Ilana Frank
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Ilana Frank | |
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| Occupation | Film producer |
Ilana C. Frank is a Canadian film and television producer and founder of ICF Films (formerly Thump Inc.), best known for producing the award-winning series The Eleventh Hour, Rookie Blue, and Saving Hope.[1][2][3] The Eleventh Hour, which she executively produced and co-created, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2003 and 2005, and was nominated for over 30 Gemini Awards, winning in all major categories.
Life and career[edit]
Frank has a background in theater.[4] Frank worked for several years producing theatrical plays before steering her career towards film and television producing. In the mid-1980s she joined Norstar Entertainment, a Toronto-based production and distribution company, as VP of Production, where she oversaw the work on over 20 feature films.[5] She met her ex-husband, actor Maury Chaykin, in 1974 on the set of a play called Tony's Woman, though they divorced in 1993.[6] She received an award from the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) in 2007 for mentoring Canadian talent.[7]
Filmography as producer[edit]
Television credits[edit]
- The Eleventh Hour (2002-2005)
- Would Be Kings (2008)[8]
- Clean (2008)
- Rookie Blue (2010 - 2015)[9]
- Saving Hope (2012–present)[9]
- The Detail (2018–present)[10][11]
- Nurses (2019–present)
Motion picture credits[edit]
- Mania: The Intruder (TV Movie) (1986)
- Bullies (1986)
- High Stakes (1986)
- Prom Night II (1987)
- Blindside (1987)
- Higher Education (1988)
- Norman's Awesome Experience (1988)
- Cold Comfort (1989)
- Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)
- Oh, What a Night (1992)
- Liar's Edge (1992)
- Blown Away (1993)
- Cold Sweat (1993)
- The Club (1994)
- Boulevard (1994)
- Jungleground (1995)
- Salt Water Moose (1996)
- Pale Saints (1997)
- No Contest II (1997)
- Men with Guns (1997)
- The Life Before This (1999)
- Of Murder and Memory (TV Movie) (2008)
- Something Red (also Director and Writer) (2011)
- Method (short film) (2013)
- Parachute (short film) (2014)
- The Offer (short film (2015)
References[edit]
- ^ "Canada's Entertainment One Renews TV Deal with Ilana Frank". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "eOne reups deal with Ilana Frank". Variety. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Canadian Drama 'Saving Hope' Seeks U.S. Partner". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "By hook or Kreuk". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Personal Profile – Ilana Frank - ICF Films". icffilms.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Chaykin excelled at off-kilter character roles". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "2007 Canadian Screenwriting Awards". www.wgc.ca. Writers Guild of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Cheap Canadian Summer Dramas Are The New Black: NBC Picks Up "Saving Hope"". TV By The Numbers. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ a b "Toronto's Dearth of Studios Seen Crimping Film Industry's Growth". Bloomberg.com. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Bold, Original, Female-Driven Detective Series THE DETAIL Tops CTV's Mid-Season Docket". ctv.ca. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ Petski, Denise (2017-05-01). "ION Inks Deal With eOne For Detective Drama 'The Detail'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-03-28.