Our Team
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Trixie is a filmmaker, writer and photographer based in the Canadian Rockies and Director of Acquisitions and Original Programming at ChimeTV. Building on production and script development experience at Drive Films, she has written and produced short and feature films including Dil Rakh, Vile & Sweet, and Walk With Me. Trixie recently completed the Banff Mountain Film Adventure Filmmaker Residency and has since directed short films, virtual concerts, and commercial projects for Travel Alberta, Paul Zizka Photography, Lowepro, Tourism Kimberley, and BC Culture Days. Her writing and photography have been published by Passion Passport, Mapped, Travel Alberta, Inside Himalayas, and more.
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Meghan J. Ward is an outdoor, travel and adventure writer based in Banff, Canada, and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Meghan has written several books, as well as produced content for films, anthologies, blogs and some of North America’s top outdoor and adventure publications. For five years she was the Editor-in-Chief at the award-winning Canadian Rockies Annual, with previous postings at Alpinist Magazine and Highline Magazine. Her adventures have taken her throughout the Rockies, ski-touring in the Arctic, backpacking in Nepal, and travelling to far-flung locations with her two kids in tow. Her travel memoir, Lights to Guide Me Home, was published in 2022.
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Anandi Brownstein is a Documentary Filmmaker living and working on Coast Salish territory in Vancouver, BC. Raised between the mountains of Northern India and British Columbia, her diverse interests have lead her through a wide range of media landscapes – from lensing feature documentaries to schlepping gear for ski films to directing film campaigns for advocacy in India, Rwanda and Haiti. In her work as Director and Cinematographer she finds inspiration in giving voice to underrepresented peoples and issues, and communicating stories of resilience.
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Jamie Wensley is a cinematographer based in Calgary, AB. His love for filmmaking began in his early teens, making hi8 movies with his friends. After attending film school, Jamie worked on set in the lighting and grip department on major motion picture films and television series. He now focuses his passion on cinematography, working with directors on projects such as Rockies Repeat, Herstory, and other films that have been screened at film festivals internationally. Jamie also leads Peakline Films (formerly Rundle Films), a production company committed to providing high end video services. Some of their clientele include Parks Canada, Hockey Canada, Bauer Hockey, and the Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation.
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Jane Marshall is an Alberta born travel writer and adventurer, and the author of 2 books: Searching for Happy Valley: A Modern Quest for Shangri-La (Rocky Mountain Books 2023) and Back Over the Mountains: A Journey to the Buddha Within (Hay House India 2015). She is the Co-Founder and Director of The Compassion Project, a Canadian registered charity serving the Himalayan valley of Tsum, Nepal. Jane lives in Canmore, Alberta with family. You can find her on the surrounding peaks, living up to her Blackfoot name ‘Walking Above.’
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Nat Gillis is a pilot, photographer and poet based in Calgary, Alberta. As a wilderness guide, she has logged over 1000 days in the field, led hiking, sea kayaking, whitewater canoeing, floe edge and sailing expeditions and perpetually finds herself longing for the sense of freedom found in exploring secluded realms of the natural world. She released her first book of poetry, This is Where Atlantis Sank in 2021.
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Janice Sanford Beck is author of the best-selling No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schaffer Warren and co-author (with Emerson Sanford) of the eight-volume Life of the Trail series. Since then, she has worked in as program director of CHEP Good Food, garden partner at Largo Farm Community Shared Agriculture, and homeschooling parent to three. She is currently enjoying homemaking, learning about landscaping with native plants (wildflowers!), and honing her skills at knitting, spinning, and weaving from her home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth, we honour and acknowledge that Wildflowers is filmed and produced on Treaties 6, 7 and 8 Territory, the traditional and sacred lands of Indigenous peoples, including the Niitsitapi from the Blackfoot Confederacy (including the Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani First Nations); the Îyârhe Nakoda of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations; the Tsuut’ina First Nation; the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III within the historical Northwest Métis Homeland; the Ktunaxa and Secwépemc First Nations; the Mountain Cree clan of Chief Peechee; and the Dene of the far north and far south. It is with gratitude that we visit these landscapes.
Filmed on location and with the permission of the Parks Canada Agency, at Jasper National Park and Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, as well as with permission of the Town of Banff.