Headspinner is an award-winning creative production company spearheaded by industry veterans
Michelle Melanson and Ken Cuperus headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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We are committed to creating and executing great content for the international market. From kids and family to drama and genre, Ken and Michelle are driven by an unparalleled passion for the creative industry.

Michelle Melanson
President

Emmy and Bafta Nominated, Michelle has over 25 year’s experience in the production business with hundreds of episodes produced and over 50 awards and nominations. Michelle currently is the Executive Producer of Hallmark+ and W Network's Mistletoe Murders created by Ken Cuperus in partnership with Lionsgate Canada. Michelle has Exec Produced all of Headspinners content including Happy House of Frightenstein, Denis and Me, Gisele's Mashup Adventures and Aunty B's House. Prior to founding Headspinner, Michelle was President of Radical Sheep Productions, executive producing such shows as the worldwide hit The Next Step, as well as Fangbone!, The Bagel & Becky Show and Stella and Sam. Michelle has won several Canadian Screen awards, the Grand Prize of the Youth Media Alliance, multiple Kidscreen Awards and Cynopsis TV Awards. She also has a Juno Award for producing the Stella and Sam Album.  In 2019, Michelle was named to the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) RTA Wall of Fame. And in 2021, she was the recipient of the Youth Media Alliance Outstanding Achievement Award.

Ken Cuperus
Chief Creative Officer

​Ken Cuperus is an Emmy nominated and Multi Canadian Screen Award winning creator/writer/producer/showrunner with over one hundred hours of produced television credits, on such series as Mistletoe Murders, Ruby and the Well, Hardy Boys, Carter, Stargate: Atlantis, The Listener, Frankie Drake, My Babysitter’s a Vampire, Mr. Young and Total Drama Island. Ken is also the co-creator/showrunner of award-winning multi- cam sitcom, The Stanley Dynamic, which enjoyed a run of 52 half-hour episodes. Ken created, directs, and produces the Audible Original Series Mistletoe Murders and is currently showrunning/writing and producing the series for Hallmark + and W Network. Ken is also the Creator of the hit drama procedural Hudson & Rex and continues to write on Seasons II-VI while developing and showrunning properties for Headspinner. In 2022 and 2023, Ken received back-to-back Canadian Screen Awards for Best Writing on Happy House of Frightenstein and a Canadian Screen Award in 2024 for Aunty B’s House.