Milan Chvostek (October 4, 1932 – November 8, 2018) was a producer/director at the

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. He worked on '' A Case for the Court'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Science Magazine'' and the CBC's flagship show ''

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'', a science documentary television show that has aired in nearly fifty countries worldwide and features scientist

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. Awards for Chvostek's shows include one from the

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awarded by

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in 1975,CBC award list
for

, retrieved 2010-01-05 and the Bell Northern Research Communications Award for science programming from the Canadian Science Writers' Association (Chvostek is the only three-time winner of this award) in 1974 and 1975. After a decade of teaching television broadcast at Seneca College,

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(1986 to 1996), he embarked upon a freelance videography and photography career, working both independently and in partnership with his wife, journalist Isobel Warren. Chvostek's photos appeared in the ''

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'', '' Good Times Magazine'', the ''

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'', '' Forever Young'', '' Tandem'', ''

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'' and in ''Florida, Eh?'' as well as in-flight magazines, ''Atmosphere'' (

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) and ''Airborn'' ( Skyservice). Singer/songwriter

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is his daughter.

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1932 births 2018 deaths Artists from Toronto Canadian people of Slovak descent Canadian radio producers Canadian photographers Canadian television directors Toronto Metropolitan University alumni Academic staff of Seneca College {{Canada-tv-bio-stub