''The Amazing Gayl Pile'' is a Canadian

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created by

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and

Brooks Gray Brooks Gray is a Canadian writer, actor and producer. Gray co-wrote, produced and starred in ''Cock'd Gunns'', a rockumentary comedy series about "the worst band you've never heard of." ''Cock'd Gunns'' aired on IFC in Canada. He has appeared i ...

, which follows one man's misguided quest to conquer the world of home shopping, and become king of the TV pitchman game. First created in 2014, the show stars

, Brooks Gray, Inessa Frantowski, Andy King,

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, Daniel Stolfi and Natasha Bromfield. The series has received numerous awards and has screened at festivals around the world; in 2017, it won the

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for Best Directing and Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction. Also in 2017, the series broke the record for most nominations at the

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. The series premiered in 2014 on

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's online network Jash, and was also available for a time on

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's now-defunct digital channel

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. ''The Amazing Gayl Pile'' is now on CBC's digital channel, CBC Gem and was produced with the participation of the

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. ''The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort'' is the fifth and final season of the series. It can be watched on

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in Canada and Amazon Video Direct in UK and USA.

Awards and festivals

2014

* Raindance Webfest Nominee - Best International Series * Raindance Webfest Nominee - Best Lead Actor

2015

* HollyWeb Festival Winner - Best Comedy * Seattle Web Fest Winner - Best Production Design *

Winner - Best Directing - Comedy *

Nominee - Best Web Series - Comedy * Toronto Web Fest Nominee - Best writing, Best Comedy *

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Awards Nominee - Best Directing - Comedy *

Awards Nominee - Best Writing *

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 ...

Nominee - Best Original Program/Series *

Nominee - Best Performance (

)

2017

* 16

Indie Series Award The Indie Series Awards (formerly the Indie Soap Awards) is an annual event hosted by ''We Love Soaps'', based in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the Internet. The ceremony ...

nominations * Canadian Screen Awards - Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Fiction, Best Direction in a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media *

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Nominee - Best Short Form

2019

* Canadian Screen Awards Nominee - Best Lead Performance (

) * Canadian Screen Awards Nominee - Best Supporting Performance ( Inessa Frantowski)

References

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