Our Story

Antica Productions was founded in 2008 by Stuart Coxe who after years working as the Executive producer of Canada’s most popular nightly news program The National, as well as starting the reality TV hits Dragons’ Den and Shark’s Tank, decided it was time to start something new. 

The company has a number of early successes, including originating formats like Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister, a format that traveled around the world with productions in Germany, Bulgaria, France, Latvia, and New Zealand. During its first few years, Antica also produced food formats like Compete to Eat and worked in social media and music production with clients such as Universal Music, Greenpeace, and Swiss broadcaster SRF.

And then in 2016 everything changed when Antica produced The Secret Path, an animated film based on the story of Chanie Wenjack, a young boy who perished at a residential school in the 1960s in Ontario. It was Canadian music icon Gord Downie's final project and became a live tour, book, and three-feature series.

That work really shaped the company's current direction, which has combined journalism, purpose-driven storytelling, and a deep understanding of how to stand out in a crowded media landscape.

In 2020, Antica was a founding partner in TellTale Industries in London, led by Jago Lee, who shared Antica’s passion for audio and background in television.

Our work has won many awards and often has very large audiences, but we are most proud that we continue to attract some of the world’s top creators and journalists who find we can help them make personal and unique shows in TV, film, or audio. 

A short and highly selective list of show hosts, directors, and creators include Mandy Patinkin, Will.i.am, Daisy May Cooper, Samantha Bee, Tanya Talaga, Gord Downie, Hannah Fry, Kevin O’Leary, Mellissa Fung, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Fong, Michelle Romanow, and Emmanuel Acho.

Meet the Team

  • STUART COXE

    FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

    Stuart has worked in news, documentaries, reality TV, and, for the past 6 years, in podcasts. He's most proud of growing "Dragons' Den" and "Shark Tank" into household names. "Gord Downie's Secret Path" remains a personal highlight. He received 13 nominations for Canadian Screen Awards before winning his first one. Now he has 4. But the best prize ever is working with the amazing people at Antica - and basking in their reflected glory.

  • JAGO LEE

    FOUNDER, TELLTALE

    Jago is a multi-award winning producer with 25 years experience in the UK and US television industry. After stints at Tiger Aspect, Blink Films and Optomen, Jago set up Nerd in 2009 with backer Charlie Parsons (creator of Survivor), and colleague John Farrar. Since 2016 Jago has served as a creative lead at a number of leading UK and international studios including Blue Ant, Zinc and Sky.

  • LAURA REGEHR

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - AUDIO

    Laura is an award-winning audio producer who spent the first 10 years of her career at CBC Radio's Metro Morning. She's produced a range of podcasts including Hustled: When Your Boss is an App, Love, Janessa, Exile.

  • GEOFF SISKIND

    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - FILM & TV

    For the past few decades Geoff has worked as a producer, writer and director on television shows, radio and podcasts that have been seen and heard around the world. Personal highlights include showrunning the entire run of “Storage Wars Northern Treasures” (which was ridiculously fun) and allowing hackers to steal his identity repeatedly as the host of the cyber security podcast “Hackable?” (for which he won some fancy awards). 

  • EMILY MORANTZ

    PRODUCER

    Emily is a journalist, storyteller, and podcast producer. She studied English at UBC and has a Master of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Since joining Antica in 2021, she has worked on many of Antica’s podcasts, including Exile, Screen Time, This Being Human.

  • PHILIP WILSON

    SENIOR SOUND DESIGNER

    Phil Wilson is a podcast mixer, editor, and sound designer. Since joining Antica in 2019, he has mixed dozens of award-winning podcasts. Phil also has a background in feature documentary post-production and editing, and has composed and produced music for various projects.

  • SAMANTHA MACLEAN

    DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

    Sam MacLean loves storytelling in all its forms. At Antica, she assists with development across audio and television. Previously, she was at Netflix Canada on the content team and supported the Programming department at CBC. She lives in Toronto with her cats.

  • THERESA WONG

    PRODUCTION MANAGER

    Theresa Wong is passionate about bringing impactful stories to life. She began her career in factual television, researching, writing, and associate producing on series for major networks. At Antica, she manages a slate of podcast productions, overseeing budgets, schedules, and social strategy to ensure stories are not only well-crafted but widely heard.