Pedro Orrego

Since 2008, Pedro has been a story editor for some of the most prominent production companies, networks/channels and shows in Canada & the U.S including the Discovery Channel (Canada/U.S.), HGTV (Holmes on Homes), the History Channel (Canada/U.S.), the Food Network, CBC, CTV, CHUM Television, City TV and Production Companies including Boat Rocker Media, Paperny Films (E-One), Proper Television, Cineflix, Architect Films, Cream Productions, and Temple Street.

His boutique production company Parallel Vision Productions has seen projects taken to the big and small screen. His Documentary Short Film “Getting Wood” (2005) was shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and he and his wife Michelle Melles co-directed the music video Ol Skool with the iconic Canadian Band Crack of Dawn. Crack of Dawn is renowned for being the first Black Canadian band to sign with a major record label. Pedro is also a musician, creating original music for his projects. From 2011 to 2017, he was in an improvised music outfit called LazerSuzan with established Canadian jazz musician Steve Koven.

Pedro Orrego (born January 28, 1966) is a Toronto-based Gemini Award-winning Director producer and story editor who helped to launch and create the critically acclaimed documentary series SexTV for CHUM Television. The Gemini Awards (now titled the Canadian Screen Awards) are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. Under Pedro’s direction, SexTV won the Gemini for Best Lifestyle Show in Canada (2004)] Gemini Award Best Lifestyle Program in Canada, 2004] and was nominated for a Gemini for Best Lifestyle Program in Canada in 2002, 2003 and 2004. SexTV was broadcast nationally and internationally for ten seasons and explored sexuality and gender around the world in an intelligent, cutting-edge and thought-provoking way.

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