bottoms, Shiva Baby).
Here There Studio
Co-Founder & Creative Director
2014 - 2019
Here There crafts experiences and story that activates brands, ideas and spaces in pursuit of the unexpected.
In leading an award-winning, experiential marketing studio, I oversee brand creative, end-to-end project development and management for events, installations, video content and print. I collaborate with clients and artists to design an inspired vision while leading production, art direction and the development of brand story in a boutique studio environment.
Notable clients include lululemon, Samsung, TELUS, Quality Green, Constellation Brand, The Vancouver Art Gallery and The Vancouver Aquarium.
In leading an award-winning, experiential marketing studio, I oversee brand creative, end-to-end project development and management for events, installations, video content and print. I collaborate with clients and artists to design an inspired vision while leading production, art direction and the development of brand story in a boutique studio environment.
Notable clients include lululemon, Samsung, TELUS, Quality Green, Constellation Brand, The Vancouver Art Gallery and The Vancouver Aquarium.