Martin Katz (producer)
Martin F. Katz is a Canadian film and television producer and media executive. He is president of the production firm Prospero Pictures, and a former president of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television."Mystery czar meets his clients". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 25, 2006."Chair of Canadian film/TV academy is sweet on calling awards ‘the Candys’"
''Toronto Star'', March 14, 2016. Prior to establishing Prospero Pictures, Katz was a producer with Alliance Atlantis, Atlantis Entertainment and an executive producer of MSNBC Canada."The Microsoft Network". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 28, 1996. As a producer, his credits include the television series ...
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Genie Awards
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette). Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the ''Genie Rules and Regulations'' booklet which is distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, meet to screen the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then vote on these nominations. In 2012, the Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for English-language television, the Gemini Awards, to form a new award presentation known as the Canadian Screen Awards. Broadcasting The Genie Awards were originally aired ...
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