Janet Morhart
- Producer
- Production Finance and Accounting
Janet Morhart is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Executive Producer at Prairie Dog Film + Television. Janet supports the Showrunner by helping produce television; she provides feedback and notes on scripts, pitches, media, and the development of future projects. She focuses on business matters and is responsible for all aspects of accounting and business affairs, including financing, budgeting, cost reporting, cashflow, tax credits and contracts, as well as the overall corporate operations.
Janet is educated as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and has a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Applied Business Administration from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. She began her accounting career in 2003, shifting her focus to the Film & Television industry in 2006. Since then, her experience has led her to work on multiple dramatic television series, feature films, a movie of the week, short films, documentaries, docu-series, a lifestyle TV series, promotional videos, web/television commercials, public service announcements and corporate event videos. These projects have aired on NETFLIX, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, CBC, Rogers, ABC, CTV, APTN, BRAVO, CMT Live, Discovery Channel, ESPN, The Food Network, Muchmusic, OMNI TV and Wild bunch.
Janet was recently celebrated by CPA Alberta with an Early Achievement Award in 2020, acknowledged as one of Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 in 2019, and received a Community Service Award for her volunteering efforts. Janet is currently the Treasurer on the Board of the Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA), is on the Canada Media Producers Association (CMPA) Television Committee, and is a member of the Women in Film & Television Alberta (WIFTA).
Janet is educated as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and has a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Applied Business Administration from Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta. She began her accounting career in 2003, shifting her focus to the Film & Television industry in 2006. Since then, her experience has led her to work on multiple dramatic television series, feature films, a movie of the week, short films, documentaries, docu-series, a lifestyle TV series, promotional videos, web/television commercials, public service announcements and corporate event videos. These projects have aired on NETFLIX, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, CBC, Rogers, ABC, CTV, APTN, BRAVO, CMT Live, Discovery Channel, ESPN, The Food Network, Muchmusic, OMNI TV and Wild bunch.
Janet was recently celebrated by CPA Alberta with an Early Achievement Award in 2020, acknowledged as one of Avenue Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 in 2019, and received a Community Service Award for her volunteering efforts. Janet is currently the Treasurer on the Board of the Alberta Media Production Industries Association (AMPIA), is on the Canada Media Producers Association (CMPA) Television Committee, and is a member of the Women in Film & Television Alberta (WIFTA).
