Daniel Bekerman

Founder & President

Daniel Bekerman is the founder of Scythia Films, one of Canada's leading independent production companies with operations in Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Los Angeles. Dan’s recent projects include Ali Abbasi’s The Apprentice starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, who received Oscar® nominations for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively. The film also received three BAFTA and two Golden Globe nominations. Other projects include Endless Cookie, which premiered at Sundance 2025 and was the recipient of the 2025 Hot Docs Rogers Audience Awards, I Object, directed by Oscar-nominee Andrew Niccol, starring Anna Faris and Karl Urban, and Close to You, directed by Dominic Savage starring Elliot Page. Dan also produced Sundance-winner The Witch, Cold Copy featuring Tracee Ellis-Ross and Bel Powley, and Viggo Mortensen's directorial debut Falling.


Dan served as the executive producer on The Wedding Banquet which premiered at Sundance 2025, directed by Andrew Ahn and starring Lily Gladstone and Bowen Yang. Dan also executive produced three films that premiered at Sundance 2024; including Love Me, starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun, My Old Ass, written by the award-winning Megan Park, starring Aubrey Plaza and Winner featuring Zach Galifianakis and Kathryn Newton. Other EP credits include The Dead Don’t Hurt directed by and starring Viggo Mortensen, A Nice Indian Boy which premiered at SXSW 2024 and Ready or Not with Fox Searchlight Pictures/Vinson Films.


Jordan Hart

VP Development & Producer

Jordan Hart is a Los Angeles–based creative producer and executive focused on bold, character-forward scripted film and television. She is drawn to distinctive stories that blend originality with cultural specificity, and is committed to championing underrepresented voices in commercial spaces.

She recently served as Executive Producer on: psychological drama Harmonia, directed by Oscar-winner Guy Nattiv and starring Carrie Coon, Lily, James, and Bella Ramsey; Oscar-nominee Andrew Niccol's imaginative film,  I Object, starring Anna Faris and Karl Urban; Permanent Damage, starring Stephen Dorff; and the animated feature documentary Endless Cookie, which premiered at Sundance and won the Contrechamp Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. She also served as Co-Producer of The Wedding Banquet, Andrew Ahn's reimagining of Ang Lee’s seminal film, starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, and Kelly Marie Tran.

Earlier in her career, Jordan worked at Baltimore Pictures, the production company of Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson, where she contributed to the HBO original films Paterno (starring Al Pacino) and The Survivor (starring Ben Foster), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released by HBO in 2022. She also served as Director of Development at the Oscar-winning Little Monster Films, where she shaped a premium slate of feature films, series, and documentaries, including the HBO series Angel City, Netflix’s Return to Space, and National Geographic’s Photographer and Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin. She was an Associate Producer on the critically acclaimed Wild Life, which premiered at Telluride and now streams on Disney+.

She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.S. from Boston University. Jordan is a former  Film Independent Fellow and the recipient of a 2023 NAACP Image Award.


Christina Wood

Producer

Christina is a Canadian producer based in London. She works across development, production and business affairs at Scythia Films.

In 2025, Christina served as a lead producer on The Eden Express, starring Jonah Hauer-King and as co-producer on Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, starring Gillian Anderson.

Previous producing credits include; The Apprentice, The Dead Don’t Hurt, Close To You and Longing. Christina has also served as a Business Affairs Associate on Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla [Venice 2023] , Susanna Fogel’s Winner [Sundance 2024] and Megan Park’s My Old Ass [Sundance 2024].

Prior to returning to London in 2024, Christina worked in Los Angeles, New York, Toronto and Vancouver. She began her career in distribution working for Entertainment One UK on release campaigns for Academy Award and BAFTA-winning titles including Spotlight, Arrival, The BFG, Jackie, Captain Fantastic and I, Daniel Blake.

Christina holds a BA from McGill University and an MFA from Columbia University and is a BAFTA Connect Member. She’s a past participant of the Berlinale Co Production Market and Toronto’s International Finance Forum. She is passionate about enabling international voices in film & TV.


Neil Mathieson

Executive Producer - Finance & Business Affairs

Neil Mathieson completes Scythia’s full service capabilities. He heads up financial structuring, tax credit processing, and business affairs oversight of both service productions and original projects.

Prior to partnering with Scythia, Neil was a Senior Analyst for Global Incentives in Toronto, overseeing tax credit financing for both producers and lenders. Neil administered over $250M in tax credits on over 50 Films and TV shows. Projects include The Revenant (New Regency), American Hustle (Annapurna), Sicario (Black Label), Hannibal TV Series (Gaumont).

Neil was also the Manager of International Sales and Business Affairs at Mongrel Media, where he oversaw international sales and worked on such award-winning titles as Menashe (A24), The Tale (HBO), and Maudie (Sony Pictures Classics). From this role Neil became an Associate Producer on Mongrel Media’s first production, Deepa Mehta’s feature film Funny Boy, (also produced by Hamilton Mehta Productions) that filmed in the fall of 2019 on location in Sri Lanka.

Neil graduated from The University of Notre Dame in 2012 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and a second major in Film/TV. He is an American and Canadian citizen.


Allie Steffler

Executive Assistant

Allie is a Toronto-based film professional currently serving as Executive Assistant to producer Daniel Bekerman, while also working across production and business affairs at Scythia Films. She holds Associate Producer credits on select Scythia titles, including Oscar-nominee The Apprentice (dir. Ali Abbasi, starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong), as well as two films currently in post-production, I, Object (dir. Andrew Niccol, starring Anna Faris and Karl Urban) and NUUR (dir. Lula Ali Ismaïl).

Before joining Scythia, Allie built her career in broadcast television, contributing to major Canadian series such as Dragons’ Den and Family Feud Canada. She also worked as a Producer at CBC Sports for the network’s national weekly live program CBC Sports Presents, and Olympic coverage for both the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Games. Her experience spans both scripted and unscripted formats.

Allie holds a Master of Arts in Media Production from Toronto Metropolitan University. She is passionate about supporting original voices in film and television.