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For the fictitious production company of the same name, see Made in Canada (TV series).

Pyramid Productions[1] is a Canadian television series production company that has aired over 20 series around the world.[2] Since 2015, Pyramid has won critical acclaim for its edgy-styled programming in True Crime.[3]

History

Formed in 1983, Pyramid’s first series The Movie Show, aired for 17 years. It was broadcast in over 70 countries.[4]

The company’s best-known series include Whatever Happened To?,

The Movie Network
.

Pyramid’s first dramatic feature, based on the play, In a World Created by a Drunken God, was nominated for three Gemini Awards.[7] It won Best Feature at the 2009 World Indigenous Film Awards and was chosen to open the 33rd annual American Indian Film Festival[8] in San Francisco.

The Film Festival Project won a Silver Medal at the New York Festivals International TV Broadcasting Awards,

International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam,[10] Planet in Focus International Environmental Film and Video Festival[11] and Greendance Film Festival.[12] Pyramid was a finalist for the 2007 CTV Canadian Documart competition[13] and winner of the 2008 Pitch It! UKTV Lifestyle competition.[14]

The company was originally formed by President Larry Day

CEO. Pyramid Productions was a recipient of an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award[17] and the Alberta Chambers of Commerce’s Alberta Business Award of Distinction.[18] Since 2015, Pyramid has focused on true crime films, including “Casey Anthony: Her Friends Speak,” “Charles Manson: The Final Words,” “Sex, Lies & Murder,” and “The Shocking Truth.”[19]

References

  1. ^ "Pyramid Productions". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. ^ "With Pyramid Productions (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  3. ^ "Pyramid Productions Inc". Pyramid Productions Inc. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  4. ^ “Movie Show celebrates its 2,000th episode”, Bob Blakey, Calgary Herald. 1998. pg. D.9
  5. ^ Channel Canada Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Global Television Press Release Archived 2010-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "24th Annual Gemini Awards". Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  8. ^ American Indian Motion Pictures Awards Announcement Archived 2009-11-28 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ 2008 Television Broadcasting Awards
  10. ^ 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
  11. ^ Planet in Focus Official Site Archived 2007-08-11 at archive.today
  12. ^ 2008 Greendance Film Festival Program Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ Playback magazine
  14. ^ Variety
  15. ^ "In Memory of Larry Day - University of Calgary". engage.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  16. ^ "Pyramid Production founder Larry Day, chronicler of Hollywood lives, passes away at 69". Calgary. 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  17. ^ "Regional winner is squeaky clean", National Post. Oct 10, 2003. pg. FP.07
  18. ^ "Calgary company at awards", Bob Blakey. Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alta.: Feb 23, 2003. pg. E.1.FRO Alberta gov award
  19. ^ Reid, Regan (December 11, 2017). "Breakthrough grabs worldwide rights to Manson doc". Retrieved 2019-04-16.

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