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Allan Novak
Allan Novak is a Canadian television director and editor. Biography Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Novak moved to Toronto at age 20 and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film and television at York University. He lives in Toronto. Vocation Novak and Toronto comedian Bruce Bell created a one-hour television movie called ''The Rise and Fall of Tony Trouble,'' which screened at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on Group W Cable in Manhattan. It has been described as a "cult classic." While working as a producer/editor for First Choice, Novak produced a series of comedy videos with voice actor Ron Rubin. They won awards at the Video Culture International New Media Festival in 1985 and 1986. Novak was described by the ''Toronto Star'' as one of "the world of entertainment's newest crop of movers and shakers." He produced comedy videos in the mid-1980s for Toronto's The Second City. Novak worked on the 1985 Genie Award telecast as a writer, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnipeg
Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,607 and a metropolitan population of 834,678, making it the sixth-largest city, and eighth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. The city is named after the nearby Lake Winnipeg; the name comes from the Western Cree words for "muddy water" - “winipīhk”. The region was a trading centre for Indigenous peoples long before the arrival of Europeans; it is the traditional territory of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and is the birthplace of the Métis Nation. French traders built the first fort on the site in 1738. A settlement was later founded by the Selkirk settlers of the Red River Colony in 1812, the nucleus of which was incorporated as the City of Winnipeg in 1873. Being far inland, the local cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-language counterpart is Ici Radio-Canada Télé. With main studios at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, CBC Television is available throughout Canada on over-the-air television stations in urban centres, and as a must-carry station on cable and satellite television providers. CBC Television can also be live streamed on its CBC Gem video platform. Almost all of the CBC's programming is produced in Canada. Although CBC Television is supported by public funding, commercial advertising revenue supplements the network, in contrast to CBC Radio and public broadcasters from several other countries, which are commercial-free. Overview CBC Television provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment and child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foolish Heart (TV Series)
''Foolish Heart'' was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in 1999. The series, a short run dramatic anthology, was produced and written by Ken Finkleman following his earlier series '' The Newsroom'' and ''More Tears''."The Six Faces of George" '''', March 4, 2011. Although the episodes were linked by character interactions, each of the series' six episodes focused on a different character's family or romantic relationship problems. Finkleman also starred in the series as George Findlay, the same character he had played in ''The Newsroom'' and ''More Tears''. The series won Finkleman a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Tears
''More Tears'' (1998) is a Comedy drama, seriocomedy television series that was broadcast by CBC Television, as a short run programme; it was written and produced by Ken Finkleman following the success of ''The Newsroom (Canadian TV series), The Newsroom'' (1996), and was partly a remake of ''8½'' (1963), by Federico Fellini. As in ''The Newsroom'', George Findlay (Ken Finkleman) is the protagonist of ''More Tears'', as a Documentary film, documentary producer, who manipulated his subjects in order to create better television drama. In the final installment, Findlay abandoned the documentary form to film a satire of the neo-conservative government of Mike Harris, the Premier of Ontario. The programme also explored the personal life of George Findlay, his unhappy marriage, and his unhappy extra-marital affairs. The cast of ''More Tears'' (1998) also included Hrant Alianak, Yank Azman, Arsinée Khanjian, Leah Pinsent, Evan Solomon, and Kenny Vadas. Finkleman's next project for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Newsroom (Canadian TV Series)
''The Newsroom'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which ran on CBC Television in the 1996–97, 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. A two-hour television movie, ''Escape from the Newsroom'', was broadcast in 2002. The show is set in the newsroom of a television station which is never officially named, but is generally understood to be based on CBC's own Toronto affiliate CBLT. Inspired by American series ''The Larry Sanders Show''"Why Canadians Aren’t Laughing at Latest Version of ‘The Newsroom’" - '''', July 9, 2012. and similar to such earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Married Life (TV Series)
''Married Life'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired in 1995."Married Strife: Ken Finkleman's Married Life doesn't stand on ceremony- it mocks both marriage and television with equal abandon". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 1, 1995. Created by Ken Finkleman as a parody of early 1990s reality television shows such as ''The Real World'' and '' Cops'', the series stars Robert Cait and Karen Hines as Frank and Ivy, a young engaged couple who agree to have their first months of marriage documented by television producer George Britton (Finkleman) for a television reality show, only to have Britton manipulate them into decisions, including having extramarital affairs, designed to boost the show's ratings with sensationalism. The cast also includes Mark Farrell, Jeremy Hotz, Wayne Flemming, Rosemary Radcliffe, Claire Cellucci, Angela Asher, Brad Brackenridge and Tony Ning. The series aired on The Movie Network in Canada, and on Comedy Central in the United States. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Finkleman
Ken Finkleman (born 1946) is a Canadian television and film writer and producer, actor, and novelist. Biography Finkleman was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In Canada, Finkleman is best known as the writer, creator and producer of the CBC Television series '' The Newsroom'', in which he starred as television news producer George Findlay. He later produced a number of other series for Canadian television as well, including '' Married Life'', '' Foolish Heart'', '' Foreign Objects'', ''More Tears'', ''Good Dog'', and '' Good God''. Each of these series also included the linking character George Findlay (or the nearly identical character George Britton in the first series, ''Married Life''). Finkleman describes Findlay as his vehicle for exploring issues that both intrigue him and tick him off. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salter Street Films
Salter Street Films was a Canadian television and film production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History The company was founded by brothers Paul and Michael Donovan in 1983. Paul Donovan was trained as a director at the London Film School; Michael graduated from Dalhousie University’s Law School and began as a producer of Paul's film projects. Salter Street Films was named after the street in Halifax where Paul and Michael had been living. The company began life with early problems. Its first major feature film was ''Def-Con 4'' (1985) which eventually became profitable, but other pictures such as '' George's Island'' (1989), ''Buried on Sunday'' (1992) and ''Paint Cans'' (1994), though critically acclaimed, were money-losers. The company's salvation turned out to be the science fiction series ''Lexx'', which was a hit in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe. This Canadian-German co-production went on to become a lucrative money-maker through international sales and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CODCO
''CODCO'' is a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1988 to 1993.''CODCO'' at the Museum of Broadcast Communication. Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973, ''CODCO'' drew on the province's cultural history of self-deprecating "" humour, frequently focusing on the fishing industry. The troupe's name was an abbreviation of "Cod Company". Following the end of ''CODCO'', two of the troupe's core members and an occasional guest collaborator, as well as some of their sketch characters, moved on to the new series '' |
The Kids In The Hall (TV Series)
''The Kids in the Hall'' is a Canadian sketch comedy TV series that aired for five seasons from 1988 to 1995, and a sixth revival season in 2022, starring the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. The troupe, consisting of comedians Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson, appeared as almost all the characters throughout the series, both male and female, and also wrote most of the sketches. The series debuted as a one-hour pilot special which aired on HBO and CBC Television in 1988, and began airing as a regular weekly series on both services in 1989. The regular series premiered July 21, 1989, on HBO, and September 14 on CBC. In the United States, the first three seasons were on HBO before it moved to CBS in 1993, where it stayed for two more seasons airing late Friday nights. CBC aired the show for the whole duration of its run. A sixth, revival season of the show, which includes eight episodes, was released on Amazon Prime Video on May 13, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His Jagger–Richards, songwriting partnership with Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history. His career spans over six decades, and his guitar playing style has been a trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the band's career. Richards gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and he was often portrayed as a Counterculture, countercultural figure. Richards was born in and grew up in Dartford, Kent. He studied at the Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, Dartford Technical School and Sidcup Art College. After graduating, Richards befriended Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Brian Jones and joined the Rolling Stones. As a member of the Rolling Stones, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnership with Keith Richards is one of the most successful in history. Jagger's career has spanned over six decades, and he has been widely described as one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock music. His distinctive voice and energetic live performances, along with Richards' guitar style, have been the Rolling Stones' trademark throughout the band's career. Jagger gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and was often portrayed as a countercultural figure. Jagger was born and grew up in Dartford. He studied at the London School of Economics before abandoning his studies to join the Rolling Stones. Jagger has written most of the Rolling Stones' songs together with Richards, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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