Extraordinary Canadians (Series Director)
Biographies of eminent Canadians, including Glenn Gould, Norman Bethune, René Lévesque, Big Bear, Nellie McClung and Tommy Douglas, as told by Canada’s greatest writers. Extraordinary Canadians captures the relationship between writer and subject that lies at the heart of the biography process, and explores the lives of thouse who have shaped our history and identity.
Produced By PMA Productions
18 x30 min – CBC, Rogers Biography, Citytv and Omni (English/French/Italian/Chinese/Hindi)
Mark Kingwell on Glenn Gould
directed by Adrian Wills
Adrienne Clarkson on Norman Bethune
directed by Karen Cho
Lewis DeSoto on Emily Carr
directed by Joshua Dorsey
Rudy Wiebe on Big Bear
directed by Kenneth Hirsch & Adrian Wills
Margaret McMillan on Stephen Leacock
directed by Tom Puchniak
David Adams Richards on Lord Beaverbrook
directed by Joshua Dorsey
Charlotte Gray on Nellie McClung
directed by Karen Cho
Andrew Cohen on Lester B. Pearson
directed by Karen Cho
Jane Urquhart on Lucy Maud Montgomery
directed by Helene Klodawsky
M.G. Vassanji on Mordecai Richler
directed by Lewis Cohen
Nino Ricci on Pierre Elliott Trudeau
directed by Helene Klodawsky
John Ralston Saul on Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine & Robert Baldwin
directed by Kenneth Hirsch
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Restoration Garage II (Writer / Story Editor)
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Yukon Gold II (Story Editor / Creative Consultant)
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All for One with Debbie Travis (Field Director / Story Editor)