Floyd Kane
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
Floyd Kane is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the creator of Diggstown, the CBC series filmed in Atlantic Canada.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Floyd Kane was born in East Preston, a predominantly Black community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. He pursued an English degree at St. Mary's University in Halifax before enrolling at Dalhousie Law School.[2]
Career
[edit]Kane graduated law school and commenced his legal career articling with Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1998.[3]
From 1999 to 2003, Kane secured a position as in-house legal counsel at Salter Street Films, a movie and television production company based in Atlantic Canada.[4] As a media lawyer and production executive he worked on notable productions such as This Hour Has 22 Minutes and the Bowling For Columbine documentary.[5] While practicing law within the film industry, Kane also pursued his passion for writing screenplays.[6]
In 2004, he joined Halifax Film Company as the Vice President of Creative and Business Affairs. In 2006, Kane created North/South, a Canadian soap opera produced by the Halifax-based production company which aired on CBC Television.[7] During the same year, the Halifax Film Company eventually transformed into DHX Media, where Kane continued as a VP until 2010.[8]
In 2010, he started his own independent company Freddie Films Inc., producing projects such as the 2015 film Across the Line, a screenplay he wrote.[9]
In 2018, he created the CBC original drama, Diggstown, which was the first Canadian legal drama television series to feature a Black Canadian woman as its lead character.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Floyd Kane talks about the final season of Diggstown". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Halifax legal drama bringing Black stories to life in our own backyard". thestar.com. October 2018. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "A creative lawyer: Floyd Kane (LLB'96) - Dalhousie University Alumni". alumni.dal.ca. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "In casting a new crime show, CBC is looking for Canada's Kerry Washington". thestar.com. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Speaker Floyd Kane - Banff World Media Festival 2021". banffmediafestival.playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Spotlight on Floyd Kane | Canada Media Fund". cmf-fmc.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "New CBC Soap Opera Resembles More Coronation Street Than All My Children - Newspapers.com™". The Sault Star. 3 July 2006. p. 16. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- ^ "Filmmaker Floyd Kane talks life in East Preston, making Diggstown and opening doors for Black Nova Scotians". Atlantic Business Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "www.wgc.ca/screenwriter/cdnscreenwriter/floyd_kane_diggstown". wgc.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Final day of shooting Diggstown 'very emotional,' says creator". CBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
External links
[edit]- Floyd Kane at IMDb
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni
- Dalhousie University alumni
- Canadian male screenwriters
- Canadian male television writers
- Canadian television producers
- Showrunners
- 20th-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 20th-century Canadian male writers
- 21st-century Canadian male writers