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| Category Television - Global Date 3/24/2005 |
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Global Television receives 7 AMPIA Award nominations
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(TORONTO - Thursday, March 24, 2005) The Global Television Network is pleased to announce that three independent productions commissioned by CanWest have received seven Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association (AMPIA) Award nominations. The western-based lifestyle shows and documentaries that aired on Global and Prime will be honoured at an awards presentation Saturday, April 30 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton.
"We are extremely proud that some of our great lifestyle programming and documentaries produced in partnership with western-based producers have been recognized by this prestigious event," said Anne-Marie Varner, Head of Original Production, CanWest MediaWorks."
The AMPIA Award nominations include:
Best Documentary / Reality Series
Open Homes, Lance Mueller, Jean Merriman and Peter Hays, Producers, White Iron Pictures Inc.
Best Light Information Series
Inside Entertainment, Kirstie McLellan Day, Producer, Pyramid Productions
Best Director (Non-Drama Over 30 Minutes)
Neil Thomas, War of the Wheels, Breakthrough Films + Television
Best Cinematographer (Non-Drama Over 30 Minutes)
Craig Wrobleski, A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede, White Iron Pictures Inc.
Best Editor (Non-Drama over 30 Minutes)
Glenn Sakatch, A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede, White Iron Digital
Best Overall Sound (Non-Drama)
John Iaquinta and Gary Bruckner, A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede, White Iron Pictures Inc.
Best Original Music Score (Non-Drama)
Bruce Leitl and Alec Harrison, A Day Inside: Calgary Stampede, White Iron Pictures Inc.
AMPIA is a non-profit professional association incorporated in 1973 with the single aim of furthering the independent motion picture industry as a viable economic and cultural force within the province. AMPIA was the first television and motion picture industry association in Canada.
For more information, please contact:
Christine Amendola, Media Relations Manager, or
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