Guy O'Sullivan (1967 - April 8, 2017) was a British-born Canadian television producer, 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

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. After moving to Canada in 2004, O'Sullivan founded Proper Television and developed Canadian versions of several popular

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series such as ''

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'' (''

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''), ''

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'' ('' Storage Wars Canada''), ''

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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 ''

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.'' Throughout his career, he was nominated for the

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twice and the

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three times.

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