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1997 Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 11th Gemini Awards was held on June 6, 1997, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Albert Schultz, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television. Awards Best Dramatic Series * ''Due South'' - Alliance Communications. Producers: George Bloomfield, Jeff King, Robert Wertheimer * ''Forever Knight'' - Paragon Entertainment. Producers: Richard Borchiver, James D. Parriott, Jon Slan * ''North of 60'' - Seven24 Films. Producers: Tom Cox, Peter David Lauterman, Doug MacLeod * ''Road to Avonlea: The Final Season'' - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, John Ryan, Kevin Sullivan * '' Traders'' - Atlantis Films. Producers: Alyson Feltes, Mary Kahn, Seaton McLean, David Shore Best Short Dramatic Program * ''The Outer Limits - A Stitch in Time'' - Atlantis Films, Trilogy Entertainment. Producers: Pen Densham, Brent Karl Jackson, James Nadler, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Metro Toronto Convention Centre (originally and still colloquially Metro Convention Centre, and sometimes MTCC), is a convention complex located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada along Front Street (Toronto), Front Street West in the former Railway Lands in downtown Toronto. The property is today owned by Oxford Properties. The centre is operated by the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre Corporation, an independent agency of the Government of Ontario. Description The MTCC has of space, and is home to the 1232-seat John Bassett Theatre. To the east end of the complex is the 586-room InterContinental Toronto Centre hotel (formerly Canadian National Railway's ''L'Hotel CN''). At the west end of the complex is a 265,000 square foot Class-B office building. Within the office building is the Pint restaurant, which was formerly a Baton Rouge (restaurant), Baton Rouge from 2006 to 2017 and a Planet Hollywood from 1996 to 2006. A south building containing exhibition space is located on Brem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Sullivan (producer)
Kevin Roderick Sullivan (born c. 1955) is a Canadian writer, director and producer of film and television programs. He is best known for detailed period movies such as the ''Anne of Green Gables'' series of films, his movie adaptation of Timothy Findley's novel '' The Piano Man's Daughter'', feature films and TV-movies such as '' Under the Piano'', '' Butterbox Babies'', '' Sleeping Dogs Lie'' and the CBS mini-series'' Seasons of Love'', as well as long-running television series such as '' Road to Avonlea'' and '' Wind at My Back''. Early life Sullivan began his film-making career at the early age of 24. His father, Glenn A. Sullivan, was a successful attorney and his uncle, Senator Joseph A. Sullivan, was a prominent doctor with a seat in the Canadian senate from 1957 to 1985. Kevin Sullivan did not follow in either of their footsteps. His first foray into film-making was with a half-hour Hans Christian Andersen Christmas special, titled '' The Fir Tree'' (1979), of which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canwest
Canwest Global Communications Corporation, which operated under the corporate name Canwest, was a major Canadian media conglomerate based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with its head offices at Canwest Place (now called 201 Portage). It held radio, television broadcasting, and publishing assets in several countries, primarily in Canada. Canwest was founded in 1974 by Izzy Asper through the formation of CIII-TV in Toronto under the Global Television Network. The company expanded through the 1980s and 1990s, with the initial public offering in 1991 as a publicly traded corporation and the international expansion of its operations in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom and Turkey. Throughout the years, under Leonard Asper, who became its president and CEO in 1999, Canwest grew into a major media powerhouse by acquiring media properties such as Western International Communications and the Southam newspaper publishing. In 2007, with Goldman Sachs, Canwest acquired the bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Screen Institute
The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI; originally Canadian Screen Institute, CSI) is a non-profit organization headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The organization describes itself as "Serving content creators across Canada to tell unforgettable stories through industry-informed training and mentoring." Established in 1986 and originally functioning as part of the University of Alberta, the National Screen Institute is Canada's oldest nationally recognized film and television training school. In 2008, the institute launched the NSI Online Short Film Festival as a year-round online short-film festival for films that are "100% Canadian." History In 1984, Canadian filmmakers met in Edmonton, Alberta, at "Symposium 84 – Local Heroes", held during the first Local Heroes Film Festival, which showcased independent Canadian short films and features from around the world. The following year, discussions on strategies resulted in DramaLab, a hands-on development progr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Levitan
Steven E. Levitan (born April 6, 1962) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. He has created many television series such as ''Just Shoot Me!'', '' Stark Raving Mad'', '' Stacked'', '' Back to You'', ''Modern Family'', and ''Reboot''. Early life and education Levitan was raised Jewish in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Glenbrook South High School and University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1980 to 1984, graduating with a bachelor's degree in journalism. While at college, he started his career in comedy working on shows for Humorology, a philanthropic comedy review held annually by fraternities and sororities. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Career Levitan worked as a WKOW-TV on-air news reporter and morning anchorman in Madison, Wisconsin, and as a copywriter at Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago. He moved to Hollywood in 1989. As executive producer, Levitan won an Emmy Award in 1996 for ''Frasier'' in the Outstanding Comedy Series c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protocol Entertainment
Protocol Entertainment is a Canadian television production company that was founded in 1993. It is based in Toronto, Ontario. Films and series * ''Animorphs'' * '' Code Name: Eternity'' * '' Dinner Along the Amazon'' * ''Goosebumps'' * '' Mama's Boy'' * '' Metropia'' * '' Pocahontas: The Legend'' * '' Police Academy: The Series'' * ''The Saddle Club'' * ''Spenser for Hire: The Judas Goat'' * ''Spenser for Hire: The Savage Place'' * ''Train 48 ''Train 48'' was a Canadian improvised soap opera, broadcast on Global Television Network and CH (television system), CH from 2003 until 2005. The series was based on the format of an Australian television program called ''Going Home (TV series) ...'' * ''Young Heroes: Seeing-Fingers-The Louis'' External links Official website {{Authority control Television production companies of Canada Mass media companies established in 1993 Film production companies of Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Vainola
David J. Vainola (born 5 October 1961) is a Canadian television and film writer and producer. Early life Vainola was born in Leicester, United Kingdom, and became a Canadian citizen in 1967. Career For the National Film Board of Canada, Vainola directed the short dramatic film "The Drive Away" in 1989. He directed the short film "The Other Prison" (1990), which won a Silver Plaque at the Chicago Film Festival and a Reel Award (Ottawa). Vainola directed the short film "Curiosities" in 1995. "Curiosities" was nominated for two Gemini Awards, including best short program, and won the Best Canadian Film award at the Toronto Worldwide Film Short Festival in 1996. Vainola wrote and directed the one-hour documentary ''30 Second Democracy'' in 1997. The film has been nationally broadcast in more than a dozen countries, including Canada. In 2008, Vainola wrote the TV mini-series ''Diamonds'' (aired May 2009). ''Diamonds'' aired around the world, including a prime-time broadcast o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sienna Films
Sphere Media is a Canadian film and television production and distribution company based in Montreal, Quebec. History Sphere Media was founded in 1984 by Jean Rémillard. Initially named Groupe Télé-Vision Inc., the company was sold in 2010 to Bruno Dubé and partners, and renamed DATSIT Studios, in 2012. It was renamed DATSIT Sphere in 2017 after acquiring Sphere Media Plus, founded by Jocelyn Deschênes. The company subsequently acquired other smaller studios, including Nicole Robert's Go Films in 2018, Oasis Animation and Quiet Motion in 2019, Bristow Global Media in 2020, and Sienna Films in 2020. In June 2020, DATSIT Sphere announced its rebranding as Sphere Media. Later the same year, the president of Sphere Media, Bruno Dubé, was named "Dealmaker of the Year" by Playback magazine for the acquisitions of BGM and Sienna Films during 2020. In January 2022, Sphere Media announced the acquisition Montreal-based animation studio Sardine Productions, founded in 2002 by Ghi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Wright
Brad Wright (born May 2, 1961) is a Canadian television producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' (with Jonathan Glassner), ''Stargate Atlantis'' (with Robert C. Cooper) and '' Stargate Universe'' (also with Cooper) and as the creator of '' Travelers''. Before the inception of the ''Stargate'' franchise, he served as the co-executive producer and a writer of '' The Outer Limits''. He has also written scripts for several other television series including '' Neon Rider'', '' The Adventures of the Black Stallion'', ''The Odyssey'', '' Highlander: The Series'' and '' Poltergeist: The Legacy''. Career Wright has appeared twice in ''Stargate SG-1'', as a studio executive in the 100th episode, " Wormhole X-Treme!", and as a parody of ''Star Treks Scotty in a fantasy sequence in the 200th episode, " 200". In April 2007, in recognition of his efforts to promote Canadian writing talent, and to recognize his efforts as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard B
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include " Richie", " Dick", " Dickon", " Dickie", " Rich", " Rick", "Rico (name), Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English (the name was introduced into England by the Normans), German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Portuguese and Spanish "Ricardo" and the Italian "Riccardo" (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Ander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Densham
Pen Densham (born 14 October 1947) is a British-Canadian film and television producer, writer, and director, known for writing and producing films such as '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves''Kasindorf, Jeanie. "Million Dollar Babies: How a Bunch of Hollywood Screenwriters Struck It Rich." ''New York Magazine.'' 23.24 (18 Jun 1990): 40–50. and television revivals of '' The Outer Limits'' and ''The Twilight Zone'', as well as writing, producing and directing MGM's ''Moll Flanders''. Early life Born in Ruislip, Middlesex, England in October 1947 to Raymond Densham who worked in the British film industry, Pen left school at age 15 and was hired by British TV to photograph The Rolling Stones to sell to national magazines. At 19 he moved to Canada where he directed commercials and documentaries, working with Marshall McLuhan. Densham went on to found Insight Productions in Toronto with John Watson. The company gained recognition for documentaries such as '' Life Times Nine'', one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outer Limits (1995 TV Series)
''The Outer Limits'' is a science fiction film, science fiction anthology series, anthology television series that originally aired between 1995 and 2002 on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, Syfy, Seven Network, Channel 7 and in syndication. The series is a revival of the original ''The Outer Limits (1963 TV series), The Outer Limits'' series that aired from 1963 to 1965. ''The Outer Limits'' is an anthology series, anthology of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. The revival series maintained an anthology format but occasionally featured recurring story arcs that were then tied together during season-finale clip shows. History After an attempt to bring back ''The Outer Limits'' during the early 1980s, it was finally relaunched in 1995. The success of television speculative fiction such as ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''The X-Files'' and anthology shows such as ''Tales from the Crypt (TV series), Tales from the Crypt'' convinced rights hold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
