Michael Donovan co-founded Salter Street Films with his brother Paul Donovan in 1983. Though the company got off to a slow start, Donovan eventually had major success with projects such as the Canadian satirical comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He co-created the series Made in Canada.
Salter Street Films was acquired by Alliance Atlantis in 2001, and was closed by them two years later, in 2003.
Halifax Film Company / DHX Media
In May 2004, after Alliance Atlantis closed Salter Street Films, Michael Donovan founded Halifax Film Company with many of the former Salter Street employees.[1]
In 2006, Halifax Film Company merged with Toronto, Ontario-based Decode Entertainment to become DHX Media, where Donovan served as the company's CEO from 2006 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2019, and as Executive Chair of the company from 2014 to 2019.
In August 2019, Donovan stepped down from being CEO and Executive Chair of DHX Media, which rebranded as WildBrain the following month. He remained as a founding chair on the board of directors until October 17, 2019, when he stepped down from the board of directors and left the company.[2][3][4]
On December 28, 2019, Governor General Julie Payette announced that Michael Donovan had been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Referencesedit
^"Salter team reborn at Halifax Film Company". Retrieved November 7, 2019.
^News, Truro. "Former Marvel boss new CEO of DHX Media | Truro News". www.trurodaily.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^"DHX names former Marvel president Eric Ellenbogen as new CEO - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. The Canadian Press. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
^"Michael Donovan resigns from WildBrain". October 17, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
^"Academy Awards Database - 2002 Best Documentary Feature". Oscars.org. Retrieved 6 September 2016.[permanent dead link]
michael, donovan, producer, michael, patrick, donovan, born, march, 1953, canadian, film, producer, executive, screenwriter, contents, career, awards, nominations, honours, references, external, linkscareer, editsalter, street, filmsmichael, donovan, founded, . Michael Patrick Donovan OC born 17 March 1953 is a Canadian film producer executive and screenwriter Contents 1 Career 2 Awards and nominations 3 Honours 4 References 5 External linksCareer editSalter Street FilmsMichael Donovan co founded Salter Street Films with his brother Paul Donovan in 1983 Though the company got off to a slow start Donovan eventually had major success with projects such as the Canadian satirical comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes He co created the series Made in Canada Salter Street Films was acquired by Alliance Atlantis in 2001 and was closed by them two years later in 2003 Halifax Film Company DHX MediaIn May 2004 after Alliance Atlantis closed Salter Street Films Michael Donovan founded Halifax Film Company with many of the former Salter Street employees 1 In 2006 Halifax Film Company merged with Toronto Ontario based Decode Entertainment to become DHX Media where Donovan served as the company s CEO from 2006 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2019 and as Executive Chair of the company from 2014 to 2019 In August 2019 Donovan stepped down from being CEO and Executive Chair of DHX Media which rebranded as WildBrain the following month He remained as a founding chair on the board of directors until October 17 2019 when he stepped down from the board of directors and left the company 2 3 4 Awards and nominations editDonovan won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing the 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine 5 He was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Screenplay for writing the 2007 film Shake Hands with the Devil Honours editOn December 28 2019 Governor General Julie Payette announced that Michael Donovan had been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada References edit Salter team reborn at Halifax Film Company Retrieved November 7 2019 News Truro Former Marvel boss new CEO of DHX Media Truro News www trurodaily com Retrieved 2019 09 11 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a last has generic name help DHX names former Marvel president Eric Ellenbogen as new CEO BNN Bloomberg BNN The Canadian Press 2019 08 30 Retrieved 2019 09 11 Michael Donovan resigns from WildBrain October 17 2019 Retrieved November 7 2019 Academy Awards Database 2002 Best Documentary Feature Oscars org Retrieved 6 September 2016 permanent dead link External links editMichael Donovan at IMDb nbsp This article about a Canadian film producer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Donovan producer amp oldid 1203907325, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
