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10th Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 10th Gemini Awards was held on March 3, 1996 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, Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin *''TekWar'' - Atlantis Films, Western International Communications, Lemli Productions, Universal Television, CTV Television Network, USA Network. Producers: Stephen Roloff, William Shatner, John Calvert *'' Highlander: The Series'' - Filmline International. Producers: Marla Ginsburg, William N. Panzer, Christian Charret, Nicolas Clermont, Ken Gord *''North of 60'' - SEVEN24 Films. Producers: Tom Cox, Peter David Lauterman, Doug MacLeod, Barbara Samuels, Wayne Grigsby *''Road to Avonlea'' - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan Best Short Dra ... [...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 south o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shatner
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, from his 1965 debut as the captain of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), ''Enterprise'' in the Where No Man Has Gone Before, second pilot of the Star Trek: The Original Series, first ''Star Trek'' television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh ''Star Trek'' feature film, ''Star Trek Generations'' (1994). Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions before moving into guest-starring roles in various US television shows. He appeared as James Kirk in all the episodes of ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', 21 of the 22 episodes of ''Star Trek: The Animated Series'', and the first seven List of Star Trek films, ''Star Trek'' movies. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences before, during and after his time in a Starfl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lantos
Robert Lantos, Order of Canada, CM (born 3 April 1949) is a Hungarian-Canadian film producer. Life and career Lantos was born on 3 April 1949 in Budapest, the son of Ágnes (Bodor) and László Lantos, a mechanic and truck company owner. Lantos spent much of his childhood in Montevideo, Uruguay, where his family fled after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He immigrated to Canada in 1963. Lantos studied literature at McGill University in Montreal and graduated with a BA (1970) and an MA (1972). Following graduation from McGill, he founded Vivafilm which imported and distributed foreign films across Canada. He later started a production company, RSL Entertainment, which produced fifteen films, most notably George Kaczender's ''In Praise of Older Women (1978 film), In Praise of Older Women'' and Ted Kotcheff's ''Joshua Then and Now (film), Joshua Then and Now''. Lantos co-founded the Canadian film and television company Alliance Films, Alliance Communications Corporation with part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Jonas
George Jonas, CM (June 15, 1935 – January 10, 2016) was a Hungarian-born Canadian writer, poet, and journalist. A self-described classical liberal, he authored 16 books, including the bestseller '' Vengeance'' (1984), the story of an Israeli operation to kill the terrorists responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre. The book has been adapted for film twice, first as '' Sword of Gideon'' (1986) and as ''Munich'' (2005). Personal life Jonas was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1935, the son of lawyer, composer, and former member of the Vienna State Opera, Dr. Georg M. Hübsch (1883-1972) and Magda Hübsch (née Klug; 1905–1997), Jonas was educated at the Lutheran Gymnasium between the years 1945 and 1954. Marriage and family Jonas married his first wife, Sylvia (née Nemes) in New York in 1960. Their son, Alexander, was born in 1964 in Toronto where they lived until they separated in 1968. He married Barbara Amiel in 1974; the couple divorced in 1979. A practicing Jew, Amiel ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Facts Behind The Helsinki Roccamatios
''The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and Other Stories'' is a book of short stories by Canadian author Yann Martel. First published as a paperback by Knopf Canada in the spring of 1993, it received little attention outside Canada until 2004, after Martel's award-winning ''Life of Pi'' gained worldwide popularity and people became interested in the author's work. The book is composed of four short stories. The 2004 Canongate Books edition is updated with an author's note in which Martel writes that he is "happy to offer these four stories again to the reading public, slightly revised, the youthful urge to overstate reined in, the occasional clumsiness in prose, I hope, ironed out." All the stories except ''Manners of Dying'' have a distinct auto-biographical feel to them, the protagonist being a young white male university student having an existential crisis. In these stories, especially the first two, references to other cultural noteworthies such as ''The Little Prince' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Clarkson Presents
''Adrienne Clarkson Presents'' is a Canadian cultural entertainment series broadcast on CBC Television beginning in 1988. The series ended in 1999, the year host Adrienne Clarkson was appointed Governor General of Canada. Episodes featured artists such as Molly Johnson, Quartette, and Peppiatt and Aylesworth Peppiatt and Aylesworth were a Canadian television comedy team. The team consisted of Frank Peppiatt (March 19, 1927 – November 7, 2012) and John Aylesworth (August 18, 1928 – July 28, 2010). John Aylesworth was born on August 18, 1928, in .... The series was preceded by a limited 1988 summer programme, ''Adrienne Clarkson's Summer Festival''. External links * * TVArchive.ca: ''Adrienne Clarkson Presents''Adrienne Clarkson Presents: A Tribute to Peppiatt & Aylesworth: Canada's First Television Comedy Team 1988 Canadian television series debuts 1999 Canadian television series endings CBC Television original programming 1980s Canadian variety television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Sullivan (producer)
Kevin Roderick Sullivan (born c. 1955) is a Canadian writer, Film director, director and Film producer, producer of film and television programs. Kevin Sullivan is best known for detailed period movies such as the ''Anne of Green Gables (1985 film), Anne of Green Gables'' series of films, his movie adaptation of Timothy Findley's novel ''The Piano Man's Daughter (film), The Piano Man's Daughter'', feature films and TV-movies such as ''Under the Piano'', ''Butterbox Babies'', ''Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998 film), 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''. His films have been broadcast in over 150 countries. His production company Sullivan Entertainment has produced movies, mini-series and specials for CBS, PBS, Disney, Lifetime, Ion, INSP, Channel 4, BBC, ITV, ZDF and NHK. Early life Sullivan began his film-making career at the early age of 24. His father, Glenn A. Sull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trudy Grant
Trudy Grant, President of Sullivan Entertainment International and COO of the Sullivan Entertainment Group, has been part of the establishment of the Canadian entertainment industry for nearly thirty years. Grant, who is married to Kevin Sullivan, has won numerous awards for her work in television and film. Grant has been instrumental in making Sullivan Entertainment International a major exporter of Canadian and international media content around the world, with an inventory of movies and programming from all genres, including miniseries, feature films, family and children's drama, and documentaries. Filmography Executive Producer *'' Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning'' (2008) *''Magic Flute Diaries'' (2008) *''Anne: Journey to Green Gables'' (animated film, 2005) *'' The Piano Man’s Daughter'' (film, 2003) *''A Wind at My Back Christmas'' (film, 2001) *''P.R. Operation Overload'' (film, 2001) *'' P.R.'' (television series, 2001) *''Wind at My Back'' (1996–2001) *'' Anne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road To Avonlea
''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the ''CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films (later Sullivan Entertainment) in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada. It follows the adventures of Sara Stanley, a young girl sent to live with her relatives in early 20th-century eastern Canada. It was loosely adapted from novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, with many characters and episodes inspired by her stories. Some episodes were turned into independent books by various authors; around 30 titles have been released. In the United States, its title was shortened to ''Avonlea'', and a number of episodes were retitled and reordered. The series was released on VHS and DVD there as ''Tales from Avon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Grigsby
Wayne Grigsby (born 1947) is a Canadian screenwriter and producer, mainly for television. Career Grigsby, who comes from Calgary, Alberta, started primarily in arts and entertainment journalism. His goal had always been to write fiction. He had a script produced by Brian McKenna and Bernie Zukerman, which led to his becoming a screenwriter. Later, he formed Big Motion Pictures Inc. with David MacLeod. He also tried American TV with a failed pilot starring Kelly McGillis. Awards *2004 Margaret Collier Award Partial filmography Producer * ''North of 60'' (1992; TV series) * ''Dark Eyes'' (1995; TV series) * ''Black Harbour'' (1996, TV series) * ''A Guy and a Girl'' (2002; TV series) * '' Snakes & Ladders'' (2004; TV series) * ''Sex Traffic ''Sex Traffic'' is a two-part British-Canadian television thriller, written by Abi Morgan and directed by David Yates, that first broadcast on Channel 4 on 14 October 2004. The series, produced by Veronica Castillo and Derek Wax, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Of 60
''North of 60'' is a 1990s Canadian television drama depicting life in the sub-Arctic northern boreal forest (north of 60° north latitude, hence the title). It first aired on CBC Television in 1992 and was syndicated around the world. It is set in the fictional community of Lynx River, a Canadian Indigenous community depicted as being in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories. Most of the characters were Dene. Some non-native characters had important roles: the restaurant/motel owner (a Ukrainian immigrant), the band manager, the nurse (a white Canadian woman) and (during the show's first season) the town's RCMP Detachment Commander. The show explored themes of Native poverty, alcoholism, cultural preservation, conflict over land settlements, and natural resource exploitation. Originally somewhat light-hearted (a CBC response to the very successful ''Northern Exposure'' on CBS), it quickly became a more sombre dramatic series which explored subplots including murder, band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Gord
Kenneth Steven Gord (born February 25, 1949) is a Canadian film and television producer. Early years Gord was born in Toronto, Ontario. His parents, Henry and Goldie Gord, were also native Torontonians and Ken was their middle child. Gord graduated from Bathurst Heights Secondary School and then enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program at the University of Toronto but dropped out after completing the second of three years. He teamed up with two friends and began promoting rock concerts. On October 3, 1969, they successfully brought Johnny Winter to Massey Hall and on October 14, 1969, they brought The Who to the Canadian National Exhibition Colisseum to perform their rock opera, Tommy. Other bands brought to Toronto included The Byrds and Pentangle. Film Gord became involved in the film industry in Toronto, Ontario in the early 1970s. He produced the ultra-low budget ''Dream On The Run'' in 1973 and was production manager on another no-budget Canadian feature ''Point of No Retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
