Production

Michael Prupas is a 40-year veteran of the film and television industries. A former entertainment attorney, Prupas launched Muse Entertainment in 1998 and Muse Distribution International in 2000, both headquartered in Montreal.

Under his leadership, Muse has grown into a major production house with offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles. With his creative vision and business acumen, he built a powerhouse of a company known around the world for high-quality, award-winning television. As CEO, Michael shaped the values and standards of the company. He plans and manages its overall activities, from development and financing to production, sales and distribution.

Aren holds a B.A. from Tufts University, a LLB from the University of Montreal and an LLM from Fordham University and is a member of the bar in the province of Quebec and in the state of New York. A lawyer by training, he joined Muse in 2013, where his responsibilities now include overseeing the day-to-day operations of the organization, strategic planning initiatives and the Business & Legal Affairs teams. In that role, he works and supports each of Muse’s divisions and has correspondingly developed a breadth of experience, knowledge and relationships in the industry, which together position Muse for continued growth in the 3rd decade of this millennia.

Courtney is a seasoned, forward-thinking development executive with nearly a decade of expertise creating premium content for a variety of platforms. Courtney spearheads non-scripted development at Muse Entertainment and creates top-tier content for Canadian, US and International markets. Courtney is known for bringing a fresh perspective to existing IP and spotting unique opportunities early on. She has served as executive producer on projects for AMC/Shudder, HGTV US, Paramount + and Amazon Prime.

Joel joined Muse in 2007 with more than a decade of experience in film and television production. Joel oversees Muse’s Los Angeles office and its development team. As an executive producer, he is charged with developing and producing TV series, miniseries, television movies and family programming for American television and cable networks.

He has deeply rooted industry connections in the creative and broadcast communities which help drive Muse’s growth and reputation. A passionate humanitarian who began his working career in social work, Joel has developed a reputation for producing meaningful television. His projects have been nominated for and won awards, including Humanitas, Christopher, Crystal, Media Access, Angel, Epiphany and SAG awards.

Jesse joined Muse in 2001 and currently oversees the company’s Canadian scripted development team, which focuses on a slate of TV series and movies for the international television market. Jesse has additionally served as a producer or executive producer on many of Muse’s productions including dramas, comedies, documentaries, animated series and family movies. Jesse produced award-winning Christmas Jars (Best TV Movie –CSA) and Cyberbully (Best TV Movie –Kidscreen Award) and is known in Montreal’s production community for his work as the producer of Good Sam (Netflix) and as a line-producer on the features Life of Pie (dir: Ang Lee) and The Wolverine (dir: James Mangold).

Shawn joined Muse Entertainment in 2014 after a 15-year career in media. He took charge of licensing the company’s television productions across multiple platforms worldwide in addition to being responsible for domestic pre-sales. He travels to meet media executives across the globe and attends all major TV markets (MIPCOM, MIPTV, NATPE, ATF, etc.). Knowledgeable and well connected, Shawn develops new sales and business opportunities by targeting clients across all media platforms worldwide. Shawn has licensed hundreds of thousands of hours of content to over 140 countries.

Jonas helps develop, pitch, produce and executive produce non-fiction productions for North American broadcasters. The productions include documentary series such as The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lyn Smith and Collision Course, docu-comedy, For Heaven’s Sake, and unscripted character-based series, The Auto Firm with Alex Vega.

From his base in Toronto, Jonas also has responsibility for all of Muse’s Ontario operations, including scripted television projects filmed in the province. He often serves as an executive producer in these productions, such as, Coroner and Turkey Drop.

When Alex joined Muse in 2022, he already had over 20 years of experience producing a variety of feature films and award-winning TV series in Toronto’s booming film market. He brought invaluable assets to Muse: a warm personality, deep production knowledge, and industry relationships. Alex is committed to telling dynamic stories in an innovative and exciting way with high production values and scope. He is dedicated to creating premium scripted content for the global market.

Thierry holds a B.Com in Accounting from McGill University and is a member of l’Ordredes CPA du Quebec. He started his career as a corporate auditor in 2007 working for the Montreal offices of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP and BDO LLP. In 2013 Thierry made the jump to working in the entertainment industry working as controller of Just For Laughs. He joined Muse in 2019, where his responsibilities include the preparation of the consolidated corporate books, preparation and tracking of corporate budgets, supervision of the cash flow and overseeing of the company’s various audits. In this role, he further works to support the CEO and COO as a financial advisor to help plan and reach the entities financial goals.

Diane joined Muse in 2012 to manage the company’s post-production accounting department and to oversee all Muse production companies from start to dissolution. She helps set up new accounting teams, assuring that the company’s production accounting procedures are implemented. She assists accounting teams when needed and manages production cash flow. Diane manages year-end files, tax credit calculations and government audits, ensuring maximized tax credits in an expedited manner.

Diane’s long career in the entertainment industry, handling theatrical feature films, TV series, TV movies and international co-productions, has enabled her to foster trusted relationships with officials in both the Quebec and Canadian governments resulting in the quick turnaround of assessments and collection of tax credits.

Evan joined Muse Entertainment in 2001 after a 5-year career as Director of post-production for Film Finances Canada. Evan oversees all post-production elements of Muse’s projects, including the budgeting, negotiation and engagement of personnel, and the delivery of rough, fine and final cuts to studios and networks throughout the world.

Evan’s fine eye for detail and involvement from A to Z ensures that Muse’s clients receive content that exceeds their expectations, all in a timely and consistent manner. His affable personality strongly compliments the vagaries and challenges of post-production in the modern age, helping to ensure that all of Muse’s projects remain on budget and that delivery deadlines and expectations are met.

Oneida seeks and develops exceptional scripted programming in both film and television for Canadian and international markets. Oneida actively pursues original concepts and IP and forges relationships with creative talent and network executives. She has been an associate producer on projects for OWN/Harpo, Hallmark, and Radio-Canada. Her passion for film and television extends to her volunteerism for celebrated arts organizations including Souk MTL, TIFF, RIDM, La Biennale de Montreal and MURAL Festival. Oneida graduated with a BFA Specialization in Film Studies at Concordia University and studied humanities abroad at Lund University in Sweden.

Meghan joined Muse Entertainment USA, based in Los Angeles, in 2015 after working as Manager of Development for Evolution Entertainment. Meghan has a passion for telling stories from underrepresented voices. Her responsibilities include finding writers, projects, and intellectual properties for television. She shepherds these projects until they are ready to take to market. She gathers intel and sells shows to all sides of the US marketplace having strong relationships at broadcast, cable and streaming networks.

Betty joined Muse at its very beginnings and helped define its corporate branding within the entertainment industry. Before she came to Muse, Betty had a prolific career in journalism, broadcasting, and corporate PR. She is responsible for the company’s news releases, marketing strategies, publicity, and advertising. She creates press kits, EPK’s, Behind-the Scenes documentaries, key-art, posters, sell sheets and catalogues for Muse’s productions, and delivers them to networks, cable, distributors, festivals and international television markets.

Irene is an Emmy Award nominated and DGC and Canadian Screen Award winning producer. She joined Muse in 2000 bringing her wealth of experience producing high quality film and television for networks and major American studios such as Warner Brothers, MGM, Disney, Sony Pictures, Fox, CBS and Dreamworks. Irene has forged long term relationships with industry executives, which, coupled with her reputation for delivering top quality projects on time and within budgetary parameters, drives Muse’s service production business. Throughout her career, Irene has collaborated with some of the industry’s top producers and directors, including Jodi Foster, Ivan Reitman, Robert Altman, Darren Aronofsky, Steven Spielberg and Roger Birnbaum.

Michael is an award-winning media executive, and film and TV producer who comes to Muse from the VICE Media Group where he helped launch the VICE TV network and ran the studio in Canada. He is known for producing the Emmy nominated film Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond and VICE’s all-time ratings hit, Dark Side of the Ring. He brings to Muse 20 years’ experience in the non-fiction genre, and an extensive international network with key talent. His objective is to develop and produce programming for the international market in the premium factual space.