Bio
NORM COYNE is a Syilx (Upper Similkameen Indian Band) producer, writer, and director. Through the years, Norm’s projects have appeared in Mashable, Fox News, CBR, CBC, Nerdist, and on Kevin Smith’s podcast Fatman Beyond.
In 2015, Norm founded the blockbuster entertainment event Northern FanCon. The convention has hosted over 100 stars in Northern British Columbia including William Shatner, Kevin Smith, Nichelle Nichols, Lou Ferrigno, Tricia Helfer, Alan Tudyk and Karl Urban to name a few. Identifying its unique opportunity, Norm has developed the event into a local film industry catalyst and seen amazing results.
During his film career, Norm served as executive producer of the critically acclaimed adaptation of Stephen King’s The Doctor’s Case which went on to win dozens of awards at festivals internationally and was reported by ScreenRant as “The 5th Best Stephen King film adaptation (according to IMDB)”. The momentum from the success of the film helped Norm spearhead efforts to build film industry in Northern British Columbia and in 2021, he
produced the feature films A Great North Christmas (available on Apple TV) and The Way to the Heart (available on Amazon Prime).
His upcoming projects include the Indigenous science fiction short Conquest and the web series Small Town Longshots which boasts interviews with Emmy & Golden Globe winner Edward James Olmos, director Rachel Talalay, Batman executive producer Michael Uslan, and Writer’s Guild award winner Marc Bernardin.
Norm was one of 100 Canadian filmmakers chosen for the Netflix Banff Diversity of Voices initiative in 2020 and 2022.
In 2022, he was nominated for the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer category in the Canadian Media Producer’s Association Indiescreen Awards.
