Canadian Production Companies Past and Present, Including Subsidiaries of U.S. and other Foreign-based Companies ©2006-2007 Marsha Ann Tate Last updated: February 20, 2007 @ 9:46 a.m. The following is a list of Canadian film and television production companies compiled from a variety of yearbooks, directories, and other sources published between the 1950s and February 2007. Updates to the list will be made periodically. Comments or suggestions? Please contact: Marsha Ann Tate, 222 Buckhout Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, Phone: 814-865-7736, Email: [email protected] A AAC Fact (Toronto, Ontario) Fact-based/documentary production arm of Alliance Atlantis Communications AAC Kids (Toronto, Ontario) Children's programming-focused production arm of Alliance Atlantis Communications ABC Films of Canada Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Able Editing & Service Ltd. (Edmonton, Alberta) Production and distribution company. ABS Productions (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Academy TV Film Productions of Canada (Toronto, Ontario) Producers of industrial and commercial films. Accent Entertainment Corporation (Toronto, Ontario) Company specializes in the production of feature films; movies-of-the-week and series. Adam Productions Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia) Adaptel Productions (Montreal, Quebec) Production and distribution company. Orly Adelson Productions (United States) A.C.P.A.V. (Montreal, Quebec) Production and distribution company. ADS Film Productions (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Canadian Production Companies Past and Present, rev. February 20, 2007, Marsha Ann Tate 2 Advertel Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Manager: O. Collier Agincourt Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Agravoice Productions Ltd. (Edmonton, Alberta) A.K.A. Cartoon (Vancouver, British Columbia) AKO Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) President: A. Kenneth Orton Secretary: Ian R. Linton Treasurer: Alan J. Beattie Directors: Andrew Balazs, Ralph Hawkins, Nick C. More, George Trottier, Glen Nicholson Alberta Access (Edmonton, Alberta) Production and distribution company. Alberta Filmworks (Calgary, Alberta) Company established in 1987. www.albertafilmworks.com Alberta Government Photographic Services (Calgary, Alberta) Agency involved in production and distribution activities. Algonquin Regional Library System (Parry Sound, Ontario) Library system involved in production and distribution activities. Allarcom Ltd. Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) See also entries under AAC Fact; AAC Kids; Alliance Entertainment Corporation; Alliance Communications Inc., and Atlantis Communications Inc. Alliance Communications Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) See also entries under Alliance Entertainment Corporation (earlier name of company) and Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. (later name of company); AAC Fact and AAC Kids. Althouse College of Education (London, Ontario) College involved in production and distribution activities. Ampersand Productions (Ottawa, Ontario) 2 Canadian Production Companies Past and Present, rev. February 20, 2007, Marsha Ann Tate 3 Robert Anderson Associates (Aylmer East, Quebec) Company produced motion pictures and films for television. Andracom Enterprises (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. André, Birrell, Harris et Associés Ltée (Montreal, Quebec) André, Durivage, Lamarre Productions (Pierrefonds, Quebec) Andromede Films (Quebec) Angel/Brown Productions (Canada) Anglican Church of Canada. Division of Broadcasting (Toronto, Ontario) Organization involved in both production and distribution activities. Animal Miracles Production Inc. Animated Films (Toronto, Ontario) Animation Productions Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec or Moffat, Ontario?) Production and distribution company. ANIMAX Canada Anytime Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Robert Appelbe Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Appletree Television Productions Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) Aquarius Films Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Aquila Film Productions (Hamilton, Ontario) Araneus Films Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec) Architectural Institute of BC (Vancouver, British Columbia) Aries Productions (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Armadale Productions (Regina, Saskatchewan) Armed Forces Photo Unit (Ottawa, Ontario) 3 Canadian Production Companies Past and Present, rev. February 20, 2007, Marsha Ann Tate 4 Arnott Rogers Batten Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec) Around Town Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontairo) Production and distribution company. Ray Arsenault Services (Toronto, Ontario) Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Artek Film Productions Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec) President: Paul Legault Vice President: Andre Legault Artistic Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Asia Films Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) ASP Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Company involved in production and distribution. 1965/66 ed. note: Seaway Films Ltd. is a subsidiary company at the same address with the same officers. President and Executive Producer: Maxine Samuels Vice President and General Manager: Michael Sadlier Vice President and Production Executive: E.F.G. Holiday Associated Audio-Visual Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia) Production and distribution company. Associated Film Services (Montreal, Quebec) Production and distribution company. Association-Industrial Films (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Asterisk Productions Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Astral Bellevue Pathe Astral Bellevue Pathe was created following the 1973 merger between Pathe Humphries laboratories and Astral Films. In 1992, Astral Bellevue Pathe became part of Astral Communications. Astral Communications See also entries under Astral Bellevue Pathe and Astral Film Enterprises. 4 Canadian Production Companies Past and Present, rev. February 20, 2007, Marsha Ann Tate 5 Astral Film Enterprises (Montreal, Quebec) See also entries under Astral Bellevue Pathe and Astral Communications Division of Astral Bellevue Pathé Inc. les Ateliers audio visuel du Quebec (Montreal, Quebec) Production and distribution company. Atlantic Film-makers Co-Op (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Atlantic Films & Electronics Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec and St. John's Newfoundland) Production and distribution company. Atlantis Communications (Toronto, Ontario) Also known as Atlantis Films Ltd.; Atlantis Entertainment. Atomic Productions (Vancouver, British Columbia) Also known as Atomic Cartoons Inc. Company involved in "character and background design, layout and posing, storyboards, clean-up, slugging, sheet timing, colour styling, traditional animation, flash animation, custom webpage design." -- Tiffin, 2005, p. 149. www.atomiccartoons.com Audiographic Presentations Ltd. (Montreal; Toronto; Vancouver) 1965/66 ed. note: Under an agreement with Polaris Films Ltd., Audiographic Presentations Ltd. has assumed responsibility for production of all film. President: A. Brian Vice President: G.W. Bain Executive Producer and Secretary: Stan Spooner Audio-Visual Company (Montreal, Quebec) Production and distribution company; Company also did French dubbing. Manager: M. Ruben Avanti Pictures Corporation (Vancouver, British Columbia) B Back Alley Film Productions Ltd. Company maintains offices in Montreal, Quebec and Toronto, Ontario. www.backalleyfilms.ca S. Banks (In-Television) Ltd. (Toronto, Ontario) Also known as S. Banks Group Inc. President: Sydney Banks Secretary: S. Bearg Treasurer: N. Griesdorf 5 Canadian Production Companies Past and Present, rev. February 20, 2007, Marsha Ann Tate 6 Barnyard Films (International) Ltd. (Edmonton, Alberta) Barna-Alper Productions Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) Company involved in the production of TV series, movies-of-the-week, and documentaries. Basic Sound Concepts (Montreal, Quebec) Battle 6 Productions (Toronto, Ontario and Don Mills, Ontario) Also known as Battle Six Productions. Production and distribution company. Bay Films (West Vancouver, British Columbia) BC Film Industry Association. See British Columbia Film Industry Association. BEI Force Productions Inc. Berkeley Studio (Toronto, Ontario) Studio owned by the United Church of Canada; involved in both production and distribution activities. Derek A. Best Productions (Port Credit, Ontario) Production and distribution company. David Bier Productions (Montreal, Quebec) Big Picture Media Corporation (Vancouver, British Columbia) Bill Boozeboom Productions Ltd. (Vancouver, British Columbia) Black Jack Productions Limited Partnership BLT Productions Ltd. (Vancouver British Columbia) "Film and television production company that develops and produces both live- action and animated productions," Tiffin, p. 9). www.bltproductions.ca "Voice animation and services in the following areas: casting, dialogue recording, ADR, storyboard sound effects, dialogue confirmation, layouts, production management, music scoring, administration, editing and mag transfer, final audio mix and co-financing." -- Tiffin, 2005, p. 154. Blue Relief Productions Blueprint Entertainment Also known as Blueprint Pictures; BluePrint Productions? 6 Canadian Production Companies Past and Present, rev. February 20, 2007, Marsha Ann Tate 7 Boa Productions (London, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Joseph Bochsler Productions (Hamilton, Ontario) Bond/Moore Corporation (Toronto, Ontario) Production and distribution company. Breakthrough Films and Television Inc. (Toronto, Ontario) Also known as Breakthrough Productions; Breakthrough Films Toronto-based production and