Allia Janzen
Allia is the child of Indian mother and a settler Mennonite father. She has had the unique experience of growing up in two very different worlds. She spent much of her childhood between her family farm in Saskatchewan and her grandparent’s home in New Delhi, India. Living between two worlds created complex challenges, and she found her outlet through reading and the arts.
She is a published writer, commissioned artist, photographer, and filmmaker. Her focus for the last several years has been on film and television projects. As an adult, she has made her home in Saskatoon, where she has worked in various roles throughout the film and television industry while raising four children. In 2019, she was diagnosed with complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (c-PTSD). Being a BIPOC woman with a disability has had its challenges for Allia.
She looks at these challenges as an opportunity to bring a lens to her storytelling that is authentic and honest. Her allyship for others – often those in marginalized groups – is evident in her approach to any role she fills on a production. She has worked for networks including HBO, CTV, CBC, CityTV, and extensively for major companies in art direction and directing their commercials. She is a co-owner and managing partner in a production company, Campfire Stories, which she shares with her spouse, Kyle Burgess, and their sons, Aidan and Justin. She produces two webisode series: Prairie Hunter Adventures and the Indigenous-led This Land of Ours. Allia is also a producer on the children’s television show Stories of the North, debuting in 2023 on CityTV. Campfire Stories currently has several projects in development.
