Executive Producers: Bernard Zukerman

Starring: Christianne Hirt, Rosemary Dunsmore, Patricia Hamilton, Colm Feore, Tom Butler

Produced by IGP

Winner of the Gemini for Best TV Movie, The Squamish Five tells the story of the notorious anarchist/urban guerrilla warriors in British Columbia in the 1970s who violently protested the government and corporations and were eventually captured by the RCMP.

Director: Paul Donavan
Writers: Ken Gass, Terence McKenna
Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Nicky Guadagni, Trish Lamie, David McLeod, Michael McManus and Albert Schultz
Broadcaster: CBC

The mini series follows the deteriorating relationship of Saskatchewan politician Colin Thatcher and his wife Joann. After Joann sues for divorce Colin begins a series of clumsy attempts to have her killed, and is eventually successful. He is arrested, and after a sensational trial, convicted of her murder. It won five Gemini Awards, Best Director, Best Dramatic Mini-series, Best Actor, Best Photography and Best Writer, numerous international prizes and was the single most watched entertainment program of the year. Love and Hate was the first foreign program ever sold to an American network, and when NBC aired it in the summer of 1991, it topped the audience charts and finished number one for the week.

Director: Francis Mankiewicz
Writer: Suzette Couture, based on the book by Maggie Siggins
Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Kate Nelligan, Kenneth Welsh, Robert Benson, Leon Powell, Brent Carver
Distributor: Odyssey Video Release
Broadcaster: CBC

A young aboriginal woman, Helen Betty Osborne, is raped and murdered in The Pas, Manitoba. Her assailants are known and yet, because of prevailing bigotry and racism, are protected until a special investigation of the crime. It was broadcast to great acclaim on CBC. It was then purchased by CBS and when it was aired in the United States in August of 1992 was once again a critical and financial success.

Director: Francis Mankiewicz
Writer: Suzette Couture, based on the book by Lisa Priest
Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Michael Mahonen, Carl Marotte, Stephen Ouimette, Maury Chaykin
Distributor: CBC Program Sales
Canadian Broadcaster: CBC

A poignant and intimate depiction of the daily lives and struggles of the Canadian servicemen who took part in the tragic and mismanaged raid on Dieppe during World War II. This beautifully written and produced drama is recognized as one of CBC Television’s most ambitious projects to date and won the Gemini for Best Dramatic Mini-series. Dieppe aired in January 1994 becoming immediately both a commercial and critical success, and was subsequently sold around the world.

Director: John N. Smith
Writer: John Krizanc, based on the book by Brian Villa
Produced by: Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Gary Reineke, Victor Garber, Robert Joy, Peter Donat, Aidan Devine, Larissa Laskin, Gabrielle Rose
Distributor: Morningstar Entertainment, BFS Entertainment and Multimedia Limited
Broadcaster: CBC

Winner of four Gemini Awards, this is the exceptional story of the early years of the Dionne Quintuplets and the struggles of the various people and groups attempting to exploit, control and care for them. Premiered on CBC and CBS Television in November 1994, it was the first time CBS pre-licensed a Canadian production. It was the highest rated entertainment program of the season on CBC and helped CBS win the November sweeps. Prior to broadcast, this four hour mini-series had been sold around the world.

Director: Christian Duguay
Writers: Suzette Coutiue, Stuart Foxman, John Nihmey
Executive Producer: Bernard Zukerman, Micheline Charest
Starring: Beau Bridges, Roy Dupuis, Celine Bonnier, Sean McCann, Ginette Reno, Kate Nelligan, Dominni Blyth
Distributor: The Cookie Jar Company
Broadcaster: CBC

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This thrilling two hour TV movie based on the book of the same name, brings to life and to light, the fight by the top players of the NHL at the time, to form a union. Ted Lindsay leads his fellow players in a desperate struggle for equitable pay and treatment. The film was an incredible success, winning four Geminis; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Writers: David Cruise, Alison Griffiths, Phil Savath, Don Truckey, book by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths
Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Aidan Devine, Kevin Conway, Robin Gammell, Chris Marotte, Richard Donat, Dan Lett
Canadian Distributor: CBC
Canadian Broadcaster: CBC

This four hour miniseries uncovers the horrifying tale of Dr. Ewan Cameron and his experiments, in collaboration with the CIA, on his patients at the Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal.

Director: Anne Wheeler
Writer: Bruce M. Smith, based on the book by Anne Collins
Executive Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Micheline Charest, Ronald A. Weinberg
Starring: Leon Powell, Macha Grenon, Nicola Cavendish, Gabrielle Rose, Emmanuel Bilodeau
Distributor: The Cookie Jar Company
Broadcaster: CBC

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This tale of greed, corruption and love follows the family of John Hawk and founding of Saskatchewan, in particular, the contest between Moose Jaw and Regina, for political and economic supremacy. The mini-series became a hit for both CBC and CBS and won five Gemini Awards; Best Director, Best Performance in a Supporting Role, Best Sound, Best Movie or Mini-series, and a special award.

Director: John N. Smith
Writer: Sharon Riis, book by Maggie Siggins
Executive Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Micheline Charest, Ronald A. Weinberg
Starring: Kenneth Welsh, Chandra West, Jennifer Dale, Seann Gallagher, Nicholas Treeshin, Carmen Moore
Distributor: Cinar
Broadcaster: CBC

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Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story is a made-for-TV biopic about a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. Half of the movie is devoted to the 21-hour swim, during which 16-year-old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.

Director: Manon Briand
Writers: Karen Walton
Executive Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Caroline Dhavernas, Amy Sloan
Canadian Broadcaster: CBC
Distributor: Cinar

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A brutal drive-by shooting of a Croatian woman who works at an abortion clinic sends two homicide detectives out onto the streets of one of the world’s most culturally diverse cities. Their first suspect has ties to the pro-life movement. But a sudden turn of events, a fresh trail of clues and a suicide attempt by the victim’s Serbian husband lead the detectives into the impenetrable world of Balkan politics and prejudices. As they hunt for the killer, they uncover an ethnic war between Croatians and Serbians amid the urban backdrop of downtown Toronto.

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Writer: Andrew Rai Berzins
Producer: Bernard Zukerman
Starring: Peter Outerbridge, Alberta Watson, Janet Wright
Canadian Broadcaster: CBC
Distributor: Muse Distribution International

This tense and chilling drama details the careless and mismanaged hunt for the serial killer, Clifford Olson. Winner of the Gemini for Best Screenplay

Director: Anne Wheeler
Writer: Bruce M. Smith
Executive Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Jamie Brown, Michael Prupas, Wendy Hill-Tout
Starring: Nicholas Lea, Reece Dinsdale, Lochlyn Munro, Paul Coeur, Michael Hogan, Duncan Fraser
Canadian Broadcaster: CTV
Distributor: Muse Distribution International

Quebec cult leader Roch Theriault terrorised the women in his commune and was forced to ever more isolated locations, but it was only through the persistent efforts of a social worker that the truth about his mental and physical abuses were uncovered. Produced for Showcase, this the network it’s highest ever ratings to that point. The film won Geminis for Best Actor, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and Best Screenplay.

Director: Mario Azzopardi
Writer: Sharon Riis
Executive Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Jamie Brown, Michael Prupas
Starring: Polly Walker, Luc Picard, Isabelle Blais, Louis Ferreira, Isabelle Cyr, Julie LaRochelle
Canadian Broadcaster: Showcase
Distributor: Muse Distribution International

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This is the gripping case of “Jane Doe” who sued the Metropolitan Toronto Police over their incompetence in handling a series of rapes and attacks in her neighbourhood. The film won four Geminis; Best Director, Best Writer, Best Actress in a Lead Role, and Best Editing.

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Writer: Karen Walton
Executive Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Jamie Brown, Michael Prupas, Kim Todd
Starring: Wendy Crewson, Steven Mackintosh, Sarah Constible, Jacob Tierney, Eric Peterson
Distributor: Muse Distribution International

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The story of the brutal murder of Nancy Eaton, the department store heiress by her childhood friend, was the winner of the Gemini for Best Performance in a Lead Role.

Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Writer: William Scoular
Executive Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Michael Prupas, Wendy Hill-Tout
Starring: Alice Krige, Jessica Pare, Brendan Fletcher, Leslie Hope, Barclay Hope, Meghan Black
Distributor: Muse Distribution International

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In Niagara Motel, a group of struggling individuals cross paths at a low-rent motel in the tourist Mecca of Niagara Falls. The main characters are: a knockout waitress being recruited to star in low budget porn videos, a young couple with a criminal past struggling to recover their child from social services, and a middle class husband and wife in a marriage that is disintegrating in near record time. The story also includes a woeful drunken motel manager, and a prostitute working to support two small children. The needs of these people, their obvious failings and the unlucky conditions of their lives make them so vulnerable that they careen from the disturbing to the hilarious in a breathless instant. In this story, tragedy waltzes with unpredictable comedy in an intense dance of life.

Director: Gary Yates
Writers: George F. Walker & Dani Romain
Producers: Bernard Zukerman, Jacqueline Quella, Tom Parkhouse, Michael Prupas, Terene S. Potter, Phyllis Laing
Starring: Craig Ferguson, Anna Friel, Kevin Pollak, Caroline Dhavernas, Wendy Crewson
Distributor: Muse Distribution International