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Simon Fraser is the co-founder of SmackDabMedia, a traditional and new media production company.

In 2006, Fraser wrote and directed the short film "Hair of the Dog," currently be readied for distribution. In 2007, he wrote and directed the short film, "The Honeymoon is Over", currently being readied for post-production.

With John Fucile, Fraser has co-written the shorts "Zero" and "Beat the Blue," winner of the Global Vision Award at the 2002 World Population Film & Video Festival. The duo also wrote the feature "The Second Coming" for director Ash.

In February 2003, Fraser premiered his most recent one-act play, "Party Animals," at The Second City in Toronto. His previous one-act's include "The Punch And Judas Show" and "Where the Hell is Delaware Water Gap?" which toured theatre festivals across Canada and "Three Guys In A Lifeboat On Acid" which had a successful run at the Alumnae Theatre's New Ideas Festival. Most recently, Fraser co-directed Dogtooth Theatre Group's "Jocular Digressions from the Bughouse Mezzanine".

From 1999 to 2003, Fraser was the editor and designer of SmackDabMedia's international online culture magazine NOVA. From 1994 to 1996, Simon was a writer and producer for the Yuk Yuk's Comedy Festival in Toronto, Canada.

As a member of the comedy troupe Joe's Convenience, Fraser twice performed at Montreal's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival. He wrote and acted in two episodes of CBC-TV's "Comics!" and has contributed numerous hours of programming to CBC National Radio, including the 10-part radio serial "The Gig." The troupe also developed a self-titled TV series with Broadway Video and Clarence Square Pictures.

As an actor, Fraser appeared for three seasons on the national CBC-TV soap opera "Riverdale" and voiced the lead role in the National Film Board's animated short "Hyperhelion".

Fraser first came to prominence playing himself in a two-year national ad campaign for Molson Breweries, including nine TV spots, three radio spots and a full-size cardboard cut-out (a copy of which remains hidden in a secure location).


Simon Fraser