Guy O'Sullivan (1967-April 8, 2017) was a television

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, and the founder and president of Canadian television company Proper Television. O'Sullivan was born in the United Kingdom and served as a director and producer for the BBC. After moving to Canada in 2004, O'Sullivan founded Proper Television and developed Canadian versions of several popular reality television series such as '' MasterChef'' (''

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''), ''

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'' (''

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''), ''

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'' (''Four Weddings Canada'') and '' Britain's Worst Driver'' (''

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''). He was the original director of ''Britain's Worst Driver'' in the UK. Prior to his death in April 2017 at the age of 49, he was working on a Canadian version of '' The Great British Bake Off.'' Throughout his career, he was nominated for the

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 ...

twice and the Canadian Screen Awards three times.

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