Guests of Honor
Elley-Ray
Elley-Ray believes in MAGIC!
She has an illustrious 36 award-winning years in theatre, film, television, and radio as a storyteller, actor, director, writer, producer, and teacher. She has voiced literally thousands of TV and radio commercials, countless animated series, and many films.
Elley is publishing her second book of daily inspirations called Fly With Eagles; her first one, Butterfly Kisses, can be found on Amazon. She has students all over the world, coaching them in voice as well as doing demos, with some garnering SOVA Voice Arts Awards in the US. She juries the Emmys every year for Best Voice delighting in the best of storytellers. She received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Windsor for her contribution to the Arts and Humanities.
Asia Mattu
She is a voice actor whose versatility knows no bounds. She's best known for her roles as Rugo in the critically acclaimed show Gigantosaurus, airing on Disney Jr. and the Disney Channel. She also voices Aurora in fandom favorite My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever. In addition to TV and film, Asia can be heard in multiple video games, including Cadence of Hyrule and Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2. When she's not talking to herself in a padded room, Asia is an avid drummer, martial arts practitioner and a member of local improv groups, such as Voices of Anarchy and Geeks vs. Nerds.
Meaghan Hommy
She is an actress and writer, known for My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (2018), The Pitch (2018) and #ThisIsAna (2018).
Alison Wandzura
Growing up on the Canadian Prairies in Calgary, Alberta, Alison Wandzura found her first creative outlet putting on puppet shows in her basement, and staging "accidents" with her brothers as material to submit to America's Funniest Home Videos. She graduated from the University of Calgary with degrees in both Theatre and Business. Although Alison relocated to Vancouver, BC, in 2010 to work in film and television, theatre will always be her first love. She currently lives in Vancouver with her fiancé James and their chihuahua Cheetah.
Alison's voiceover work includes animated features (Pixies, Howard Lovecraft, Go Fish), video games (Nintendo's Dragalia Lost) and of course the beloved My Little Pony holiday special Best Gift Ever.
Giles Panton
Raised in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Giles is an award winning actor who’s worked extensively in the film/television and voice fields.
His first job was playing the groom in a well known wedding commercial which ran for almost a decade. Since then his career has taken him all over North America and given him the opportunity to work on feature films, TV series, video games, and animation projects. He’s played leads, supporting leads, and guest stars on shows like Nexo Knights, My Little Pony, Batwoman, Voltron Force, Flash Gordon, and Far Cry 5 and he’s even had the privilege of voicing iconic characters such as Tarzan on Netflix’s Tarzan and Jane. Other career highlights include getting his first action figure for an animated series (Max Steel), a whole line of toys for his lead role on a Lego Series (Nexo Knights), as well as getting to star in a 4D movie for the same character at a major Lego theme park.
The past few years have brought a lot of momentum for Giles, landing him major roles on award-winning series like Amazon Prime’s ‘The Man in The High Castle’, giving him the opportunity to voice super villains such as Norman Osborn and Carnage for Marvel (recently landing him another best actor voice nomination), and having the huge honor of voicing Tony Stark for a new Marvel series. He’s currently working on several voice projects for companies such as Lego and Marvel and is very excited to share them in the near future.
Devyn Dalton
She is a Canadian born actor, dancer, and stunt performer. Strongly recognized for her motion capture performance roles and voice work.She was scouted by an agent in her home town of Edmonton, who recruited her to the film industry in Vancouver, BC. Devyn continued her training in dance and theatre, performing throughout Canada and Worldwide.
Some of her accomplishments include landing her first feature film "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," playing two lead live-action roles. This was the start of Devyn's career as an established motion capture artist, having a chance to work alongside some of the best in the biz, Andy Serkis and Terry Notary. Ms.Dalton was brought back on board for the franchises third film, "War of the Planet of the Apes," playing the role Cornelius.
Nickelodeon first snatched Devyn up to play the lead character of Christmas Carol in "A Fairly Odd Christmas" along side stars Drake Bell and Daniella Monet. Later they cast her as Gretel of the famous Hansel and Gretel duo, in the adventure film, "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library." Her latest and most rewarding accomplishment to date is having worked alongside legend Steven Spielberg in the feature "The BFG."
Devyn also expresses her talents as a professional stunt performer. Some of her many credits have been, Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monster, Godzilla, Once Upon A time, Arrow,Supernatural, A Series of Unfortunate Events, X-files, Wonder and Legion. Devyn more recently joined the star studded cast of three big time features, Marvels X-men: Dark Phoenix, Skyscraper and The Predator.
Devyn's voiceover journey started when she joined "Barbies Rock N' Royal" movie, voicing the spunky rocker girl, Zia. You can also hear Devyn in the hit anime series "Beyblade Burst" voicing the role of Shasa. Joining the cast of "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic", as the loveable Ocellus, deems to be one of Devyn's favourite and most rewarding roles.
Cole Howard
He is a professional performer from Edmonton, AB, Canada. Starting young in the world of professional theatre, and with the help of some lucky chance encounters, sent Cole spiralling into a career as a voice over actor, a career which he has been lucky enough to do for almost 20 years now. Over that time Cole has had the pleasure of lending his voice to amazing characters such as Terramar in My Little Pony, Crow Master in The Dragon Prince, and Spider-Man for Marvel’s Super Hero Adventures. Cole’s list of credits include characters in Beyblade: BURST, Gintama, Megaman: Fully Charged, and dozens more.
There is nothing Cole enjoys more than performing, whether behind a microphone or on a stage. The privilege of acting for audiences of passionate and engaged people is the dream Cole is lucky enough to live, and his gratitude is immeasurable.
Beyond acting, Cole is an avid rock climber, sports fan, and a sometimes voice over instructor. He has a deep love for his fellow artists and the fans who give us all the ability to work.
Brian Doe
Growing up under the direct supervision of cartoons, Brian Doe found his calling after realizing that the characters he watched didn’t actually live inside his parent’s TV. After being bit by the acting bug, he has been walking that path ever since.
Brian is perhaps best-known for lending his voice to the characters of Timber Spruce in the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls universe, Osamu Mikumo on World Trigger, Gabe Brunai and Katana Sakaki on Beyblade Burst, and many more.
Brian has also worked on various video games, such as Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, providing the voice of the Gaalsien Salvager units, and voicing the characters of Alain, Ricardt, and most recently Wu Kong in the Nintendo mobile game Dragalia Lost.
Not one to only be confined to the microphone, Brian has also been developing a portfolio of live action work that includes the FOX TV series Wayward Pines, and the CW Network's Supergirl to go along with various independent film projects that can be seen at film festivals around the world.
When he's not acting, Brian can be found indulging in his addiction to guacamole and can be heard bursting into song at random moments on the streets of his current city of Vancouver, Canada.
You can find Brian on Twitter and Instagram @TheBrianDoe
Katrina Salisbury
She is a Canadian actress, currently living and working in the beautiful province of British Columbia. She began her career in 2016 and has been grateful to play some amazing characters including Nico Niyama on Kiznaiver, Inmate 43B on Tooth and Tail, Angela on Tobot, and Yona on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
In her off time, Katrina can be found behind the controller of her PS4 playing way too much Overwatch. A fun fact about Katrina, she is type 1 diabetic and sports a strange looking MP3 thing which is actually her insulin pump.
You can find Katrina on twitter as @KR_Salisbury and Instagram @katrinasalisbury
Ian Hanlin
Originally from the salty East Coast of Canada, Ian Hanlin now calls Vancouver home. After making the jump from coast to coast, Ian quickly found himself involved in the incredible world of voice over and has played a growing number of strange, silly and strangely silly characters in many cartoons and video games.
Ian can be heard as Owen Grady in Lego Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit, Fire-Man/Air-Man/Man-Man in Mega Man: Fully Charged, Poseidon/Theseus/Chimera in Minecraft Miniseries: Mystery of The Greek Isles, Sunburst in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Lance Richmond in Lego Nexo Knights, Trad Vasquez in Beyblade Burst, Alpha in Tobot Athlon, Mr. Magoo in Mr. Magoo, Dad Pocket in Polly Pocket, Durand in Summoners War: Friends and Rivals, Paimon in Line Rangers, Acronix in Ninjago, Larry Parker in Far Cry 5, Ralph in Fruit Ninja and many more.
When not behind the mic, Ian can be found wondering where that spider in the shower went...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/IanStuartHanlin
Caitlyn Bairstow
She is a voice actor and actress, hailing from the sunny beaches of Vancouver, Canada.
Having spent most of her youth glued to her Gameboy and Saturday Morning Cartoons, Caitlyn knew that the world of animation was the place for her, and upon learning she had zero drawing ability, found her little, theatrical self in the fabulously fun world of voice over.
She likes to think of herself as "spunky, with a can-do attitude", but honestly she's just a huge dork.
She is best know for her roles of Suna in Mega Man: Fully Charged, Link in Cadence of Hyrule, Lucky in Super Lucky's Tale, Blue Bobbin in My Little Pony, and Chika Amatori in World Trigger.
She can also be heard in Lego Nexo Knights, Line Rangers, Beyblade Burst, Spy Kids: Mission Critical, Dragalia Lost, Tobot Athlon, Aegis Defenders and many other animation and video game projects.
When not doing the voice thing she can be found playing D&D, walking her dog Nester down the SeaWall, and drinking copious amounts of tea.
Twitter - https://twitter.com/CaityBair
Jesse Inocalla
Jesse Inocalla is an actor, voiceover artist, and producer with over ten years of experience in the entertainment industry. Choice voiceover credits include The Dragon Prince, Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars, Marvel, Hasbro, CAPCOM, LEGO, Disney, The Little Prince, and B-Daman: Fireblast. He’s also won awards for his work onstage and has been a part of award-winning films like El Gigante and La Quincenera by Luchagore Productions, and Ghost Can by Off World Pictures.
Website – http://www.jesseinocalla.com
Twitter - https://twitter.com/jinocalla
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jinocalla/