David Devine is a film director and producer, specialising in children's films. He was the co-founder and CEO of Devine Entertainment between 1994 and 2O13, where he created original content for film, television and digital media. Devine had his first success directing and producing

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's concert videos. Subsequent highlights of his producer/director career include ''

Beethoven Lives Upstairs ''Beethoven Lives Upstairs'' is a 1992 HBO Original Historical fiction Film produced and directed by David Devine. Based on a very popular children's audio recording written and directed by Barbara Nichol, the film stars Illya Woloshyn as Chr ...

'', ''Einstein: Light to the Power of Two'', ''Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants'', ''Degas and the Dancer'', ''Edison: The Wizard of Light'' and ''

Bailey's Billion$ ''Bailey's Billion$'' is a 2005 Canadian Children's film, family comedy film produced and directed by David Devine (director), David Devine and starring Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Jennifer Tilly, Tim Curry, and Jon Lovitz. Plot A talking Golden r ...

''. Devine has also been a hands-on creator and producer of 16 symphonic soundtracks for his films and six CDs distributed on the

Sony Classical Sony Classical is an American record label founded in 1924 as Columbia Masterworks Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. In 1980, the Columbia Masterworks label was renamed as CBS Masterworks Records. The CBS Records Group was acquired by S ...

label. As Producer, his CDs include 82 member symphony recordings of Bach, Strauss, Handel, Bizet, Rossini and Liszt. Devine has been focused on addressing important creative, social and cultural issues in his films and digital media throughout his directing and producing career. His 19 HBO Original films have received 11 nominations for

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(winning five) and 26 nominations for The Canadian Screen Awards

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(winning six) amongst a total of 100 other worldwide film awards. By December 2022, his films had been broadcast in over 110 countries including Central and South America, Western and Eastern EUROPE, China, Japan, Russia, 32 Middle Eastern countries with 3.9 million DVDs sold - 90% in the USA. Since 2004, 1,000,000 of these DVDs have been used by teachers in elementary and middle school classrooms in the U.S. and Canada and over 800,000 DVDs have been sold to U.S. parents of elementary and middle school aged home schoolers. Sales continue digitally via streaming online delivery. (See Mediacan Distribution and Amazon online.)

Early life

David Devine was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the son of Hugh Brian and Beverley (

née A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth re ...

Brown) Devine. His father emigrated from Belfast to Toronto. He attended

Northview Heights Collegiate Institute Northview Heights Secondary School (also known as Northview Heights SS, NHSS, Northview Secondary or Northview); originally known as Northview Heights Collegiate Institute is a secondary school for grades 9 to 12 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It i ...

. In the late 1960s, he showed an aptitude for playing music. Devine attended Victoria College in the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, where he studied with his literary hero, Professor

Northrop Frye Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. Frye gained international fame with his first book, '' Fearful Symmet ...

. Devine graduated with a B.A. in 1976. As a student he was the editor of the University Newspaper, The Strand. He started his career working for

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as an investigative researcher on the television shows: The Ombudsman and The Fifth Estate. He then returned to university to pursue his graduate degree at the

UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (UCLA TFT), is one of the 12 schools within the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) located in Los Angeles, California. Its creation was groundbreaking in that it was the first time a leadi ...

, graduating with an MFA in Film Production and Directing. Devine attended lectures with

Eugène Ionesco Eugène Ionesco (; born Eugen Ionescu, ; 26 November 1909 – 28 March 1994) was a Romanian-French playwright who wrote mostly in French, and was one of the foremost figures of the French avant-garde theatre in the 20th century. Ionesco inst ...

at the UCLA Theatre school. He also attended classes at the

UCLA Anderson School of Management The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, also known as the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is the graduate business school at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of eleven professional schools. The school offers MBA (ful ...

studying entertainment business with

Peter Guber Howard Peter Guber (born March 1, 1942) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, educator, and author. He is chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber's most recent films from Mandalay Entertainment include '' The Kids Are All ...

Sir Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts ...

, Lord

David Puttnam David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (born 25 February 1941) is a British film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords. His productions include ''Chariots of Fire'', which wo ...

and Robert Bookman. Devine's Project Three film at UCLA, co-produced and co-directed with creative partner Lon Diamond, starred

Robin Williams Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and come ...

and

David Letterman David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982 debut of ''Late Night with David Letterman' ...

. David's UCLA thesis film, ''Jeeves Takes Charge,'' was optioned from

Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948), is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, ...

and choreographed by

Gillian Lynne Dame Gillian Barbara Lynne (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-runnin ...

and rehearsed at the RSC in Stratford-upon- Avon.

Film career

Upon graduating, Devine's first break was working as

John Candy John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian known mainly for his work in Hollywood films. Candy rose to fame in the 1970s as a member of the Toronto branch of the Second City and its '' SCTV'' ser ...

's Associate Producer for Big City Comedy, produced by

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CTV Television Network The CTV Television Network, commonly known as CTV, is a Canadian English-language terrestrial television network. Launched in 1961 and acquired by BCE Inc. in 2000, CTV is Canada's largest privately owned television network and is now a divis ...

and the

Osmond Family The Osmonds were an American family music group who reached the height of their fame in the early to mid-1970s. The group had its best-known configurations as a quartet (billed as the Osmond Brothers) and a quintet (as the Osmonds). The group ...

. He followed this success with producing and directing "the making of" the comedy film, ''

Strange Brew ''Strange Brew'' (also known as ''The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew'') is a 1983 Canadian comedy film starring the popular '' SCTV'' characters Bob and Doug McKenzie, portrayed by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, who also served a ...

'' on set with

Rick Moranis Frederick Allan Moranis (; born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, writer and producer. He appeared in the sketch comedy series ''Second City Television'' (''SCTV'') in the 1980s and several Hollywood (film indu ...

and

Dave Thomas (actor) David William Thomas (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian actor, comedian and television writer. He is best known for being one half of the duo Bob and Doug McKenzie with Rick Moranis. He appeared as Doug McKenzie on '' SCTV'', for which he won a ...

. Devine was then invited to direct two immersive rock-and-roll satellite specials for

Michael Cohl Michael Cohl is a Canadian concert promoter, theatrical producer and touring impresario. He is the former Chairman of Live Nation. Cohl now runs S2BN Entertainment, with offices in New York and Toronto. Having been named the Howard Hughes of ro ...

and

Bill Ballard William Owen Sydney Ballard (November 10, 1946 – March 14, 2014) was a businessman and concert promoter. His father was Toronto Maple Leafs hockey mogul Harold Ballard. The younger Ballard became a director and vice-president of Maple Leaf Garde ...

starring

Brian Setzer Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and returned to the music scene in the early 1990s with ...

and the

Stray Cats Stray Cats are an American rockabilly band formed in 1979 by guitarist and vocalist Brian Setzer, double bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom in the Long Island town of Massapequa, New York. The group had numerous hit singles in t ...

and the Chris De Burgh band. David then produced and directed the successful classic children's Raffi videos, A Young Children's Concert with Raffi and Raffi and the Rise and Shine Band. He next directed and produced the children's film drama, ''

'', and won the Prime Time

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

for Outstanding Children’s Program. Devine subsequently created a NASDAQ and TSX publicly traded company, Devine Entertainment, which established itself as a multiple

and

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

winning corporation.

HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American premium television network, which is the flagship property of namesake parent subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is ba ...

Original Programming led by

Sheila Nevins Sheila Nevins (born April 6, 1939) is an American television producer and head of MTV Documentary Films division of MTV Studios. Previously, Nevins was the President of HBO Documentary Films. She has produced over 1,000 documentary films for HB ...

requested David to create original dramatic entertainment for the 7 to 12 year-old niche market. During this time, David managed companies in four different countries and utilized over 1000 creative employees making 19 HBO Original films over 13 years. David has always worked closely with his co-producing partner, Richard Mozer, who he met in 1977 when Devine started film classes at UCLA and Mozer started film classes at the

USC School of Cinematic Arts The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) houses seven academic divisions: Film & Television Production; Cinema & Media Studies; John C. Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts; John Wells Division of Writing for Sc ...

. David Devine's first choice for filming was Beethoven Lives Upstairs in Prague where the

Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman ...

(Amadeus) film crew was hired nearly intact. The next six HBO films were shot in the

Český Krumlov Castle Český Krumlov Castle is a castle in Český Krumlov in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It dates back to 1240 when the first castle was built by the Vítkovci family, the main branch of the powerful Bohemian family Rosenberg. ...

and the

Jindřichův Hradec Jindřichův Hradec (; german: Neuhaus) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 21,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administrative par ...

Castle, both in Bohemia, as well as in the town of

Telč Telč (; german: Teltsch) is a town in the Jihlava District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. The town is well known for its historic centre, which is protected by law as an urban monument reservation ...

and

Kroměříž Kroměříž (; german: Kremsier) is a town in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 28,000 inhabitants. It is known for the Kroměříž Castle with castle gardens, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town centre with the c ...

in Moravia. The films were produced and financed by Devine Entertainment, Sony Classical, HBO Original Films of New York with The Family Channel of Toronto. Further locations were found throughout Czechia and Slovakia as well as Istria in Croatia. Even a Roman Coliseum was rented in Pula, Croatia. Devine oversaw symphonic music production for all of the films and produced 6 classical CD recordings distributed by Sony Classical of New York, led by

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. One of his loves was directing the ballet sequences with principal dance members of the

National Ballet of Canada The National Ballet of Canada is a Canadian ballet company that was founded in 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, with Celia Franca as the first artistic director. A company of 70 dancers with its own orchestra, the National Ballet has been led since 2022 ...

and the Czech National Ballet for his films, ''

Rossini's Ghost ''Rossini's Ghost'' is a 1996 HBO Original Film produced and directed by David Devine, with co-production by Richard Mozer. Plot The story centers around Gioachino Rossini, a composer whose friends never lose faith in him—even when things ...

'', ''Bizet's Dream'' and ''Degas and the Dancer''. Choreography for Rossini's Ghost and Bizet's Dream were by Stelio Calagias. A further six films were made back in Czechia and Slovakia, as well as the castle owned by

Desmond Guinness Desmond Walter Guinness (8 September 1931 – 20 August 2020) was an Irish author writing on Georgian art and architecture, a conservationist and the co-founder of the Irish Georgian Society. He was the second son of the author and brewer Brya ...

in Dublin, Ireland. Devine also rented the entire piazza in

Feltre Feltre ( vec, Fèltre) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Belluno in Veneto, northern Italy. A hill town in the southern reaches of the province, it is located on the Stizzon River, about from its junction with the Piave, and southwes ...

, Italy for his film ''Leonardo: A Dream of Flight''. His next film ''Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants'' was filmed in the castle of

Monselice Monselice (; vec, Monséłexe ) is a town and municipality (comune) located in northeastern Italy, in the Veneto region, in the province of Padua about southwest of the city of Padua, at the southern edge of the Euganean Hills (''Colli Euganei' ...

, the Padova

Anatomical theatre An anatomical theatre (Latin: ) was a specialised building or room, resembling a theatre, used in teaching anatomy at early modern universities. They were typically constructed with a tiered structure surrounding a central table, allowing a lar ...

—the first medical theatre to teach dissection built in 1596 and the

Doge's Palace, Venice The Doge's Palace ( it, Palazzo Ducale; vec, Pałaso Dogal) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme auth ...

. Sales continued worldwide and the films were licensed again in Canada by YTV and subsequently

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TFO TFO is a Canadian French language educational television channel and media organization serving the province of Ontario. It is owned by the Ontario French-language Educational Communications Authority (OTELFO), a Crown corporation owned by the ...

and

Radio Canada The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...

. By this time, broadcast sales crossed over the 90 country mark. In all, Devine's HBO Original films utilized locations in 6 countries comprising 5 palaces and 10 castles. Seeking to expand sales and distribution of the children’s films, Devine Distribution was formed to distribute directly to Canadian and U.S. parents and their children, Canadian schools and libraries and U.S. schools and libraries. Over 1,000,000 DVDs have been sold directly to US and Canadian teachers and librarians. Devine produced and directed the family feature film aimed at the 4-7 year olds, ''

''. The film had a theatrical debut in Canada, the USA and Russia and has sold 450,000 DVD copies. It is currently being broadcast on television in 24 foreign countries and is a consistent VOD entertainment on Canadian Specialty Channels. David acted as Executive Producer to the prime time dramatic mini-series, ''

Across the River to Motor City ''Across the River to Motor City'' is a Canadian television drama series, that aired on Citytv stations. It debuted November 22, 2007. The series is about an insurance investigator named Ben Ford who works the border in both Detroit and Windsor, O ...

'' for Educated Pictures. It was shown in prime time in Canada for the CHUM Group. It was nominated for 7

including best mini-series. Also in 2008, Devine Distribution bought the rights to a 4 DVD collection on the history of music starring and hosted by

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...

called ''Marsalis on Music''. In 2022, David developed the feature film screenplay, ''The Runner'' in collaboration with two time

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

winning screenwriter Malcolm Clarke for production in the summer of 2023. ''The Runner'' is based on Billy Sherring - the only Canadian to ever win the Olympic Gold medal in the Marathon at the 1906 Athens Games. Also in development for 2023 is a 26-episode one-hour television drama series on the life and times of Canadian hero, Dr.

Norman Bethune Henry Norman Bethune (; March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939; zh, t=亨利·諾爾曼·白求恩, p=Hēnglì Nuò'ěrmàn Báiqiú'ēn) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party ...

. On an adventurous note in 2023 a political thriller will be in development on the life and times of

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Josephine Bernadette McAliskey (née Devlin; born 23 April 1947), usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish civil rights leader, and former politician. She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster in North ...

commencing at the

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in Northern Ireland. This is the story of the attempted murder of an Irish Member of Parliament following her involvement at

Bloody Sunday (1972) Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland. Fourteen people died: thirteen were killed outri ...

. Devine has also directed 5 films on Holocaust survivors living in Canada produced by his business partner, Richard Mozer, for Naomi Azrieli and

David Azrieli David Joshua Azrieli, ( he, דוד יהושע עזריאלי; 10 May 1922 – 9 July 2014) was an Israeli-Canadian real estate tycoon, developer, designer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of US$3.1 billion as of M ...

's Foundation.

The Madcap Learning Adventure

David was the President and Founder of The Madcap Learning Adventure from 2012 to 2017. Members of the Board of Directors included Sir Ken Robinson, Sir Michael Barber and MIT’s Dr. Peter Senge. The company's prime goal was to deliver learning for students and teachers mainly in U.S. K-12 schools. Madcap's goal has been to provide the complete curriculum and make it available to all students on their cell phone or pad or any other device any day and at any time to improve learning outcomes at a vast rate. The company closed in 2017. The Madcap Learning Adventure's initial funding came from the

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was l ...

and

Pearson Education Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, ...

. Madcap is a digital and interactive education knowledge company which produces pedagogical resources for teachers and film, animation and interactive non-linear content modules for K-12 students. Modular prototypes are delivered from a web portal by streaming broadband to all forms of mobile devices. Testing in the classroom took place in Brunswick, Maine and in Toronto, Ontario and truly exceptional results were published in a 98-page Independent pilot study conducted by the University of Maine's Graduate School of Education. The Madcap Learning Adventures' digital proof-of-concept results confirmed vastly improved student learning outcomes when used instead of textbooks. Madcap could not create the desired sales needed to cause further growth because all textbook companies chose to continue to sell textbooks rather than advancing into 21st Century learning.

Filmography

Selected film honors and awards

''A Young Children's Concert with Raffi'' *1986 Gold

Parents' Choice Award The Parents' Choice Award was an award presented by the non-profit Parents' Choice Foundation to recognize "the very best products for children of different ages and backgrounds, and of varied skill and interest levels." It was considered a "prest ...

– Best Children's Television *Classic Parents' Choice Award – Best Children's Program of the Decade *1986

American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with 49,727 members a ...

Honor for Best Children's Program ''Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band'' *1990 Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Program or Series *1990

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

Nomination for Best Children's CD ''

'' *4 nominations in the Gemini Awards including Best Film *1993

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program was presented to television programming aimed towards children in any format. Series, specials and non-fiction programming were all eligible for the award. Prior to 1974, both daytime an ...

*American Library Association Honor for Best Children's Film * Selected for the Permanent Collection at the

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, New York. * Winner of the New England Film & Video Festival, Boston * Winner of the Monitor Award for Best Director – Children's Program, David Devine * Award of Excellence presented by the United States

National Board of Review The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures is a non-profit organization of New York City area film enthusiasts. Its awards, which are announced in early December, are considered an early harbinger of the film awards season that culminat ...

* American Film Association Blue Ribbon Winner – Best Original Children's Program * 2 United States International Film and Video Festival Gold Camera Awards for – Best Director and Best Children's Film *

The Dove Foundation The Dove Foundation is an American non-profit organization based in Portland, Oregon, that issues film reviews, ratings and endorsements of movies that it considers suitable for family audiences, and that bases said reviews on Christian values. D ...

– Best Children's Film ''Bizet's Dream'' *1997 Award for Excellence from the

Alliance for Children and Television Quality television (also quality TV or quality artistic television) is a term used by Television studies, television scholars, Television criticism, television critics, and broadcasting advocacy groups to describe a genre or style of television prog ...

'' Handel's Last Chance'' *1997 Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Program or Series ''The Composers' Specials'' *2000 American Library Association recommendation to all public schools and libraries * 1996

CableACE Award The CableACE Award (earlier known as the ACE Awards; ACE was an acronym for "Award for Cable Excellence") is a defunct award that was given by what was then the National Cable Television Association from 1978 to 1997 to honor excellence in Amer ...

– Best Children's Series * Kids First! Awards – Best Children's films – from the Coalition for Quality Children's films in the United States ''Einstein: Light to the Power of Two'' *1998 Parents' Choice Award * 1998 Award of Excellence for Best Drama from the Alliance for Children and Television * 1997 2 -

Chicago International Children's Film Festival In 1983, Facets Multi-Media founded the Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF), the first competitive festival of films for children in the U.S. The impetus for the Festival came from a need to introduce new, culturally diverse fil ...

– Best Live Action Children's Film and Best Director – David Devine * 1998

Chicago International Film Festival The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the comp ...

Scifest – Youth Jury Winner for Most Inspiring Film * 1998

Scifest – (APASE Award) (Association for the Advancement of Science in Education) ''Leonardo: A Dream of Flight'' *1998

Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series The Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series is a Canadian Screen Award that honours writing in English language children's television produced in Canada. Winners and nominees Winners in bold. 1990s 1 ...

*1998 Parents' Choice Award Recommendation ''Galileo: On the Shoulders of Giants'' *

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography is given by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the US for single-camera work in daytime television. The Daytime Emmy Awards are among the more prominent categories of Emmy ...

* Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Children's Series *2 other nominations in the

26th Daytime Emmy Awards The 26th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 1999 to commemorate excellence in daytime television programming from the previous year (1998). The main ceremonies were held May 21, 1999, at The Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City and we ...

including Outstanding Children's Special * U.S. International Film and Video Festival - Gold Camera Award for Best Children's Program * U.S. Film and Video Festival – Best Director - David Devine ''Edison: The Wizard of Light'' *2005 Gemini Award for Best Children's or Youth Program or Series (+1 nomination) *Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing (+4 nominations; including Outstanding Children's Special) *2005 Winner of the First Place Gold Camera Award at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival for Best Children's Production ''Degas and the Dancer'' *2007 Parents' Choice Award for Best Children's Program *Booklist Magazines' Best Video of the Year *2007 – Winner of the Notable Children's Video Award * Winner of the 2007

Humanitas Prize The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing, and is given to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser—also the founder of Paulist P ...

for Live Action Family Television * 2007 – Winner of the Yorkton Film and Video Festival's Best Children's Program ''Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist'' *

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Editing The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Editing is an Emmy award given for editing in daytime television. Winners and Nominees Winners in bold Outstanding Achievement in Single Camera Editing 1990's 1992 * Square One TV (PBS) * ...

*Nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special in the

27th Daytime Emmy Awards The 27th Daytime Emmy Awards were held in 2000 to commemorate excellence in daytime programming from the previous year (1999). Winners in each category are in bold. Outstanding Drama Series *''All My Children'' *''General Hospital'' *''One Life ...

''Rembrandt: Fathers and Sons'' *2008 Kids First! All Star Rating from the U.S. Coalition for Quality Children's Media *2008 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Camera Award for Video/DVD ''Monet: Shadow and Light'' *2009 Kids First! Finalist for Best Children's Video of the Year ''

'' *2009

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 the Canadian film and television industry. Founded in 1962, the DGC represents directors, editors, assistant ...

Nomination ''

'' * 7 nominations in the

23rd Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 23rd Gemini Awards were held on November 28, 2008, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Jason Priestley, took place at the John Bassett Theatre in Toront ...

References

External links

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