Hadden Park Productions is a multimedia and talent management company, currently creating writing, producing and publishing, children’s books and related products including book adaptations for theatrical production, and original television & movie concepts, pilots and scripts.

Founded in 2016 by David E Zacharko, David Yustin, and Matthew Dowden, with offices located in Vancouver, Canada, the three partners bring a broad and diverse background of talent to the company. 

Current projects include:

Matthew the Magnificent ™ ©

The first story in a series of chapter books is of a small boy named Matthew. Isolated in his lonely world, he experiences growth in confidence through the guise of a mentorship in magic. Taught by an unexpected and unconventional elderly mentor, it provides Matthew with an unorthodox education, fantastical life experiences and the lost love of a grandmother figure, all of which help to expand his imagination and ultimately enrich his life. The book is scheduled for release in the fall of 2017 and developed into a screenplay shortly after that.

Little Gypsy’s invited to tea ©

The story told in a rhyming, and illustrated book form is about a very small female Chihuahua whose name is Gypsy but is referred to as Little Gypsy ©, due to her diminutive size. She receives an invitation to have tea with the Queen and flies to London to do so. The book details the fun adventure of the trip.

The object of this series of books is to create awareness of world culture and architecture at an elementary level and at the same time subliminally suggest proper etiquette and excellent manners. Gypsy travels and has iconic adventures in countries around the world. The collection of stories will form the basis of an animated television or web series.

Claire ©

Claire and Mr. Duck, the first in a series of stories, is an elementary book. A picture book about a young girl named Claire who smiles and helps a small duck find his missing smile.

The book is illustrated with full-page watercolour images and is intended for children ages 2 to 5 years old. This concept is in development as a series of books and toys.

The Adventures of Super Bowl ©

In development as an animated cartoon-style television series for children, about a seemingly ordinary cereal bowl that swings into action when trouble arises in the kitchen and beyond. This product is intended for television broadcast with cross over to the Internet. A product line featuring the characters of the story is also in development.

The Company also has in development, 19 compelling television, movie, animation and multimedia projects.

Matthew James Dowden

Matthew is a United Kingdom-born actor, writer, producer, illustrator, musician, an expert in sleight of hand magic and is one of three founding directors of Hadden Park Productions Incorporated.

Matthew started his musical training at the age of five studying both violin and piano. His musical career continued for the next twelve years with intensive classical vocal education at The Chorister School, Durham Cathedral, and Barnard Castle School.

Upon his graduation from Barnard Castle, he took a four-year hiatus from the entertainment path to pursue a degree in law. It was while studying for his degree that he became interested in sleight of hand magic and after graduating Law School with honours in 2002, Matthew returned to the stage as a professional magician.

In 2005 Matthew performed at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood and won various magical competitions in the United Kingdom. In 2007 he released his debut DVD, detailing his original work in card magic and stage performance for the magic community. This best selling DVD led Matthew to a consulting role for a David Blaine TV Show.

Since then Matthew has gone on to release three other best selling DVDs while doing a lecture tour, which included the Magic Circle in London, England’s oldest magic society, and at F.I.S.M. the world championships of magic.

Wanting to further his singing and acting career, In 2012 Matthew wrote, produced and directed his own unique one-man stage show “Magic of the Movies”, a musical theatre production inspired by the golden age of Hollywood. The show provides a vehicle in which Matthew can showcase his talents as a vocalist, pianist, comedic impersonator and magician. He has dazzled hundreds of thousands of people touring worldwide for over five years.

“As an entertainer and performing artist, Matthew is often described as the Dean Martin and the James Bond of Magic; the magician with the golden voice.“

In 2015, to complement the success of his one-person show, Matthew recorded and produced his first musical album “Music of the Movies”.

Matthew, while pursuing his acting roles, continues his career in writing, having several screen plays, animation and televisions series, both reality and nonfiction ready for their green light. He has recently completed writing and illustrating his first full-length children's novel, which is due for release and distribution later in 2017.

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David Nicholas Yustin

A Canadian-born writer and producer living in Vancouver, Canada, David is a Director and the financial officer at Hadden Park Productions Incorporated.

A graduate of Ryerson University with a Degree in Interior Design, he is also an alumnus of the University of British Columbia and is a Registered Architect with over 25-years combined design experience. His success is not only a result of his exceptional and diverse design background but also his ability to collaborate and bring people together, which was evident during his tenure as Chair of the Board and President of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. He combines creative thinking with the managing of complex contracts, large budgets, and timelines so that he can deliver a finished and well-crafted product to his clients.

David is also no stranger to being on camera or the stage, being both a presenter at a national interior design show and on the Internet touring viewers through projects. He also sings, is accomplished on the mandolin and designs furniture.

He is currently collaborating on several print and media projects at Hadden Park Productions, including several children's books, one that is in early stages, two that are in final development and one that will be going to press later this summer.

David is co-creator and writer of several televisions series and movie projects by Hadden Park.

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David Edward Zacharko

A Canadian born writer, creator, and producer living in Vancouver, Canada, David is one of the three founding Directors and the President of Hadden Park Productions Incorporated. As a Registered Architect with over 25 years of design experience, David comes from a background in art and music having studied art history, painting, sculpture and opera at the University of Alberta before his degree in Applied Sciences in Architecture from the University of British Columbia. With multi-million dollar projects and an international portfolio of luxury homes to his credit, David combines his background and love of the arts with his practical abilities and business sense to manage complex contracts, large budgets and timelines, while never letting go of the vision or creative elements of a project.

He brings this acumen to the entertainment business in both talent management and the creation of stories and characters for both children and adults.

Hadden Park Productions currently has several projects in development that David is directly involved in including writing and illustrating children's books.

The characters in these books are also in the planning and development stages as licensed products and the stories as children’s animated television series and feature films.

David, with his Hadden Park partners, has also created, written and collaborated on several exciting television series and movies.