About
Cazador inc. is the Fredericton-based production company owned and operated by Sandy Hunter (he/ him), a New Brunswick-based film & television executive with more than two decades of experience at the heart of the Canadian industry.
Born in Florenceville in 1975, Hunter attended Ottawa’s Carleton University School of Journalism. Upon graduating with High Honours in 1997, Sandy began his career as a film magazine writer based in Toronto. He then moved into to producing and content positions with Alliance Atlantis, Res Media Group and co-founded of Toronto production company Soft Citizen. In 2009, he produced the critically-acclaimed documentary Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands.
Hunter was hired by Apple in 2009, eventually rising to become head of Apple TV in Canada, where he worked closely with national and international streamers, broadcasters, producers and distributors.
Since moving back to his home province of NB in 2021 and launching Cazador and Cultivation Pictures, Sandy has produced Drop the Needle (Prime Video), Wabanaki Modern (CBC), O’Don’s (Bell), Backyard History (Bell), Car Wash Wars (Bell) and the dramatic feature film What We Dreamed of Them (Crave), directed by Taylor Olson. In 2024, he directed the short documentary Retrograde. Hunter and his team have also developed TV projects Dislodged, Discount Wresting and Justus and with the support of the Bell Slate Development Fund, the Canadian Media Fund and the Province of New Brunswick.
2025 TV projects in production include Bricklin (Bell) and A Lick and a Prayer (Bell). Current projects in development include TV series Silent Tide, Discount Wrestling and Tater Invaders, and film projects Facing the Future, Laced, Rum Runner and Crustaceous.
Sandy produces and consults via Cazador inc. and in partnership with Clem McIntosh via their production company Cultivation Pictures. Sandy is a member of the board of Media New Brunswick.