Mike Downie is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

documentary filmmaker. The older brother of late

Tragically Hip The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as the Hip, were a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker (known as Bobby Baker until 1994), bassis ...

frontman

Gord Downie Gordon Edgar Downie (February 6, 1964 – October 17, 2017) was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its forma ...

, he is best known for his work with the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund. The founder of the film production company Edgarland Films, Downie won a

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 ...

for Best Sports Program or Series in 2005 as coproducer with

Nicholas de Pencier Nicholas de Pencier is a Canadian cinematographer and filmmaker. The spouse and professional partner of filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal in Mercury Films, he is the cinematographer and producer on most of her films as well as codirector of the films '' ...

of ''The Hockey Nomad''. He has won three

Canadian Screen Awards The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) p ...

, for Best Science or Nature Documentary in 2014 as director of "Invasion of the Brain Snatchers", which aired as an episode of ''

The Nature of Things ''The Nature of Things'' (also, ''The Nature of Things with David Suzuki'') is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on 6 November 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that hum ...

''; Best Social or Political Documentary Program in 2018 as a producer of '' The Secret Path''; and Best Direction in a Documentary Program in 2020 for the documentary ''Finding the Secret Path''. He was also a Gemini Award nominee in 2000 for ''Blue Rodeo: The Scenes in Between'' and in 2010 for ''One Ocean: Birth of an Ocean'', and a CSA nominee in 2018 for ''Running on Empty: Surviving California's Epic Drought''. His newest film ''The COVID Cruise'', a documentary about the COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in early 2020, was released as an episode of ''The Nature of Things'' in November 2020."An inside look at the Diamond Princess cruise and lessons learned"

BNN Bloomberg BNN Bloomberg (formerly Business News Network and Report on Business Television) is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Bell Media. It broadcasts programming related to business and financial news and analysis. The channel is he ...

, November 27, 2020.

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