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Ilana Frank

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Ilana Frank
NationalityCanadian
OccupationFilm producer

Ilana C. Frank is a Canadian film and television producer and founder of ICF Films (formerly Thump Inc.), best known for producing the award-winning series The Eleventh Hour, Rookie Blue, and Saving Hope.[1][2][3] The Eleventh Hour, which she executively produced and co-created, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2003 and 2005, and was nominated for over 30 Gemini Awards, winning in all major categories.

Life and career

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Frank has a background in theater.[4] Frank worked for several years producing theatrical plays before steering her career towards film and television producing. In the mid-1980s she joined Norstar Entertainment, a Toronto-based production and distribution company, as VP of Production, where she oversaw the work on over 20 feature films.[5] She met her ex-husband, actor Maury Chaykin, in 1974 on the set of a play called Tony's Woman, though they divorced in 1993.[6] She received an award from the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) in 2007 for mentoring Canadian talent.[7]

Filmography as producer

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Television credits

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Motion picture credits

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  • Mania: The Intruder (TV Movie) (1986)
  • Bullies (1986)
  • High Stakes (1986)
  • Prom Night II (1987)
  • Blindside (1987)
  • Higher Education (1988)
  • Norman's Awesome Experience (1988)
  • Cold Comfort (1989)
  • Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)
  • Oh, What a Night (1992)
  • Liar's Edge (1992)
  • Blown Away (1993)
  • Cold Sweat (1993)
  • The Club (1994)
  • Boulevard (1994)
  • Jungleground (1995)
  • Salt Water Moose (1996)
  • Pale Saints (1997)
  • No Contest II (1997)
  • Men with Guns (1997)
  • The Life Before This (1999)
  • Of Murder and Memory (TV Movie) (2008)
  • Something Red (also Director and Writer) (2011)
  • Method (short film) (2013)
  • Parachute (short film) (2014)
  • The Offer (short film (2015)

References

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  1. ^ "Canada's Entertainment One Renews TV Deal with Ilana Frank". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. ^ "eOne reups deal with Ilana Frank". Variety. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
  3. ^ "Canadian Drama 'Saving Hope' Seeks U.S. Partner". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  4. ^ "By hook or Kreuk". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  5. ^ "Personal Profile – Ilana Frank - ICF Films". icffilms.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  6. ^ "Chaykin excelled at off-kilter character roles". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  7. ^ "2007 Canadian Screenwriting Awards". www.wgc.ca. Writers Guild of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  8. ^ "Cheap Canadian Summer Dramas Are The New Black: NBC Picks Up "Saving Hope"". TV By The Numbers. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  9. ^ a b "Toronto's Dearth of Studios Seen Crimping Film Industry's Growth". Bloomberg.com. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  10. ^ "Bold, Original, Female-Driven Detective Series THE DETAIL Tops CTV's Mid-Season Docket". ctv.ca. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  11. ^ Petski, Denise (2017-05-01). "ION Inks Deal With eOne For Detective Drama 'The Detail'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
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