Ian Carpenter(II)

Executive Producer, Showrunner of seasons 3, 4 and 5 of Slasher (on Netflix, Shudder/AMC respectively). A graduate of the CFC's Television Program, Ian was the first winner of the Global Television Emerging Writer Award. Before working in TV Ian founded Theatre Viscera and wrote and directed theatre for ten years. His work has toured to Singapore and Spain, three of his plays have been in year-end top ten lists and in 1997 he was chosen as one of NOW's top ten theatre artists of the year. Ian completed a Ph.D. in Film at the University of Toronto. After graduation he left to run the development arm of a large charity in the slums in Bangkok. He volunteers teaching streetkids writing at the Yonge Street Mission and at the POV program for disadvantaged youths and mentors for the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture. His postcard play for the art zine Abe's Penny is now part of the permanent collections of both the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum.