Paperny Entertainment Inc. (previously known as Paperny Films) was a

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-based producer of television programming and films, ranging from character-driven documentaries to provocative comedy to quirky reality shows. It was founded by David Paperny, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his 1993 documentary '' The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter''. In July 2014, Paperny Entertainment was acquired by

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, which in turn has been acquired by American toy manufacturer

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on December 30, 2019.

Television series

Listed by the year the shows first aired.

2001

* ''

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'' (Showcase, 5 seasons, 63 episodes)

2005

* ''Crash Test Mommy'' (Life Network)

2007

* ''

Road Hockey Rumble ''Road Hockey Rumble'' is a half-hour reality series produced by Paperny Entertainment and broadcast on OLN. The series uses a documentary format but crosses over into the genres of sports, travel, and comedy. It follows two Canadian hosts, Calum ...

'' (OLN, 26 episodes) * ''

My Fabulous Gay Wedding ''My Fabulous Gay Wedding'' is a Canadian reality show hosted by comedian Scott Thompson in the first season and Elvira Kurt in the second. The series airs on the Global Television Network. It is broadcast in the U.S. as ''First Comes Love'', ...

'' (Global, Logo, 2 seasons, 19 episodes)

2008

* '' The Week the Women Went'' (CBC, 2 seasons, 16 episodes) * ''

Jetstream Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow, meandering air currents in the atmospheres of some planets, including Earth. On Earth, the main jet streams are located near the altitude of the tropopause and are westerly winds (flowing west to east) ...

'' (Discovery, 8 episodes)

2009

*'' The 100 Mile Challenge'' (Food Network Canada, 6 episodes) *''

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'' (Discovery, 6 episodes, follow-up to ''Jetstream'') *''Glutton for Punishment'' (US Food Network, 5 seasons, 56 episodes) *''

The Stagers ''The Stagers'' is a half-hour reality television show about home staging that airs on HGTV in the U.S. and Canada. It is produced by Paperny Films and stars Matthew Finlason, Bridget Savereux, and Maureen Powers. Synopsis Official series syn ...

'' (HGTV Canada, two seasons, 26 episodes) * ''

Chop Shop A chop shop is a business, often mimicking a body shop, that illicitly disassembles stolen motor vehicles and sells their parts. Chop shops are often linked to car-theft rings as part of a broader organized crime enterprise. In the United Sta ...

'' (Slice, 13 episodes)

2010

2011

* ''

Eat St. ''Eat St.'' is a Canadian reality television series produced by Paperny Entertainment that airs on Food Network Canada and Cooking Channel. It is hosted by Canadian comedian James Cunningham tours North American food trucks. To accompany the ...

'' (Food Network Canada, 3 seasons to date) * '' Dust Up'' (6 episodes) * '' Consumed'' (HGTV Canada, one season) * '' Dussault Inc.'' (City, 2 seasons, 32 episodes)

2012

* '' World's Weirdest Restaurants'' (Food Network Canada, one season)

2013

* '' Yukon Gold'' (History Channel)

2014

* ''

Chopped Canada ''Chopped Canada'' is a Canadian reality cooking television series based on the US series ''Chopped''. The program pits four chefs against each other as they compete to win $10,000 and the title of Chopped Canada Champion. It first aired on Jan ...

'' (Food Network Canada)

Documentaries

The documentary ''

The Boys of Buchenwald ''The Boys of Buchenwald'' is a 2002 documentary film produced by Paperny Films that examines how the child survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp had to integrate themselves back into normal society after having experienced the brutality ...

'' (2002) and '' Love Shines'' (2010) were produced by Paperny. In 2008 Paperny partnered with

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and John Fleming on "The Civil Rights Cold Case Project" with the

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. The project brought together partners from across the media and legal spectrum to reveal long-neglected truths behind scores of race-motivated murders from the civil rights era, and to help facilitate reconciliation and healing. The project sponsored work in civil rights-era cold cases, including that of African American shoe-shop owner Frank Morris who was murdered by the Klan in Ferriday, Louisiana in 1964, and that of Clifton Walker, a Natchez Mississippi mill worker murdered by Klan members the same year. The documentary film ''Confessions of an Innocent Man'' (2007), which tells the story of a British-Canadian engineer William Sampson, won a

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for Best Biography Documentary Program."Press Releases: Confessions Of An Innocent Man"
- ''PapernyFilms.com''

References

External links

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