Carrie Wheeler Entertainment Group is a diversified management/production company specializing in initiating, developing and managing the careers of models, actors, writers and directors as well as producing commercially viable yet thought provoking film, television and multi-platform/multi-media projects.
CARRIE WHEELER ~ PRESIDENT
Carrie Wheeler has worked in the fashion and entertainment industry across Canada as a model, booker and agency director since 1990 and was the Executive Director of the Canadian Model and Talent Convention for three years. In 1999, Carrie launched and co-owned Vanity Model & Artist Management in Vancouver.
Her experience naturally progressed to the inception of Carrie Wheeler Management in 2001, a personal management firm specializing in the packaging of images for select models and actors in fashion, film and television.
After a taste of producing theatre, Howard Korder’s BOY’S LIFE, Martin McDonagh’s THE PILLOWMAN ~ both Vancouver Premieres, and creating lifestyle series, BEHIND THE SEAMS: A Look At Canada’s Fashion Industry, Carrie Produced her first feature film, THE FOURSOME, a golf comedy distributed through Universal starring Kevin Dillon (ENTOURAGE) in 2006.
In 2007, Carrie expanded the company to include a Film Production Division and today is at the helm of CARRIE WHEELER ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC. while still managing a select roster of talented, dedicated and driven individuals for film and tv.
2009 saw the creation and launch of ECO CHIC MEDIA GROUP, a new-media entity featuring ECO CHIC TV and ECO CHIC lifestyle magazine. As President and Editor In Chief, the site helped savvy shoppers “go green without giving up their jet-set lifestyle.”
Carrie completed the British Columbia Film Producer’s Internship Program, the Telefilm Canada Online Marketing and Multiplatform Strategies program, has sat on the panel at the Women In Film and Video Vancouver Flash Forward Series, has been a Guest Speaker at the WIFVV monthly breakfast meeting, has been a Guest Speaker at Langara College Film Studies Program as well as Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts and has sat on the panel at the Vancouver International Film Festival for the past three years.
Carrie devotes efforts toward several charities dealing with the environment, women’s issues and animal advocacy.
MELANIE HAWTHORNE-TOOGOOD ~ VP MODEL & TALENT MANAGEMENT
With fifteen years Agency Director experience, Melanie has the knowledge, experience and contacts to ensure anyone she represents is developed and managed to their full potential.
Melanie has developed and negotiated contracts for principal talent including numerous LEAD (series & features), GUEST STAR, SUPPORTING and RECURRING roles, as well as hundreds of credits in commercials.
With extensive contacts in major markets such as Los Angeles, New York and Toronto, and, of course, Vancouver (the second largest film production market in North America), if you have acting chops and a marketable look, along with passion and committment for your craft, you are in great hands with Melanie.
Melanie’s fashion model clients work locally, nationally and internationally in markets such as New York, Miami, LA., Milan, Paris, Tokyo and more! She has a keen eye for spotting a ‘diamond in the rough’ and has the expertise and patience to develop great new faces into high fashion models booking print campaigns, fashion editorials, runway and commercials in all major markets.
ROBYN WEATHERLY
Recently moving to Vancouver from Calgary, Robyn Weatherly attended LaSalle College International and graduated with a diploma in Fashion Merchandising, excelling in the area of Public Relations. Having modeled herself as well as having a successful 16-year dance career, Robyn understands what it takes to succeed in such a fast paced, highly competitive environment and has the confidence to achieve the highest of goals.
Robyn, while leading a very successful dance career herself, was also a role-model for many younger dancers and instructed them to fulfill their full potential. She also volunteered at a local riding school which taught children with disabilities to ride and bond with horses. Not only did she teach these children, but she also learned from them patience and caring which will show to be an extreme asset in the industry that she has such a passion for.