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Zixx
''Zixx'' (full title is ''Zixx: Level One'' for season one, ''Zixx: Level Two'' for season two, and ''Zixx: Level Three'' for season three) is a Canadian television series that aired on YTV. This series was developed by Savi Media and The Nightingale Company & Mainframe Studios with YTV Original Productions. The series was created by Jeff Hirschfield. The show consists of a mixture of live-action real-world sequences interspersed with computer-generated scenes set inside a virtual realm. In Zixx Level One, Elliott Digital used the game engine LithTech to create the animation, the first time this had been done for a television show. For Zixx: Level Two, the production had to move to British Columbia when [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Mamabolo
Barbara Mamabolo (born November 30, 1985) is a Canadian actress and singer. Career Mamabolo has made guest-star appearances on the critically acclaimed series '' The Eleventh Hour'', '' Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye'', and '' Relic Hunter''. Her stage credits include the role of Becky at the Tarragon Theatre's production of '' The Little Princess'', a principal role in Ross Petty's ''Peter Pan'' at the Elgin Theatre, Dorothy in the Leah Polsun Theatre's production of '' The Wizard of Oz'', and a member of the ensemble cast of ''Judy and David in Concert'' at the Ford Centre. She also played the role of Jude Harrison's best friend, Katarina "Kat" Benton, in first season of the hit Canadian teen drama television series, ''Instant Star''. Mamabolo also appeared, albeit briefly, in two episodes of the Canadian drama, ''MVP''. Mamabolo's most recent movie appearance as of 2006 was in ''5ive Girls''. She played the role of Robin in '' Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'', alongside the antago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenna O'Brien
Brenna O'Brien (born March 9, 1991) is a Canadian actress and artist. She is best known for voicing Rin in the anime series ''Inuyasha''. Brenna O'Brien was in the original pilot of '' The Middle'' in 2007 also starring Ricki Lake and Atticus Shaffer. This pilot was then re-created in 2009 with the current cast. Career Brenna began her acting career at age 9, performing in local theatre productions and school plays. Her first film role was in '' Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed'' at the age of 12 and from there went on to guest star in such films and televisions shows such as ''Supernatural'' as the NSA demon secretary Cecily, ''Stargate SG-1'', Meghan in '' Zixx: Level Two'', '' X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''Phantom Racer'' and ''Girl in Progress''. She is an accomplished voice over actor, having worked as a guest star as well as lead roles in several anime series, including ''Inuyasha'', ''Hamtaro'', ''Gundam SEED Destiny'', and ''Elemental Gelade''. She was a lead voice in Marve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Johnston
James Michael Johnston (born July 7, 1989) is a Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his role as Peter Stone on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. Personal life and career Johnston was born July 7, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Johnston portrayed Peter Stone on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' from 2005 to 2010. He has been nominated for 8 Young Artist Awards in Los Angeles and won 2. He has also starred in the series '' Wild Card'' and '' Zixx: Level One''. He has a wide range of interests, including soccer, snowboarding, skateboarding, cycling and playing the guitar and numerous other instruments. Jamie went to Kenya with the organization "Free the Children" to build a school and filmed as a special for MTV. Jamie has made numerous appearances on '' ET Canada'' and '' etalk''. He has traveled extensively. He played guitar in a band called SoundSpeed along with a few of his fellow ''Degrassi'' cast mates. He also played the male lead as Lucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ephraim Ellis
Ephraim Todd Ellis (born February 23, 1985) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for playing Rick Murray on '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' and Danny Ellis on ''Falcon Beach.'' Early life Ephraim Ellis was born in Toronto, Ontario on February 23, 1985. His mother is an artist and jeweler, while his father is a visual artist and former stage manager for The Second City in Toronto. Ephraim began acting while studying at Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto, Ontario as part of the Claude Watson School of the Arts program. Ephraim attended Earl Haig at the same time as fellow ''Degrassi'' co-stars Jake Epstein and John Bregar. Career Ephraim Ellis' first television role was an eight episode arc during seasons three and four of ''Degrassi: The Next Generation.'' He played Rick Murray, the character who famously shot and paralyzed Jimmy Brooks, the character played by Aubrey 'Drake' Graham. After appearing on ''Degrassi'', Ephraim appeared on such varied television shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reece Thompson
Reece Daniel Thompson (born 22 November 1988) is a Canadian actor. Thompson started his acting career as a child actor by voice acting in several animated television series and minor roles on television shows before transitioning to films. His first major role came in the 2007 film '' Rocket Science''. Thompson appeared in 2009's ''Assassination of a High School President'' and '' Afterwards''. He appeared as Craig in '' The Perks of Being a Wallflower'' (2012). Early life Thompson grew up in a small town near Vancouver. Thompson had always expressed an interest in becoming an actor to his parents and at a young age, Thompson, along with the rest of his family, began taking background roles in productions in Vancouver. After the sixth grade, Thompson decided that he didn't want to continue going to school and convinced his mother to homeschool him. Soon after Thompson began attending an acting school. Thompson signed with an agent he was introduced to through the school and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Hirschfield ''. He has also written a number of stage plays and radio dramas.
Jeffrey Hirschfield is co-developer of the science fiction series ''Lexx''. He wrote for three of its four seasons and voiced the character of the robot head 790. Hirschfield is also creator of the live action/animation sci-fi adventure series ''Zixx'' and served as series story editor and wrote five of the first thirteen episodes. Hirschfield co-created ''El Mundo del Lundo'' for Canada's Comedy Network, on which he also performed. Further writing credits include ''The Outer Limits'', ''I Was A Sixth Grade Alien'', '' Olliver's Adventures'' and ''Starhunter ''Starhunter'' (and in the original Season Two ''Starhunter 2300'') is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired for two seasons. The series was produced in Canada by The Danforth Studios Ltd. (a D'or/Jackson Company) References External links * {{DEFAULT ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainframe Studios
Mainframe Studios is a Canadian computer animation company owned by Wow Unlimited Media and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 1993 as Mainframe Entertainment Inc. by Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell, Gavin Blair and John Grace, the company established itself as a leading contributor to the introduction of computer-generated imagery (CGI) in animation, film and television. The company previously operated as a subsidiary of Starz Inc. (at the time a division of IDT Corporation) between 2003 and 2007. Local post production firm, Rainmaker Income Fund, acquired a majority stake in the company, initially rebranding it in the process as Rainmaker Animation and would fold into it in 2008, permanently rebranding it as Rainmaker Entertainment. Rainmaker would revive the "Mainframe Entertainment" name for its then-newly-created division meant for television production. On 25 October 2016, the company announced a triple acquisition and merger of Frederator Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainframe Entertainment
Mainframe Studios is a Canadian computer animation company owned by Wow Unlimited Media and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 1993 as Mainframe Entertainment Inc. by Christopher Brough, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell, Gavin Blair and John Grace, the company established itself as a leading contributor to the introduction of computer-generated imagery (CGI) in animation, film and television. The company previously operated as a subsidiary of Starz Inc. (at the time a division of IDT Corporation) between 2003 and 2007. Local post production firm, Rainmaker Income Fund, acquired a majority stake in the company, initially rebranding it in the process as Rainmaker Animation and would fold into it in 2008, permanently rebranding it as Rainmaker Entertainment. Rainmaker would revive the "Mainframe Entertainment" name for its then-newly-created division meant for television production. On 25 October 2016, the company announced a triple acquisition and merger of Frederator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tron
''Tron'' (stylized as ''TRON'') is a 1982 American science fiction action- adventure film written and directed by Steven Lisberger from a story by Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird. The film stars Jeff Bridges as Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape; it also stars Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan, and Barnard Hughes. ''Tron'', along with '' The Last Starfighter'', has the distinction of being one of cinema's earliest films to use extensive computer-generated imagery (CGI). The inspiration for ''Tron'' dates back to 1976, when Lisberger became intrigued with video games after seeing '' Pong''. He and producer Donald Kushner set up an animation studio to develop ''Tron'' with the intention of making it an animated film. To promote the studio itself, Lisberger and his team created a 30-second animation featuring the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Pastko
Earl Pastko is an American actor known for his roles in theatre, film and television. Early life Pastko was born and raised in Chicago and moved to Canada in 1985. He currently resides in Toronto. Career Pastko is a founding member of Chicago's Remains Theater Company. He worked extensively in theatre with noted directors Ken McDougall, Paul Bettis, Alexander Hausvater, Brian Quirt, Vikki Anderson and Morris Panych, among others. Pastko received a Dora nomination for his performance in ''La Ronde'' and a Jessie nomination for ''The Ends of The Earth''. His most recent stage appearances were as Lars in The Company Theatre's production of ''Festen'' and as Alexander Stern in ''The Rant'', presented by Chicago's Mary Arrcher Theatre Co. His best known film roles are as Satan in Bruce McDonald's '' Highway 61''; as Hartley Otis in Atom Egoyan's ''The Sweet Hereafter''; as the artist in Jeremy Podeswa's ''Eclipse''; and the hotel detective in David Weaver's ''Century Hotel''. Pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott McNeil
Scott McNeil is an Australian-born Canadian actor. He currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the best-known Canadian voice actors of all time, McNeil has provided voices to many characters in animated shows, most notably '' Dragon Ball Z'', '' Beast Wars: Transformers'', '' X-Men: Evolution'', ''Mobile Suit Gundam Wing'', '' Inuyasha'' and ''Fullmetal Alchemist''. He has done live action work as well. Early life McNeil was born in Brisbane, Australia, but moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada when he was 4 years old in 1966. He first appeared on stage at the age of three. He first learned that people were paid to do different voices after a trip to Disneyland at the age of 12. That was when he learned that Paul Frees, the person who provided the voice that greeted visitors entering the Haunted Mansion, was the same person who provided the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy. Even though he knew about voice acting, McNeil pursued the theater. He s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunderbird Entertainment
Thunderbird Entertainment Group (formerly Thunderbird Films) is a Canadian film and television entertainment company with offices in both Canada and the United States of America. Thunderbird's multiple divisions develop movies and television programs for various demographics. Foundation of the company Thunderbird Entertainment Group was founded as Thunderbird Films in 2003 by Tim Gamble and Michael Shepard. In February 2012, it was announced that Lionsgate Founder, Frank Giustra, had made a significant investment to become a major shareholder in Thunderbird, and it was announced the company would make significant investment into scripted television. Corporate acquisitions and major partnerships Sea to Sky Entertainment In March 2012, Thunderbird Entertainment announced a new partnership with Lionsgate to form Sea to Sky Entertainment. The announcement came weeks after Frank Giustra became a major shareholder in Thunder Entertainment. Lionsgate and Thunderbird jointly manage t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |