Virginia Thompson

Virginia Thompson, President and co-founder of Vérité Films, is an award-winning executive producer, showrunner, and TV series creator. Virginia has created and produced comedies, dramas, animation, children's and youth programming, documentaries, performing arts programming, and digital series for the Canadian and world market in English and French. She's developed some of the most iconic brands in the Canadian entertainment and cultural sector. Virginia is Executive Producer, Co-Creator and...See more

Virginia Thompson, President and co-founder of Vérité Films, is an award-winning executive producer, showrunner, and TV series creator. Virginia has created and produced comedies, dramas, animation, children's and youth programming, documentaries, performing arts programming, and digital series for the Canadian and world market in English and French. She's developed some of the most iconic brands in the Canadian entertainment and cultural sector. Virginia is Executive Producer, Co-Creator and Writer-Showrunner of Jeremy and Jazzy. She is Executive Producer of Canada's #1 comedy brand, Corner Gas. The brand includes the highest-rated show in the history of The Comedy Network, Corner Gas Animated; the 2016 Golden Screen Award winner for the highest-rated scripted program in Canada, Corner Gas: The Movie; and the highest-rated Canadian comedy series of all time, Corner Gas: The Sitcom. Virginia is also Executive Producer of The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAAs), celebrating Canada's most outstanding performing artists in stage, music, dance, theatre, film and television. Virginia founded Vérité Films, a boutique production company committed to nurturing honest, original and authentic voices, with her partner Robert de Lint. Today, they champion exceptional creative talent and unique stories. As well as Corner Gas, Vérite has several other Canadian success stories. Virginia is Executive Producer/Co-Creator of the comedy series InSecurity (23 episodes, CBC), the award-winning youth dramatic series and e-zine renegadepress.com (53 episodes, Shaw, APTN), and the internationally-acclaimed children's series Incredible Story Studio (Disney, YTV). See less