Biography

David Anselmo is a Canadian producer and former actor who is the CEO of Hideaway Pictures and the Northern Ontario Film Studios, the first and biggest film production company and studio - respectively - in Northern Ontario.

After studying Law, Psychology, and Theatre at Laurentian University, Anselmo began his acting career in Europe working with a small theatre groups in 2001. When he visited a friend in South Korea, he ended up spending the next seven years working as an actor and producer in Seoul, which was a great beginning for a career in the film industry. Many credits in his acting filmography include successful international films such as "Rpoint", a 2004 horror film during the Vietnam War, "Welcome to Dongmakgol", a 2005 comedy-drama during the Korean War, and the highest grossing South Korean film of all time, "The Host", a 2006 horror film which surpassed $100M at the box office domestically in Korea.

Seeing and opportunity to help create a new industry in Northern Ontario, David moved back to Canada in 2019 after a successful film career overseas and founded Hideaway Pictures in 2010, and the Northern Ontario Film Studios in 2012, which provides a wide range of equipment and services to help grow the industry for producer filming in Northern Ontario.

As President of Production of Hideaway Pictures, he has filmed over 60 feature films and television series produced in Canada which amounts to over 150,000,000 in production dollars spent in the region.

As CEO of the Northern Ontario Film Studios (NOFS), his strategic business development has attracted to the region and services over 125 feature film and television projects in the last decade generating over $300,000,000 in economic development to Canada. In 2015, the NOFS opened its second stage in the region to meet the industry's needs. In 2019, NOFS build a permanent turn of the century town on its 60 acre back lot which has garnered attention from the industry abroad and is sought after as a future filming location.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dave Cowley