PRODUCTIONS

Produced Works

Dramatic, often based on true story,
inspirational, award winning movies, series and event mini-series for worldwide markets.

Screen Door/ Painted House with Small Shack (NL) and Parallel Films (Ireland)

Feature:  2017 115 min | Drama, Romance

DIR : Aisling Walsh

Distributors: Mongrel Media (Canada): Sony Pictures Classics (US)Canada-Ireland co-production

Cast: Sally Hawkins, Ethan Hawke, Kari Matchett, Gabrielle Rose

Maudie

A STORY OF LOVE BETWEEN TWO OUTCASTS

1937-71 Near Digby Nova Scotia: a story of love between two outcasts. Despite poverty, and crippling adversity, Maud (Dowley) Lewis, an arthritic woman gets herself “hired on” as a housekeeper for the local fishmonger, Everett. A surly and at times, harsh man. While trying to keep the very small house clean and tidy, for a 2nd income, Maud paints pictures on any found pieces of board and left over house paint.

Even the walls of the house become her canvas at times. Her pictures are of the world as she “sees it”: bright and happy. Her paintings sell well to tourists – giving her some recognition as an artist. So despite a life that has left them both damaged, she and Everett learn to accept each others love.

Awards

Canadian Screen Awards (CSA)
Best Motion Picture
  • Original Screenplay Sherry White
  • Achievement in Direction Aisling Walsh
  • Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Sally Hawkins
  • Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Ethan Hawke
  • Achievement in Costume Design Trysha Bakker
  • Achievement in Editing Stephen O’Connell
Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA)
Won
  • Best International Actor
  • Best International Actress
  • Best Production Design
  • Best Director – Film
Nominated
  • Best Film
  • Best Sound
    • London Critics Circle Film Awards
    Won, ALFS Award British/Irish Actress of the Year Sally Hawkins
    Writers Guild of Canada
    Won, Feature Film
    Atlantic Film Festival
    • Won, The Gordon Parsons Award Best Atlantic Feature
    • Won, The Michael Weir Award Best Atlantic Screenwriting
    Cinéfest Sudbury
    Won, Cinéfest Sudbury Audience Choice Award Best Feature Film 2016
    Toronto International Film Festival
    Nominated, Best Canadian Feature Film
    Other Awards
    • Vancouver International Film Festival- Won, Super Channel People’s Choice Award
    • Windsor International Film Festival-Won, LIUNA People’s Choice Award
    • National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA-Won, Best Actress Sally Hawkins
    • Women’s Image Network Awards- Won, Outstanding Feature Film, Nominated, Outstanding Actress Feature Film
    • ACTRA Awards-Nominated, Outstanding Performance – Female Kari Matchett (actor)
    • Central Ohio Film Critics Association-Won, Actor of the Year Sally Hawkins
    • Chlotrudis Awards-Nominated, Best Actor Ethan Hawke
    • Available Light Film Festival-Won, Audience Choice Best Canadian Fiction
    • Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards-Won, Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature
    • Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards-2nd place, Best Actress Sally Hawkins
    • Edinburgh International Film Festival-Nominated, Best International Feature Film Aisling Walsh
    • Indiana Film Journalists Association, US-2nd place, Best Actress Sally Hawkins
    • Montclair Film Festival (MFF)-Won, Audience Award Narrative Feature
    • San Diego Film Critics Society Awards-Won, Best Actress : Nominated, Best Supporting Actor
    • Women Film Critics Circle Awards-Nominated, Invisible Woman Award, and the Adrienne Shelly Award, Best Screen Couple, and Best Actress, Courage in Acting Award

    Productions by Screendoor

    Commited (2012)

    Originally for TMN – Lifetime (USA) Director: Norma Bailey
    Cast: Andrea Roth, Richard Burgi, Peter MacNeil, Linda Thorsen
    Celeste must uncover the truth before she becomes a permanent guest
    Celeste must uncover the truth before she becomes a permanent guest Dr. Dupont arrives at a mental facility to apply for a staff position. World famous Dr. Quilly interviews her, and has her sign papers. She is thrilled to get the job, and is shown her room. However, confusion with her room being on the same floor as the patients’ soon turns to panic as she is told that she is a “guest”- not a doctor, and the papers she signed were not job forms, but commitment papers.
    Awards
    Canadian Cinema Editors Awards
    • Nominated, Best Editing in Television Movie or Mini-Series
      • Directors Guild of Canada
    • Nominated, DGC Craft Award Sound Editing – Television Movie/Mini-Series

    Tatis Hotel (2012)

    TV Series, Originally for TVO and CITV (UK)
    26 episodes x 11 mins
    Director: Delyth Thomas
    Cast: Mya-Lecia Naylor, Yaari Magenheim, Jake Raymond, Tom Turner Director: Norma Bailey
    Cast: Andrea Roth, Richard Burgi, Peter MacNeil, Linda Thorsen
    A magical hotel with a new guest every week
    Eight-year-old TATI may look like a normal girl but she has a very unusual job. Tati is the manager of her very own hotel – a colourful, magical place staffed by children and puppets -where the number one rule is to have fun. As guests from all around the world – and beyond – come through the revolving Hotel doors, Tati and her team dedicate themselves to making them welcome. Providing the snobbish assistant manager Mr Snapweazle doesn’t get to them first
    Awards
    BAFTA Awards, Wales
    BAFTA Cymru Award Best Costume

    MVP (2008)

    TV Series, Originally for CBC, ABC (SoapNet)
    10 episodes x 43 mins
    Director: TW Peacocke, Stefan Scaini, Michel Poullet
    Cast: Lucas Bryant, Dillon Casey, Kristin Booth, Anastasia Phillips, Helene Joy, Peter Miller
    Secrets of a former star player who fell to his death
    On the ice – and off. What happens on the road,.. is likely in tomorrow’s SPORTS section. Dramatic series set in the behind the scenes of the Hockey world.. The star player dies of an overdose. His pampered wife ends up on the street. Their daughter sleeps with the hot new rookie. …And the season hasn’t even started yet! When the uniforms are folded and the gear comes off, that’s when the game REALLY gets interesting. Welcome to MVP!
    Awards
    Nominated, DGC Team Award Television Series – Drama
    Gemini Awards Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Kristin Booth

    Everest (2010)

    4 Hour Event Mini-Series, Originally for CBC Historical drama, 2 x 2 hrs
    Director: Graeme Campbell
    Cast: Jason Priestley, Eric Johnson, William Shatner, Leslie Hope
    In a world where disaster happens with a mis-placed step
    An eclectic and combative mix of climbers pull together the finance for a Canadian led expedition to Mount Everest thus taking on the climbing world’s toughest challenge. Its post Hillarys’ successful, and at a time when every country has had its own history of attempts- and failures. The experienced lead climber Laurie Skreslet has just lost his best friend, John Lauchlan, in a climbing accident. As the expedition treks through the dramatic Nepalese countryside toward Everest the conflicts and pressures between the Expedition leaders do little to reassure the doubts Laurie has. Nor does the composition of the team which includes team photographer Patrick Morrow, a relatively inexperienced climber.
    Awards
    Gemini Nominations
    Best Visual Effects
    Best Sound in a Dramatic Program
    Directors Guild of Canada
    Nominated, DGC Craft Award Sound Editing – Television Movie/Mini-Series Gemini Wins
    Best Sound, Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
    Gemini Nominations
    Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
    Best Achievement in Casting, Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series

    Where the Spirit Lives (1989)

    Originally for CBC, 1 x 95 mins
    Director: Bruce Pittman
    Cast: Michelle St John, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Ron White, Graham Green
    A young girl’s courage and indomitable spirit
    The uplifting story of Komi, a courageous young Blackfoot girl. Taken from her home on a remote Reserve, by an Indian Agent from the Canadian Government to an English-speaking residential school, she is forced into a school uniform, re-named Amelia and forced to learn and speak only English. With only the help of Kathleen, a compassionate schoolteacher, Amelia must find within herself the courage to live. Shot on location in the scenic Canadian Rockies, Where the Spirit Lives is a moving tribute to a young girl’s courage and indomitable spirit.
    Awards
    6 Geminis including Best Television Movie
    30 International awards including 3 Best of Festivals

    Shades of Black (2007)

    Originally for CTV 1 x 95 mins
    Director: Alex Chapple
    Cast: Jason Priestley, Lara Flynn Boyle, Albert Schultz
    A story of ambition, love, betrayal and greed
    “Shades of Black” explores the seminal moments in (now) Lord Conrad Black’s already crowded life story. His stormy relationship with his troubled father, the rise of his publishing empire, his political and corporate battles, his doomed first marriage and his epic love affair with Barbara Amiel. Everything about Conrad Black is larger than life and “Shades of Black” captures the panache and style of a man who believed absolutely in his place in history. A nuanced look at a life still in progress. “Shades of Black”.
    Awards
    Nominated, WGC Best Writing MOW & Miniseries
    Gemini Wins
    Best Sound, Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
    Gemini Nominations
    Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
    Best Achievement in Casting, Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series

    Prom Queen (2007)

    Originally for CTV, 1X 95 mins
    Director: John L’Ecuyer
    Cast: Aaron Ashmore, Scott Thomson, Mac Fyfe, Fiona Reid
    A joyful celebration of individuality
    Marc Hall just wants to have fun. The 17-year-old Catholic schoolboy is a popular guy, who has avoided much of the usual harassment a gay kid in a working class town would face. In fact he’s never been in a fight in his life. That is, until his Principal tells him he can’t bring his boyfriend to the prom… Suddenly, Marc is fighting for the rights of gay teens everywhere to be themselves. But when the media swarms and the Supreme Court descends, will Marc still be up for the battle? A light-hearted tempest, this film dares to ask the 21st-century-question: Will “Cinderfella” make it to the prom on time?
    Awards
    Nominated for 2 Gemini Awards, Best Movie
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Dramatic Program or Mini-Series

    The Climb (2008)

    TV Documentary, Originally for Discovery Canada
    Co-produced with Nomad Films 1 x 45 mins
    Director: Mark Johnston
    A triumph littered with bitterness, broken relationships and bodies of the dead
    On October 5th, 1982, two Canadians scaled more than twenty-nine thousand feet to become the first Canadian on Mount Everest. For Canadians, it was moment of unadulterated pride. For the climbers, it was a triumph littered with bitterness, broken relationships and the bodies of four dead men. The Climb is a documentary that weaves the dramatic trajectory of the 1982 Canadian climb of Everest with a contemporary odyssey – the return of the two summiteers, Laurie Skreslet and Pat Morrow, together to the mountain for the first time in twenty-four years.

    Spirit Bear (2007)

    Originally for CTV, 1 x 95 mins
    Director: Stefan Scaini
    Cast: Mark Rendall, Graham Greene, Ed Begley Jr
    A triumphant story about the power of one
    Simon Jackson was an awkward 15-year-old naturalist. Cornered by a black bear in the British Columbia wilderness, Simon is rescued by a rare white Kermode Bear. When he learns these magnificent creatures are endangered, Simon turns from shy daydreamer to political activist. He takes on the powerful forest industry and the provincial government in BC, eventually rallying everyone from Prince William to the Backstreet Boys to the cause. These efforts secure the protection of 2500 square miles of Princess Royal Island off BC’s coast where the rare Kermode bears live. Its one of the largest land protection battles ever won, putting him on the cover of the 2005 Time Magazine as one of the ‘Heroes for the Planet.'
    Awards
    DGC Team Award
    Mill Valley Film Festival Children’s Audience Choice Award
    Sprockets (Toronto) Audience Choice Award
    Nominated for a Banff World Television Award “Best Family and Youth Program”