Sula Media creates successful long and short form content for television, film, online/digital, and corporate clients. The work focuses on both scripted and unscripted projects of depth, humor and intelligence while at the same time appealing to local and international audiences.
Sula Studio is a partner company with wholly-owned Renaissant Films.
Warren Sulatycky - Founder
Warren Sulatycky is a Gemini-nominated (Canada's Emmy) television, film, online digital and advertising production veteran with over thirty years experience in media and arts. An entrepreneur, writer, director, producer, commercial photographer and artist Warren has founded several successful profit and non-profit companies since 1990.
Warren began his media career as a commercial and music video director with some of Canada's pre-eminent production companies including Hoodoo Films, Avion Films, LTB, and Navigator Films. In 1993 Warren branched out into long format series directing, producing, and writing on the YTV scripted youth series "Destructoe Brothers On the Run" while still continuing to work in commercials and music videos.
In 1995 Warren founded Palliser Communications, an early pioneer company in Canadian branded television and online content, and a co-venture with Avion Films. Palliser created successful branded television series content for numerous clients including Minolta, Kraft, Labatt Breweries, Spectrum Mutual Funds, and Travel Ontario, with broadcasts on Life Network (now Slice Network), CBC NewsWorld, Global Television, and The Weather Channel. Partnering with AOL Canada, Palliser developed "Wellington Arms", an early generation social media interface with a virtual world environment.
In 1998, Warren founded Renaissant Film and Arts to develop and produce original non-branded scripted and unscripted television, film, and digital programming. Through Renaissant, Warren has created, directed and produced hundreds of hours of major network series content including the international hit HGTV series "Love By Design". He directed both "This Small Space" and "Design for Living" again for HGTV. For the Food Network, he created, directed and produced "Getaway Gourmet"; for the CW Network he directed and produced "NY Residential"; for CMT (Country Music Television) he produced and directed both national singing competition series "Karaoke Star" and "Karaoke Star Junior" (also broadcast on YTV Canada). For Showcase Television, Warren wrote and directed the Al Waxman Calling Card award-winning drama, "Surrender". In 2010 Warren was nominated for Canada's Emmy Award (the GEMINI) for the eight-part music documentary series "Live At CMT" for Country Music Television, showcasing music stars Lyle Lovett, Keith Urban, Steve Earle, and Blue Rodeo among others. Warren is currently directing the #1 rated series on HGTV, "Selling New York".
Warren is the founder and artistic director of Savage Theatre which for two decades has produced new original theatrical works of his own and others in many theatres across North America, including New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Quebec City, and Saskatoon. Most recently, Warren produced the Off-Broadway New York Times acclaimed critical hit "Trout Stanley" by Governor General-nominated playwright Claudia Dey.
In 2011 Warren created Sula Studio to bring together the multiple media and arts platforms in which his companies have created and innovated content for over two decades. Warren divides his career between Canada and New York/Los Angeles.
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