Screen Door
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Screen Door is a Canadian independent
production company
founded in 1999 by Mary Young Leckie
and Heather Haldane
. The company produces film and television.
Screen Door is a Toronto
-based independent
production company
specializing in award-winning dramatic films and mini-series of the highest quality. Screen Door's reputation for record-breaking hit dramas has put them on the leading edge for audiences and broadcasters at home and worldwide. Co-production is a company forte and it looks to carry this speciality into the international marketplace. Screen Door's success attracting celebrated directors and stars is directly linked to their commitment to the script.
Formed in 1999 by producers Heather Haldane
and Mary Young Leckie
, the company is the outcome of a long-standing professional relationship that began with their success producing the award-winning feature film, WHERE THE SPIRIT LIVES.
The company's films have been shown worldwide by CBC Television
, CTV
, The Movie Network
, Showcase, Hallmark
, PBS, Canal+
and the BBC
. Distributors for Screen Door's films have included Alliance Atlantis
, Seville, Power, Marvista, and Oasis.
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
founded in 1999 by Mary Young Leckie
Mary Young Leckie
Mary Young Leckie is a Canadian television producer and volunteer activist. She is a co-founder of Screen Door Productions, Inc. with Heather Haldane formerly Tapestry Films. -Career:Leckie gained an Honours degree in Film Studies from York University...
and Heather Haldane
Heather Haldane
Heather Gordon Haldane is a Canadian television producer. She is a co-founder of Screen Door Productions, Inc. with Mary Young Leckie. She is executive producer of the current TV series MVP. Her other work includes Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story. In 1998...
. The company produces film and television.
Screen Door is a Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
-based independent
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
specializing in award-winning dramatic films and mini-series of the highest quality. Screen Door's reputation for record-breaking hit dramas has put them on the leading edge for audiences and broadcasters at home and worldwide. Co-production is a company forte and it looks to carry this speciality into the international marketplace. Screen Door's success attracting celebrated directors and stars is directly linked to their commitment to the script.
Formed in 1999 by producers Heather Haldane
Heather Haldane
Heather Gordon Haldane is a Canadian television producer. She is a co-founder of Screen Door Productions, Inc. with Mary Young Leckie. She is executive producer of the current TV series MVP. Her other work includes Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story. In 1998...
and Mary Young Leckie
Mary Young Leckie
Mary Young Leckie is a Canadian television producer and volunteer activist. She is a co-founder of Screen Door Productions, Inc. with Heather Haldane formerly Tapestry Films. -Career:Leckie gained an Honours degree in Film Studies from York University...
, the company is the outcome of a long-standing professional relationship that began with their success producing the award-winning feature film, WHERE THE SPIRIT LIVES.
The company's films have been shown worldwide by CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
, CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
, The Movie Network
The Movie Network
The Movie Network is a Canadian English language Category A premium television service, owned by Astral Media. The service is licensed to operate east of the Ontario-Manitoba border, excluding the territories...
, Showcase, Hallmark
Hallmark Channel (International)
The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts in over 100 countries. They specialize in series and movies that are appropriate for the whole family. In all countries except the United States they are owned by NBC Universal. The Hallmark name is licensed from Hallmark Cards,...
, PBS, Canal+
Canal+
Canal+ is a French premium pay television channel launched in 1984. It is 80% owned by the Canal+ Group, which in turn is owned by Vivendi SA. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted...
and the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. Distributors for Screen Door's films have included Alliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis
Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. was a Toronto-based media company that operated primarily as a specialty service operator in Canada. Alliance Atlantis also had offices in Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Dublin, Madrid, Barcelona, Shannon and Sydney.Alliance Atlantis was acquired by Canwest...
, Seville, Power, Marvista, and Oasis.
Productions
- MVP (TV series)MVP (TV series)MVP is a 2008 Canadian television series that debuted January 11, 2008 on CBC Television....
(2008) - EverestEverest '82Everest '82 is an Canadian drama film miniseries directed by Graeme Campbell and written by Keith Ross Leckie. It aired in the fall of 2008 on CBC television and was produced by Alberta Filmworks....
(2007) - The Climb (2006)
- Shades of Black: The Conrad Black StoryShades of Black: The Conrad Black StoryShades of Black: The Conrad Black Story is a 2006 Drama about ambition, love, betrayal and greed. The film chronicles the private and public struggles of Lord Conrad Black, one of the world's most controversial press barons.-Cast:...
- Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson StorySpirit Bear: The Simon Jackson StorySpirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story is a 2005 independent Canadian film based on the real life campaign by Spirit Bear Youth Coalition founder Simon Jackson to save the habitat of the Kermode bear...
- Prom Queen: The Marc Hall StoryProm Queen: The Marc Hall StoryProm Queen: The Marc Hall Story is a Canadian television movie, which aired on CTV in 2004. The film is about Marc Hall, a gay Canadian teenager whose legal fight to bring a same-sex date to his Catholic high school prom made headlines in 2002.-Plot:...
(2002) - Burn: The Robert Wraight Story (2003)
- Shattered City: The Halifax ExplosionShattered City: The Halifax ExplosionShattered City: The Halifax Explosion is a two-part miniseries produced in 2003 by CBC Television. It presents a fictionalized version of the Halifax Explosion, a 1917 catastrophe that destroyed much of the city of Halifax. It was directed by Bruce Pittman and written by Keith Ross Leckie...
(2003) - Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback StoryTagged: The Jonathan Wamback StoryTagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story is a Canadian film about teen violence based on a true incident.Playing the movie's central character is Tyler Hynes as "Jonathan Wamback"...
(2001) - Children of My HeartChildren of My HeartChildren of My Heart is a novel by Gabrielle Roy, published in 1977. The novel, Roy's last published work of fiction, was originally published in French as Ces enfants de ma vie....
(2000) - The ArrowThe ArrowThe Arrow is a four-hour miniseries produced for CBC Television in 1996, starring Dan Aykroyd as Crawford Gordon, experienced wartime production leader during World War II and president of A. V. Roe Canada during its attempt to produce the Avro Arrow supersonic jet interceptor. The film also stars...
(1997) - Gzowski in Conversation
- Where the Spirit LivesWhere the Spirit LivesWhere the Spirit Lives is a drama film about Aboriginal children in Canada being taken from their tribes to attend residential schools for assimilation into majority culture. Written by Keith Ross Leckie and directed by Bruce Pittman, it aired on CBC Television in 1989.The film starred Michelle St...
(1989)