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Michael Donovan

Producer, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Michael Patrick Donovan is a Canadian film producer and screenwriter. He has been recognized with numerous awards for his work in the television and film industry, including an Academy Award for the feature documentary Bowling for Columbine. He co-founded Salter Street Films which later was bought by Alliance Atlantis in 2001. He was Chief Executive Officer of DHX Media from the time of the Company’s founding, in 2006, until August 2014. He is one of the creators of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, one of Canada’s longest-running television comedy series; and he was producer and one of the creators of the multiple award-winning feature film, Shake Hands With the Devil.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Shake Hands with the Devil
  • DEFCON-4
  • Across the Line

Known For

  • Bowling for Columbine
  • Shake Hands with the Devil
  • DEFCON-4
  • The Awful Truth
  • Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang
  • Siege
  • Across the Line
  • Made in Canada
  • CODCO
  • Bo on the GO!
  • Life with Billy
  • Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion
  • The Guard
  • Emily of New Moon (1998)
  • Satisfaction (2013)
  • Animal Mechanicals
  • The Secret Lives of Second Wives
  • That's So Weird
  • Buried on Sunday
  • Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City
  • Chasing Cain
  • Poko
  • Befriend and Betray

Michael Donovan Filmography

2019
Diggstown (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2015
2013
Satisfaction (2013) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2011
Befriend and Betray · as Executive Producer
2009
That's So Weird (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2008
Animal Mechanicals (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2008
The Mighty Jungle (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2008
The Secret Lives of Second Wives · as Executive Producer
2008
The Guard (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2007
2007
Bo on the GO! (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2003
Poko (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2003
Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2002
2001
2001
Chasing Cain · as Executive Producer
1999
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang · as Executive Producer
1999
The Awful Truth (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1998
Made in Canada (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1998
Emily of New Moon (1998) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1998
1997
Major Crime · as Executive Producer
1993
Life with Billy · as Executive Producer
1993
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1992
Buried on Sunday · as Executive Producer
1991
Diplomatic Immunity · as Executive Producer
1986
CODCO (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1985
1983

2007
Manufacturing Dissent · as Self - Producer, 'bowling For Columbine'
2003
The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner
1993
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self

2008
The Guard (TV Series) · as Creator
2007
Bo on the GO! (TV Series) · as Creator
2007
2005
2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic · as Casting Director
1998
Made in Canada (TV Series) · as Created By

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