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In 2010, Stroud hosted and produced the Gemini nominated hit kids TV series ''Survive This'' and ''Survive This 2'' (YTV, Cartoon Network) that takes teens into the wilderness to teach them how to survive by giving them some instruction and challenging them with survival scenarios. Stroud's follow-up show to ''Survivorman'' was titled ''[[Beyond Survival with Les Stroud]]'' and debuted in 2010.<ref>{{cite news
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== Music ==
== Music ==

Revision as of 04:43, 17 January 2018

Les Stroud
Born (1961-10-20) October 20, 1961 (age 62)
Filmmaker, musician
SpouseSusan Jamison (1994–2008)
Children2

Les Stroud (born October 20, 1961)

YTV. The survival skills imparted from watching Stroud's television programs have been cited by several people as the reason they lived through harrowing wilderness ordeals.[4]

Biography

Stroud was born in the

@discovery.ca in 2001.[2] The success of these specials led to the development of Survivorman
, a show that followed a similar format of leaving Stroud on his own, with minimal equipment, in the wilderness to videotape his survival experience.

Stroud has extensive experience with survival and

primitive living skills, initially training with expert David Arama.[8][9] He went on to study with many others including John "Prairie Wolf" McPherson.[10]

Stroud has been an active participant in adventure racing and has competed at the Canadian championships.[8]

In late 2008, Stroud and Jamison separated.[11][12]

Film and television

After his marriage to Jamison in 1994, the two of them spent one year in the Canadian wilderness to attempt a

squash, beaver and moose meat, bear fat, and maple sugar. In late September, Stroud's friends Doug Getgood and Fred Rowe brought in food for the next six months and chopped firewood for the couple. Stroud and Jamison built and equipped a winter cabin using an axe, a modern bow saw
, and trapper's tin wood stove left by Getgood and Rowe, along with a metal pot they found.

Family and medical emergencies brought them out of the bush on three occasions. Once when Stroud's father was dying from cancer, another when they both went to be treated for giardiasis, and again when Jamison had a miscarriage. Stroud filmed their primitive living experience and released the 50 minute documentary, Snowshoes and Solitude, which was named Best Documentary at the Muskoka Film Festival and Best Film at the Waterwalker Film Festival.[13]

In 2001 Stroud produced two one-hour specials for the science news show

@discovery.ca. These segments follow the same format as Survivorman with Stroud filming his own survival in the wilderness. They were originally broadcast as daily segments over the course of one week but were repackaged as two one-hour specials titled Stranded.[2] The popularity of these pilots spawned the show Survivorman. Stroud produced 23 episodes of the show which began airing in 2004.[2] Stroud also composed and performed the opening theme music of Survivorman.[14]

In 2006, Stroud produced a 90-minute special documenting his family's journey to building an

The View, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Larry King Live.[15]

Stroud has also hosted an episode of the Discovery channel show

Surviving Urban Disasters, which aired on the Science Channel and the 20th annual Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.[16]

In 2010, Stroud hosted and produced the Gemini nominated hit kids TV series Survive This and Survive This 2 (YTV, Cartoon Network) that takes teens into the wilderness to teach them how to survive by giving them some instruction and challenging them with survival scenarios. Stroud's follow-up show to Survivorman was titled

Beyond Survival with Les Stroud and debuted in 2010.[17]

Music

In addition to film making and wilderness survival, Stroud has also worked in the music industry as a professional musician. After graduation, Stroud worked both as an associate producer for the nascent music channel

MuchMusic as well as production manager on music videos for artists such as Rush and Corey Hart.[18] During this time Stroud also played in the David Bowie cover band Diamond Dogs and played lead guitar and composed music for his band New Regime[1] which signed with RCA Records shortly after Stroud left the band.[7][19]

As frequently illustrated in his show Survivorman, Stroud is considered an exceptional blues harmonica player.[19] This instrument is featured prominently in his self-titled debut CD which has been described as "a collection of diverse roots/blues and traditional folk, acoustic music that reflects the uniquely northern spirit of freedom and adventure." Several songs off of this album can be downloaded from his official site.[19] Stroud has performed in and around the Muskoka area and at the Orillia Blues Festival and Toronto Beaches International Jazz Festival.

Stroud and The Northern Pikes have struck up a musical collaboration under the name Les Stroud and the Pikes. Throughout 2005 and 2006 they performed together live several times, and an EP born from this collaboration entitled Long Walk Home that was released in the spring of 2007.[7][19]

Awards

Stroud has received several accolades as a musician. He has won "Best Acoustic/Folk Act", "Best Blues Act" and "Best Overall" awards at the Spirit of the North music festival in

New Liskeard, Ontario.[6][7][19]

Stroud's documentary Snowshoes and Solitude was named Best Documentary at the Muskoka Film Festival and Best Film at the Waterwalker Film Festival.[13]

Stroud was nominated for six

Gemini Awards for his work on Survivorman.[20][21] In 2010, Stroud and his production team was nominated for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series for Survive This.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Gwilt, Alwynne (2006-03-07). "'I am really alone'; Les Stroud, star of OLN's Survivorman, goes to the world's toughest spots, but always gets out alive". Toronto Star. pp. D2.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Fralic, Shelly (2005-09-24). "Survivor reality? Les Stroud does it without the net". Vancouver Sun. pp. F3.
  3. ^
    The Toronto Star. pp. H10. Retrieved 2008-09-11. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help
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  4. The Sudbury Star
    . New Glasgow News. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  5. ^ "Mimico Yearbook – 1980". Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2009-01-07. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b c "Les Stroud website – Bio". Archived from the original on 2004-09-04. Retrieved 2004-09-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ a b c d "Les Stroud – Music". Les Stroud Official Site. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ a b "Les Stroud FAQ". Les Stroud Official Site. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-04. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  9. ^ Frenette, Brad (2006-11-11). "Cooler heads prevail in the wild". Financial Post: Weekend. The National Post. pp. FW.3. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ Walker, Thayer (July 2007). "Me. By Myself. For A Long Time. (Very Long.)". Outside Magazine. Retrieved 2007-09-25. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ Jian Ghomeshi, Les Stroud (February 12, 2009). Survivorman (Les Stroud) on QTV. Toronto: CBC Radio One. Event occurs at 5:30. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
  12. ^ Brady, James (December 14, 2008). "In Step With Les Stroud". Parade. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
  13. ^ a b Deachman, Bruce (2001-03-29). "`The best year of our lives': They survived a year in the bush with nothing but bows and arrows and a makeshift fishing pole. The result is an award-winning documentary coming to Ottawa this weekend, writes Bruce Deachman". Ottawa Citizen. pp. D8. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  14. ^ "Survivorman Official Website: Credits". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Edwards, Trent (2008-11-26). "A Real Survivor; In an exclusive interview, Les Stroud dishes on his life as Survivorman". Calgary Herald. pp. E6. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  16. ^ Huff, Richard (2007-07-29). "Swimming with sharks". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2009-01-02. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  17. The National Post. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2010-08-19. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help
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  18. ^ "Survivorman Les Stroud". Paddler Magazine Online. Vol. 26, Issue 5. 2006-01-31. Archived from the original on 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2007-01-05. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ a b c d e "Survivorman a catch for the Northern Pikes". Entertainment. Parry Sound North Star. 2006-03-22. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-01-05. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "27 Gemini Nominations for Rogers Media Television Properties Citytv and OLN". Canada NewsWire. 2008-09-05. Retrieved 2008-09-11. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  21. The Gemini Awards. Retrieved 2009-08-26. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help
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  22. The Gemini Awards. Retrieved 2010-09-23. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help
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