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 Janis Lundman - Executive Producer

Janis Lundman, born in Alberta, Canada, is a Canadian film and television producer. She is one of the principal owners of Back Alley Film Productions, an independent film and television production company established in 1989 with her business partner Adrienne Mitchell.

Her producing career spans over 25 years and includes the critically acclaimed documentaries Talk 16, Talk 19, Lawn and Order and Unveiled: The Mother/ Daughter Relationship (directed and co-produced by Maureen Judge), for which she won a Genie for Best Short Documentary in 1997.

Lundman has also co-created and directed numerous dramatic television series including Drop The Beat, Straight Up, Bliss, and Durham County Season 1 and 2. In 2008 Durham County was nominated for 13 Gemini awards winning 5 awards for Best Writing (Laurie Finstad Knizhnik), Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Sound. In 2001 Mitchell and Lundman won the Toronto Women in Film Award for Production Excellence.