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Kirstie McLellan Day
Kirstie McLellan Day is an author and TV producer. She is the CEO of Pyramid Productions, western Canada’s largest television production company.

TV Career
Kirstie is the executive producer of such nationally-seen series as Inside Hollywood, Whatever Happened To? and several episodes of A&E Biography in the USA.

She has produced hundreds of television programs and appeared on camera as host of several national television programs — including the long-running syndicated series The Movie Show and The Criminal Mind.

Through their company, Pyramid Productions, Kirstie and her husband Larry Day have produced such documentaries as Curveball: W.P. Kinsella, and Thin Ice: Saattuq. Pyramid’s next documentary, Ian Tyson: Songs From the Gravel Road, will debut on Bravo! in 2010. Other credits include Wild Horses of the Canadian Rockies for Animal Planet and Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles for PBS.

Pyramid’s corporate clients include Travel Alberta, Calgary Flames and Cineplex Entertainment.

Kirstie was the Executive Producer of the TV movie, In A World Created by a Drunken God, which was nominated for three Gemini Awards. Best TV Movie:

In a World Created By a Drunken God — Kirstie McLellan Day, Larry Day (Pyramid Productions Inc.)

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series:

Jonathan Baltrusaitis — In a World Created By a Drunken God

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series:

Trevor Duplessis — ''In a World Created By a Drunken God ''

The film aired on APTN in the fall of 2008 and opened the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco — where it won the Best Actor award. It also opened the Dreamspeakers Film Festival in Edmonton and won Best Feature Film at the World Indigenous Film Awards. It premiered at the Calgary International Film Festival.

Among other honors, Pyramid Productions is a recipient of an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Alberta Chambers of Commerce’s Alberta Business Award of Distinction.

Writing Career
Kirstie is the author of Playing with Fire. — the authorized biography of NHL superstar Theoren Fleury. It will be published by HarperCollins October 16, 2009.

She has written five screenplays and three other books — No Remorse: A Father’s Murderous Rage (now required reading at Mount Royal College); a biography of Diana Hart, Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family, and Above & Beyond, a 500-page history of the JR Shaw family and business empire.

Kirstie writes two weekly columns for the Calgary Herald.

Early Career
Kirstie was born in Saskatchewan and studied drama at the University of Regina and broadcast journalism at Mount Royal College in Calgary before trying her hand at acting and private investigating.

She began he entertainment career as a news reporter for CFCN and QR77. Kirstie also worked behind the scenes at Access Television.

Personal
Kirstie married Larry Day in 1983. They have five children, and two grandchildren. Together they built Pyramid Productions Inc.