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19th Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 19th Gemini Awards were held on December 13, 2004, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was co-hosted by several celebrities, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broadcast on CBC Television. Awards Best Dramatic Series *''Da Vinci’s Inquest'' - Haddock Entertainment, Barna-Alper Productions, Alliance Atlantis Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Chris Haddock, Laszlo Barna, Arvi Liimatainen *''Bliss'' - Galafilm, Back Alley Film Productions. Producers: Arnie Gelbart, Janis Lundman, Ian Whitehead, Adrienne Mitchell *'' The Eleventh Hour'' - Alliance Atlantis Communications. Producers: Ilana Frank, Semi Chellas, Ray Sager, David Wellington, Seaton McLean *''Slings & Arrows'' - Rhombus Media. Producers: Sari Friedland, Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron *''Snakes and Ladders (TV series), Snakes and Ladders'' - Big Motion Pictures. Producers: Wayne Grigsby, David MacLeod *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bassett Theatre
The John W. H. Bassett Theatre is a multi-purpose theatre located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Front Street, in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The theatre is regularly used by the CTV Television Network for television shows such as '' Canadian Idol'' and ''Canada's Got Talent.'' The 1,232 seat, multi-purpose theatre is a self-contained venue within the Metro Toronto Convention Centre's North Building. The adjacent rooms host pre-and post-performance receptions. The theatre also hosts corporate events, a number of nationally televised award shows, community events and national and international TV specials. The theatre was named for John Bassett, the founder of Baton Broadcasting, the main predecessor of Bell Media, parent of the CTV Television Network. Since 2003 the theatre has been regularly used by CTV for programs such as '' Canadian Idol'' and was used in December 2011 for the Toronto Canada's Got Talent ''Canada's Got Talent'' is a Canadian televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Wellington (director)
David Wellington (born 1963) is a Canadian film and television director, best known for the films '' I Love a Man in Uniform'' and the 1996 adaptation of '' Long Day's Journey into Night''.''Long Day's Journey into Night'' at the 's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. He has also directed episodes of the television series ''The Hidden Room'', '' The Eleventh Hour'', '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movie Central
Movie Central (occasionally abbreviated as "MC", mostly in program guides) was a Canadian English language Category A premium cable and satellite television channel that was owned by Corus Entertainment. Movie Central was designated to operate west of the Ontario-Manitoba border, including the territories. Although the channel's name implies that it focuses solely on theatrically released motion pictures, Movie Central's programming included original and foreign television series, made-for-cable movies and documentaries. Movie Central was carried by various Canadian cable, IPTV, and satellite television providers in Western Canada including Bell Satellite TV, Shaw Direct, Shaw Cable, Access Communications, Telus Optik TV, and Westman, among other providers. Its programming was comparable to that of The Movie Network (TMN), a separately owned pay service which is marketed to Eastern Canada, in areas located east of the Ontario-Manitoba border. Movie Central was headquartered at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN, stylized aptn) is a Canadian specialty channel. Established in 1992 and maintained by governmental funding to broadcast in Canada's northern territories, APTN acquired a national broadcast licence in 1999. It airs and produces programs made by, for and about Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, it is the first network by and for North American indigenous peoples. History Establishment In 1980, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued the ''Therrien Committee Report''. In that report, the committee concluded that northern Indigenous peoples had increasing interest in developing their own media services and that the government has a responsibility to ensure support in broadcasting of Indigenous cultures and languages. The committee recommended measures to enable northern native people to use broadcasting to support their languages and cultures. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Svendsen
Linda Svendsen (born Vancouver, 1954) is a Canadian screenwriter and author. Biography She has lived in her birth city for most of her life. Her works include many critically acclaimed short stories. Her stories were anthologized and published in magazines such as ''Atlantic Monthly'' and '' Saturday Night.'' She won first prize in the American Short Story Contest in 1980, and was a three-time finalist for the O. Henry Awards. In 1992, she published a book called ''Marine Life,'' which was also translated into German which was a finalist for the 1993 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In 2000, ''Marine Life'' was adapted into a film starring Cybill Shepherd and Peter Outerbridge."UBC prof's Marine Life now an Anne Wheeler film". ''Vancouver Sun'', December 10, 1999. Svendsen wrote the television film adaptation of ''The Diviners,'' as well as the miniseries ''Human Cargo'' and the television film '' At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story.'' She won a Gemini Award for the ''H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Force Four Entertainment
Force Four Entertainment is a Canadian film and television production company based in Vancouver. Force Four Entertainment began operations in 1983 and has produced more than 500 hours of primetime broadcast programming, earning accolades on the national and international stage. The company’s television programs include lifestyle, documentary, and scripted programming that is sold and aired around the world. In the scripted genre is the 13-episode comedy series ''Seed'', created by Joseph Raso for City TV. Force Four creates and produces its own original formats, including ''Million Dollar Neighbourhood'' for Corus’ OWN Canada, ''Urban Suburban'' for HGTV, ''The Cupcake Girls'' for W Network, and ''Murder She Solved'' for OWN Canada. The company is also producing the Australian format series ''Border Security'' for Shaw, now in second season, ''The Bachelor Canada'', based on the sixteen-season Warner Brothers hit U.S. franchise for Rogers Media, and ''The Audience'', an IT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Cargo
''Human Cargo'' is a 2004 Canadian television miniseries. The series won seven Gemini Awards and two Directors Guild of Canada Awards. It premiered on CBC Television on January 4, 2004 and starred Kate Nelligan, Cara Pifko, Bayo Akinfemi and Nicholas Campbell. The series was written by Linda Svendsen and Brian McKeown. Plot The miniseries explores the issue of immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ... and refugees who flee to Canada after 9/11 and the people who sacrifice their lives to help or hinder them. The series features six intersecting stories focusing on the crises of refugees, set in different locations: four Honduran boys are found dead in a produce truck at the Canada-U.S. border crossing; a dedicated refugee lawyer Jerry Fischer is forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaftesbury Films
Shaftesbury Films is a film, television and digital media production company founded by Christina Jennings in 1987. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Background Shaftesbury is a creator and producer of original content for television and digital platforms. Shaftesbury's slate includes 11 seasons of Murdoch Mysteries for CBC, UKTV, and ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment; detective drama Frankie Drake for CBC; Houdini & Doyle for Sony Pictures Television, Corus Entertainment, ITV, and Fox; thriller series '' Slasher'' for NBCUniversal's Chiller and now available on Netflix; and CBC Kids series The Moblees. Shaftesbury's digital arm, Smokebomb Entertainment, produces original digital, convergent, and branded entertainment projects including the YouTube series and upcoming movie Carmilla; mystery series V Morgan Is Dead; fashion comedy series MsLabelled, produced in partnership with Shaw Media and Tetley Tea; supernatural drama Inhuman Condition; and the ''Slasher'' VR app for iO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shields Stories
''The Shields Stories'' was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on W in 2004. A short-run dramatic anthology series produced by Shaftesbury Films, the series dramatized six short stories by Carol Shields. The series was a sequel of sorts to Shaftesbury's prior ''The Atwood Stories'', which dramatized six short stories by another Canadian writer, Margaret Atwood. A third series, which would have dramatized short stories by Alice Munro, was planned but did not materialize. The series was a Gemini Award nominee for Best Drama Series at the 19th Gemini Awards."CBC-TV miniseries Human Cargo leads 2004 Gemini list". ''Whitehorse Star The ''Whitehorse Star'' is one of two newspapers in Whitehorse, Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least p ...'', October 26, 2004. Episodes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shields ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snakes And Ladders (TV Series)
''Snakes and Ladders'' is a Canadian television mini-series created by Wayne Grigsby which aired on CBC Television in 2004. The series starred Amy Price-Francis as Shannon Jennings, a woman who takes a job as an executive assistant at Parliament Hill for a cabinet minister named Audrey Flankman (Catherine Disher). The series was shot in documentary style, and was produced by the same people who produced the series '' Trudeau''. Cast * Catherine Disher as Minister Audrey Flankman * Amy Price-Francis as Shannon Jennings * Jeremy Akerman as Lamar * Matthew Ferguson as Donnie Logan * Marcel Jeannin as Patrick Arthur Lewis Episodes # ''Premiere'' # ''The Bling Bling'' # ''American Pie'' # ''Section 24'' # ''Squattergate'' # ''Sisters'' Awards ''Snakes and Ladders'' was nominated for both Writers Guild of Canada and Directors Guild of Canada The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a Canadian labour union representing more than 5,500 professionals from 48 different occupations in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Iron
Daniel Iron is a Canadian film and television producer. After his company Foundry Films was acquired by Blue Ice Group, he became president of production of that company. Recognition * 2008 Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - ''Away From Her'' - Won (shared with Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss) * 2007 Genie Award for Best Documentary - ''Manufactured Landscapes'' - Won (shared with Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Gerry Flahive, Peter Starr) * 2007 Gemini Award for Best TV movie - '' Last Exit'' - Nominated (shared with Richard Lalonde) * 2006 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series - ''Slings and Arrows'' - Won (shared with Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland) * 2004 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series - ''Slings and Arrows'' - Nominated (shared with Sari Friedland, Niv Fichman) * 2004 Gemini Award for Best TV Movie or Dramatic Mini-Series - ''Elizabeth Rex'' - Nominated (shared with Jennifer Jonas, Niv Fichman) * 2002 Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series - '' Foreign Objects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niv Fichman
Niv Fichman ( he, ניב פיכמן; born 1958) is an Israeli Canadian, Israeli-Canadian film producer, actor and director. Some of the films he has produced include ''Passchendaele (film), Passchendaele'', ''Blindness (2008 film), Blindness'', ''Silk (2007 film), Silk'', ''Long Day's Journey into Night (1996 film), Long Day's Journey into Night'', ''The Red Violin'', ''Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould'' and ''Hobo With a Shotgun (film), Hobo With a Shotgun''. References External links * * Cynthia AmsdenNiv Fichman: skipping class to make movies ''Take One (Canadian magazine), Take One'', September 1, 2002 Fichman, Niv on York University Library Oscar-winner Niv Fichman picks up producer award at TIFF CBC News, September 7, 2007 * Bobby McGillInterview: My Lunch with Niv Fichman ''Haps'', October 9, 2012 1958 births Israeli emigrants to Canada Jewish Canadian male actors Canadian film directors Canadian film producers Living people People from Tel Aviv Jewish C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
