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Mountain Road Productions
Mountain Road Productions is a Gemini Award-winning production company based in Ottawa, Ontario, that focuses on lifestyle reality television series and short documentaries.

Corporate information
Mountain Road was founded in 1996. According to Linkedin, the company employs 16 people, most of whom reside in the Ottawa area.

Leadership
Tim Alp - President/Executive Producer - Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Alp attended Algonquin College for Television Production and graduated in 1988. By 1992, he had won two national awards and three provincial awards for excellence in cable television. He found Mountain Road Productions in 1996. Alp’s three kids act in the Mountain Road-produced children’s series, Totally Random.

Gayle Nakamoto - VP Business Affairs - Nakamoto began her career in television as an editor, but moved on to her current managerial role. She has also worked in live events for Canada Post and Industry Canada.

Programs
Lofty Ideas (HGTV Canada, HGTV US, and internationally) - A program dedicated to examining the design of lofts and the people who live in them. Hosted by Katherine Stone, the series also investigates modern city-living and layouts that improve small spaces.

Broken House Chronicles (HGTV Canada, Discovery Home US, DIY Network Canada and internationally) - This Gemini Award-winning series features George and Leigh, two roommates and first-time homeowners who tackle home renovation projects with humour and passion.

Me, My House & I with Brigitte Gall (W Network and international) - This Gemini Award-nominated series, hosted by Brigitte Gall and Anthony Sayers, follows Brigitte’s struggles as she renovates an old home in the middle of the city.

Design U (HGTV Canada, Discovery Home USA, and others) - This program aims to enlighten people who are cursed with a lack of design sense. After a one-day crash course in interior design, the design-challenged are left to their own devices to spruce up their space.

The Restaurant Adventures of Caroline & Dave (W Network) - Caroline Ishii and Dave Loan are two restaurateurs with a dream: to open their own unique place in Ottawa. But not everything goes to plan as they deal with a long list of troubles on their journey to opening night.

Other productions
Be Real with JR Digs (TVtropolis, E! Canada) - Host JR Digs finds interesting people and makes a reality TV show out of their daily activities. The program was a Banff World Television Award winner. The subject of the show has included an athlete, a rapper, and a taxi driver.

The Real Estate Adventures of Sandy & Maryse (W Network) - This New York Festivals Finalist Award winner features Sandy Niemczak and Maryse Derouin, two busy women who aim to buy, renovate and flip a house.

Sheltered (APTN) - This four-part documentary series follows Ojibway carpenter Derek Marsden as he travels Africa, Central America and South America, learns about aboriginal housing design and stays in the very structures he is attempting to recreate.

Current productions
All For Nothing? (W Network) - In this Gemini Award-nominated home improvement series, homeowners face off to increase the value of their homes while spending as little from their own pockets as possible. In April 2011, Mark Burnett International (MBI) obtained the worldwide distribution and format rights to the series. The series has completed two seasons of production in Ottawa.

Totally Random (OLN) - A skit comedy TV and web-based series for children 7-11 years old. The website provides visual materials to kids to mix and provide as ideas to the Totally Random team. New web-based episodes are produced twice monthly. Totally Random features Mountain Road Production Executive Producer Tim Alp's three children. The series is funded by Canada Media Fund's Experimental Stream.

Other services
Mountain Road Productions offers equipment rentals and production services, including camera rentals, crew, casting services and set design as well as state-of-the-art video editing facility rentals.