Back Alley Film Productions is a television production company founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell and based in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec Canada. Founded in 1989, Back Alley is a creator and producer of original content for television with programming available in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Back Alley is currently producing Coroner starring Serinda Swan for CBC. Coroner premiered in January 2019 as the highest-rated new drama series on CBC in more than four years, delivering an average audience of more than one million viewers. It also premiered as the highest-ever rated launch in the UK for Universal TV.[1] Coroner was picked up for season two in March 2019.[2]
Back Alley also recently produced Bellevue starring Anna Paquin for CBC and WGN America. Other productions include Played, a 1-hour police drama series for CTV and Bomb Girls, a series that followed the lives of women working in a munitions factory during WWII for Global Television. Starring Meg Tilly the series won the Outstanding Drama award at the 2013 Gracie Awards and was nominated for the prestigious Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival. Back Alley also produced the Movie of the Week, Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy, which won the 2015 Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie or Mini-Series. Back Alley's other credits include three seasons of the award-winning Durham County, which has sold to over 100 countries internationally; the women's erotica series, Bliss; the hip hop series Drop the Beat and Straight Up with Sarah Polley.[3]
Mitchell and Lundman won the Production Award for Excellence from Women in Film & Television - Toronto.
In 2017, Mitchell was honoured by the Toronto ACTRA Women's Committee. She received the Nell Shipman Award for her efforts in advancing gender equity in the entertainment industry.[4]
Best Cross Platform Project, Fiction - Bomb Girls Interactive
Continuing Series Programs, Scripted
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations
Best Production Design Television Series - Aidan Leroux
Durham County – Season 3
Best Achievement in Casting - Marissa Richmond, Libby Goldstein, Andrea Kenyon, Suzanne Smith, Randi Wells
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series - Charles Biname
Best Sound in a Dramatic Series - Steve Moore, Alex Bullick, Yann Cleary, Christian Cooke, Andrea Higgins, Jill Purdy, Marilee Yorston
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Lead Dramatic Role - Hugh Dillon
Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series - Michael Nardone
Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series - Benedicte Decary
2011 WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards
Winner of a Gold 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series - Dramatic.
Nominated for 5 awards including: Outstanding International Producers (Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Michael Prupas), Outstanding Actor (Hugh Dillon, Michael Nardone) and Outstanding Actress (Hélène Joy, Laurence Leboeuf).
2011 WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards
Nominated for a 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series - Dramatic.
Interactive Media 2010 Award
Best in Class - Television in recognition of Durham County - Season 3 Website www.durhamcounty.ca
Script for "Distance, Hunting and Home", written by Laurie Finstad Knizhnik, was chosen as a finalist
Platinum Award for Best National Cable Program in the Entertainment Category
WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival
Winner of the Platinum Award - Best TV Series – Drama
Durham County – Season 1
Winner of 5 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role and Best Sound in a Dramatic Series
Winner of 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards for Best Editing – Dramatic Series and Direction – Television Series
Winner of CFTPA Indie Award for Best Dramatic Series
Nominated for 7 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Dramatic Series, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series, Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series, Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series, Best Costume Design and Best Achievement in Casting.
Nominated for 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards for Team Television Series – Drama and Production Design – Television Series
Nominated for the Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Nominated for 2 ACTRA Montreal Awards for Outstanding Female Performance and Outstanding Male Performance
Nominated for 2 Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series and Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series.
Bliss
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Sound in a Dramatic Series.
Canadian Gemini Nominations for Best Dramatic Series, Best Production Design, Best Picture Editing, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series.
Drop the Beat
Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series
Straight Up
Writers Guild of Canada Award
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Direction
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Youth Actor
Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series
Lawn and Order
Chicago Film Festival - Silver Plaque for Humour
Talk 16
San Francisco Film Festival Special Jury Prize
Florida Film Festival Best Documentary Grand Jury Prize
References
^"CBC's BREAKOUT HIT ORIGINAL DRAMA CORONER BEGINS PRODUCTION ON SEASON 2". CBC.
^"CBC ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF RENEWALS FOR 2019-20 SEASON". from the original on 2019-11-08.
^. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
^Reid, Regan (May 30, 2017). "Adrienne Mitchell receives Nell Shipman Award". Playback. from the original on 2017-06-06.
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Back Alley Film Productions is a television production company founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell and based in Toronto Ontario and Montreal Quebec Canada Founded in 1989 Back Alley is a creator and producer of original content for television with programming available in more than 120 countries worldwide Back Alley is currently producing Coroner starring Serinda Swan for CBC Coroner premiered in January 2019 as the highest rated new drama series on CBC in more than four years delivering an average audience of more than one million viewers It also premiered as the highest ever rated launch in the UK for Universal TV 1 Coroner was picked up for season two in March 2019 2 Back Alley also recently produced Bellevue starring Anna Paquin for CBC and WGN America Other productions include Played a 1 hour police drama series for CTV and Bomb Girls a series that followed the lives of women working in a munitions factory during WWII for Global Television Starring Meg Tilly the series won the Outstanding Drama award at the 2013 Gracie Awards and was nominated for the prestigious Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival Back Alley also produced the Movie of the Week Bomb Girls Facing the Enemy which won the 2015 Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie or Mini Series Back Alley s other credits include three seasons of the award winning Durham County which has sold to over 100 countries internationally the women s erotica series Bliss the hip hop series Drop the Beat and Straight Up with Sarah Polley 3 Contents 1 Productions 1 1 Television series 1 2 Non fiction 2 Awards and nominations 2 1 Bomb Girls Facing the Enemy 2 2 Played 2 3 Bomb Girls Season 2 2 4 Bomb Girls Season 1 2 5 Durham County Season 3 2 6 Durham County Season 2 2 7 Durham County Season 1 2 8 Bliss 2 9 Drop the Beat 2 10 Straight Up 2 11 Lawn and Order 2 12 Talk 16 3 References 4 External linksProductions EditTelevision series Edit Coroner Bellevue Played Bomb Girls amp Bomb Girls Facing the Enemy MOW Durham County Bliss Drop the Beat Straight UpNon fiction Edit Lawn and Order Talk 19 Talk 16Awards and nominations EditMitchell and Lundman won the Production Award for Excellence from Women in Film amp Television Toronto In 2017 Mitchell was honoured by the Toronto ACTRA Women s Committee She received the Nell Shipman Award for her efforts in advancing gender equity in the entertainment industry 4 Bomb Girls Facing the Enemy Edit Canadian Screen Awards permanent dead link Best Dramatic Miniseries or TV Movie Janis Lundman Adrienne Mitchell Michael Prupas Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini Series Jodi Balfour Best Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series Ali Liebert Canadian Screen Award Nominations Best Achievement in Makeup Eva Coudouloux Katerina Chovanec Best Photography in a Dramatic Series Eric Cayla Leo Awards Best Supporting Performance by a Male Television Movie Antonio Cupo Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations Best Television Movie Miniseries Best Production Design Television Movie Miniseries Aidan Leroux Best Picture Editing Television Movie Miniseries Tad Seaborn Best Sound Editing Television Movie Miniseries Peter Lopata Jill PurdyPlayed Edit Canadian Screen Awards Best Cross Platform Project Fiction Played Interference Leo Award Nominations Best Supporting Performance by a Female Dramatic Series Agam Darshi Best Guest Performance by a Male Dramatic Series Serge Houde Best Guest Performance by a Female Dramatic Series Camille Sullivan Best Guest Performance by a Female Dramatic Series Kacey RohlBomb Girls Season 2 Edit Canadian Screen Awards Best Costume Design Debra Hanson Best Achievement in Casting Lisa Parasyn Jon Comerford Canadian Screen Award Nominations permanent dead link Best Dramatic Series Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Meg Tilly Best Achievement in Casting Eva Coudouloux Katerina Chovanec Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series Eric Cayla Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations Best Production Design Television Series Aidan Leroux Leo Award Nominations Best Supporting Performance by a Male Dramatic Series Brett DierBomb Girls Season 1 Edit Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Meg Tilly Best Costume Design Joanne Hansen Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series Aidan Leroux Canadian Screen Award Nominations Best Dramatic Series Best Cross Platform Project Fiction Bomb Girls Interactive Rockie Award Nomination Continuing Series Programs Scripted Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations Best Production Design Television Series Aidan LerouxDurham County Season 3 Edit Gemini Awards Best Achievement in Casting Marissa Richmond Libby Goldstein Andrea Kenyon Suzanne Smith Randi Wells Gemini Award Nominations Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Charles Biname Best Sound in a Dramatic Series Steve Moore Alex Bullick Yann Cleary Christian Cooke Andrea Higgins Jill Purdy Marilee Yorston Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Lead Dramatic Role Hugh Dillon Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series Michael Nardone Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Benedicte Decary 2011 WorldFest Houston Remi Awards Winner of a Gold 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series Dramatic 2011 Monte Carlo TV Festival Awards Nominated for 5 awards including Outstanding International Producers Janis Lundman Adrienne Mitchell Michael Prupas Outstanding Actor Hugh Dillon Michael Nardone and Outstanding Actress Helene Joy Laurence Leboeuf 2011 WorldFest Houston Remi Awards Nominated for a 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series Dramatic Interactive Media 2010 Award Best in Class Television in recognition of Durham County Season 3 Website www durhamcounty ca WGC Screenwriting Award Script for Distance Hunting and Home written by Laurie Finstad Knizhnik was chosen as a finalistDurham County Season 2 Edit Gemini Awards Best Achievement in Main Title Design Kevin Chandoo Best Achievement in Make Up Eva Coudouloux and Adrien Morot Gemini Nominations Best Dramatic Series Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Adrienne Mitchell Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Helene Joy Best Achievement in Casting Andrea Kenyon Wendy O Brien Marissa Richmond and Randi Wells Monte Carlo Television Festival Winner of 2010 Golden Nymph Award Outstanding Actress Michelle Forbes Drama TV Series Monte Carlo Television Festival Nominations Outstanding Actor Hugh Dillon Drama TV Series Outstanding International Producer Janis Lundman Adrienne Mitchell Laurie Finstad Knizhnik and Michael Prupas Drama TV Series Directors Guild of Canada Award Winners Best Direction TV Series Adrienne Mitchell Best Production Design TV Series Donna Noonan Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominee Best Picture Editing TV Series EMPixx Awards Platinum Award for Best National Cable Program in the Entertainment Category WorldFest Houston International Film Festival Winner of the Platinum Award Best TV Series DramaDurham County Season 1 Edit Winner of 5 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role and Best Sound in a Dramatic Series Winner of 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards for Best Editing Dramatic Series and Direction Television Series Winner of CFTPA Indie Award for Best Dramatic Series Nominated for 7 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Dramatic Series Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series Best Costume Design and Best Achievement in Casting Nominated for 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards for Team Television Series Drama and Production Design Television Series Nominated for the Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series Nominated for 2 ACTRA Montreal Awards for Outstanding Female Performance and Outstanding Male Performance Nominated for 2 Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series and Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series Bliss Edit Canadian Gemini Award for Best Sound in a Dramatic Series Canadian Gemini Nominations for Best Dramatic Series Best Production Design Best Picture Editing Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Drop the Beat Edit Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic SeriesStraight Up Edit Writers Guild of Canada Award Canadian Gemini Award for Best Direction Canadian Gemini Award for Best Youth Actor Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic SeriesLawn and Order Edit Chicago Film Festival Silver Plaque for HumourTalk 16 Edit San Francisco Film Festival Special Jury Prize Florida Film Festival Best Documentary Grand Jury PrizeReferences Edit CBC s BREAKOUT HIT ORIGINAL DRAMA CORONER BEGINS PRODUCTION ON SEASON 2 CBC CBC ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND OF RENEWALS FOR 2019 20 SEASON Archived from the original on 2019 11 08 Back Alley Film Productions Archived from the original on 2015 04 02 Retrieved 2015 03 27 Reid Regan May 30 2017 Adrienne Mitchell receives Nell Shipman Award Playback Archived from the original on 2017 06 06 External links EditWebsite http www backalleyfilms ca Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Back Alley Film Productions amp oldid 1116517347, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
