Prairie Boy Productions is an outstanding film, documentary, television and new media production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We produce domestic and international content with a fresh new perspective that allows audiences to see the world through a new lens.
The Prairie Boys are the only fully fluent Spanish, German and English film, TV and video production company in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with access to the highest tax credits in the country. Our goal is to produce insightful and fun stories to alter the status quo and bring on social change.
About Us
Orlando Braun
Orlando Braun BA MFA, is a Canadian Screen Award nominated producer, executive producer, and production manager of documentary and factual series, sitcom, and features whose films have played at numerous festivals around the globe and have garnered dozens of awards. Orlando is an advocate for Canadian content and actively serves as a mentor for emerging producers. He has worked across all genres including scripted feature films, documentaries, true crime series, food and culture factual series, and childrens animation for broadcasters around the globe.
Orlando entered into the industry through education; he received his Bachelor of Arts in Film at the University of Manitoba and a Masters of Fine Arts in Producing from the New York Film Academy in Universal Studios, California. Orlando was then selected for the Telefilm Canada Producers Mentorship in 2012 through the CMPA, and is an alum of the National Screen Institute [NSI] Business for Producers program.
In addition, Orlando has worked in New York and Los Angeles with industry professionals such as Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film, Manage-Ment (Garden State), Platinum Studios (Cowboys & Aliens) and Film Independent (Spirit Awards, LA Film Festival). His work in scripted feature films, documentaries and factual series have aired on broadcasters such as CBC, Bravo, Bell Media, TUBI, CBC's DocZone, The Nature of Things, PBS, Smithsonian Channel, OLN, TVO, SBS, Discovery ID, Escape, SKY, Yes TV, Shine, and more.
Orlando entered into the industry through education; he received his Bachelor of Arts in Film at the University of Manitoba and a Masters of Fine Arts in Producing from the New York Film Academy in Universal Studios, California. Orlando was then selected for the Telefilm Canada Producers Mentorship in 2012 through the CMPA, and is an alum of the National Screen Institute [NSI] Business for Producers program.
In addition, Orlando has worked in New York and Los Angeles with industry professionals such as Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film, Manage-Ment (Garden State), Platinum Studios (Cowboys & Aliens) and Film Independent (Spirit Awards, LA Film Festival). His work in scripted feature films, documentaries and factual series have aired on broadcasters such as CBC, Bravo, Bell Media, TUBI, CBC's DocZone, The Nature of Things, PBS, Smithsonian Channel, OLN, TVO, SBS, Discovery ID, Escape, SKY, Yes TV, Shine, and more.
Jorge Requena Ramos
With over 10 years of experience in the industry, Jorge Requena Ramos is an award-winning Canadian filmmaker, Canadian Screen Award nominated director, and musician originally from Mexico. Jorge has played a key role in projects for Hallmark, Universal Pictures, Discovery Channel, Cooking Channel, Food Network, Super Channel, CBC, and Omni (Rogers) amongst others.
He has written and directed dozens of short films and music videos that have played at many festivals before returning to TV to direct documentaries, multiple true crime series, as well as food and culture lifestyle series. His work on the food program "Immigrant Kitchen" garnered him a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Director.
These collaborations have led Jorge to travel across Canada, the United States, Spain and Mexico.