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レファレンスコード
タイトル
日付
- 1963 - 1997 (作成)
記述レベル
サブシリーズ
数量と媒体
Textual:
99 textual material folders
Audio:
24 open reels : audio ; 1/2 in., 10.5 in.
5 open reels : audio ; 2 in., 10.5 in.
5 audio cassettes
Cinefilm:
138 reels : col. A&B rolls, silent ; 16mm (119,674 ft.)
81 reels : col. transfer print, silent ; 16mm (70,700 ft.)
25 reels : col. E roll, silent ; 16mm (20,845 ft.)
18 reels : col. internegative, silent ; 16mm (12,595 ft.)
9 reels : track negative, optical soundtrack ; 16mm (7,700 ft.)
5 reels : col. C roll, silent ; 16mm (4,290 ft.)
4 reels : col. dupe negative, silent ; 16mm (3,600 ft.)
3 reels : col. print, optical sound ; 16mm (2,961 ft.)
1 reel : col. reversal, silent ; 16mm (150 ft.)
Video:
19 open reels : 1 in. video
4 video cassettes : ¾ in. umatic
3 video cassettes : Betacam SP
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作成者名
履歴
Ralph C. Ellis, father of Stephen, was born July 11, 1924, in Milton, Nova Scotia. After serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War, he began his career at the National Film Board as a field representative working out of the Halifax, Ottawa, and New York offices. In 1956, he formed Fremantle of Canada with Paul Talbot and Saul Turell, distributing television programs for Freemantle International. In 1963, in partnership with filmmakers Gerry S. Kedey and Dan Gibson, Ellis established KEG Productions, a production company specializing in wildlife and environmental documentaries (including the series Audubon Wildlife Theatre, 1968-1974, for the CBC). The company became the largest producer of wildlife programming in Canada. In 1964, he founded Ellis Enterprises, which went on to become the most prominent distributor of British programs in Canada (including the series Coronation Street, Upstairs Downstairs, The Two Ronnies, Doctor in the House, The Jewel in the Crown, and Sherlock Holmes). In 1969, Ellis established Manitou Productions, with William Davidson, to produce dramas, resulting in children’s programs such as the Adventures in Rainbow Country (1970-71) for the CBC and Matt and Jenny (1979-1980) for Global Television. Ellis helped to organize the Canadian Television Program Distributors Association, served on the Children’s Broadcast Institute Board, and was a member of the Broadcast Executives Society. He was appointed to the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario in 1997 and retired in 2002. Ellis died in 2016.
In 1973, Maclean-Hunter acquired a 50% stake in KEG Productions. By the 1990s, Ellis Entertainment Corporation had re-acquired 100% of the production group, re-branding its productions and distribution arms as Ellis Vision Inc. and Ellis Releasing. Ellis Enterprises had an early deal with Discovery Channel in 1986 and was a co-founder of the Outdoor Life Network in Canada in 1996. In 2009, Ellis Entertainment merged with Knightscove Media Corp., creating the Knightscove-Ellis International television division. In 2015, the 600-title library of material produced by Ralph and Stephen Ellis was acquired by Stellis Media Inc.
Stephen Ellis, Ralph’s son, began working for Ellis Enterprises as a shipping clerk in 1973 while he was in university. In 1983, Stephen became Managing Director of KEG after Ralph bought out the original partners. In 1986, Stephen became president of Ellis Enterprises. Stephen joined the CFTA board in 1980 (serving as president in 1984), was secretary-treasurer for the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, and in 1989 was founding president of the Canadian Retransmission Collective (CRC). In 2002, Stephen took over Ellis Entertainment upon his father’s retirement, and continued producing until 2011. In 2015, Stephen founded Stellis Media, naming his father chairman emeritus. As of 2020, Stephen Ellis is president of RocketFuel Media Inc. (launched in 2012 with Gina Lijoi), a principal with the consultancy Media Cattellist Solutions, chair of the CRC, and chair of ISAN Canada.
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内容と構造のエリア
範囲と内容
Sub-series contains material related to the Profiles of Nature television program, including promotional materials. Profiles of Nature ran for 104 half-hour and 84 one-hour episodes, as series and as specials, from 1984-2005. Produced independently by KEG Productions in association with CFCN-TV Calgary, it was pre-sold to Global TV (CFCN-TV Calgary), TVOntario, and multiple independent stations in Canada. It was sold to PBS in the United States through Ellis’ American distributor Devillier-Donegan Enterprises, and then to other international markets. Narrated by Neil Dainard.
Sub-series includes a file containing films related to filmmaker Patrick (Paddy) Carey, the subject of an episode of Profiles of Nature.
Sub-series also contains Modern Day Voyageurs, which provided source material for Man of the Wilderness.
Sub-series includes the following titles:
Series I (1984):
The Hooded Seal
The Loon
Mountain Goats
Grebes
Solitudes
The Grey Seals of Sable Island
Birds of the Arctic Tundra
Polar Bears
The Herring Gull
Bighorn Sheep
Life in a Pond
The Beaver
The Waterfowl Art of M. Reece
The Great Gray Owl
The Cougar
The Great Blue Heron
Imprinting
R. Hermes, Nature Cinematographer
The Marsh
The Vancouver Island Marmot
The Great Horned Owl
The Red-Throated Loon
Hummingbirds
The Greater Sandhill Crane
The Coot
Ron Parker, Wildlife Artist
Series II (1985):
The Woodland Moose
Bluebirds
The Harp Seal
Warblers
Grizzly Bears
The Muskox
The Common Eider
The Bison
The Bald Eagles
Elephant Seals
The Elk
The Grouse Family
The Black Bear
The Water Raiders
The White-Tailed Deer
Bird Island
Patagonia
Birds in the Winter
Ground Squirrels
The Canada Goose
Return of the Sea Otter
W&M Berlet, Nature Cinematographer
Galapagos
The World of Plants
(No material for episodes: The Red-Tailed Hawk or Woodpeckers).
Series III (1986):
The Trumpeter Swan
Animals with Antlers
Pelicans
Tree Squirrels
Rosate Spoonbill
World of Mountain
Orca & Manatee
Arctic Nursery
(No material for episodes: Growing with Nature; World of the Bog; The Pronghorn; The Wonder of Migration; or Hawks).
Series IV (1992):
(No material for episodes: At Home Underwater; Return of the Trumpeter; Captured on Canvas; In Search of the Howler Monkey; The Wood Duck; Penguins, Dolphins & Killer Whales; Predators of Hawk Cliff; Mountain Safari; Wildlife in the Backyard; A Brush with the Polar Bear; Inhabitants of a Hidden World; The Magic of Flight; or Experiencing Nature).
Series V (1994):
World of the Badlands
(No material for episodes: The Invisible Zoo; The Moose of Algonquin; The Magic of Wildlife Photography; The Day the Orcas Returned; Winged Predators of the Forest; The Rise and Fall of Minesing Swamp; Why do Animals Act that Way?; The World of the Cecropia Moth; Freshwater Jungle; Arctic Journeys; Rainforest of the Pacific Northwest; or Working for Wildlife).
Series VI (1994):
(No material for episodes: Rainforests of Southeast Asia; Seasons of the Deer; Microscopic Wilderness; The Butterfly Man; The Masked Bandit; Iceland - Coastal Wings; Arctic Sanctuary
Rattlesnake Sanctuary; Myvatn - Ecology of a Lake; Urban Wilderness; A Passion for Nature; The Big E; or Summer on the Treeline).
Specials I (1987):
Baby Animals
Animal Aliens
(No material for episodes: Camera in the Wilderness; In Search of the Hawk; or Nature in Close-Up).
Specials II (1990):
Baby Animals II
Unpredictable Prairie
From Pacific Rim to Serengeti
Spirit of the Wilderness
(No material for episodes: Wilderness Magic; Naturalist with a Camera; Bird Watcher's Paradise; Man of the Wilderness; or Around the Inland Sea).
Specials III (1991):
In Praise of Wolves
Emperor of the Eastern Woodlands
Poet of the Landscape
Journey to Brazoria
Polar Bridge
From Muleshoe to Galveston
North to the Arctic Tundra
A Hundred Years of Algonquin
(No material for episodes: Treasure of the Madera Canyon or A Passion for Canoes).
Specials IV (1993):
(No material for episode: Rediscovering the Natural World).
Specials V (1996):
(No material for episodes: Wilderness New Year; Snow White Killers of the Arctic; Crowned Heads of the Wilderness; or The Wonder of Baby Animals).
Specials VI (1997):
The Last Jungles in Africa
(No material for episodes: Gator; The Wild Pacific Northwest; Mysterious Marsh; Animals of the Rocky Mountains; Life on the Edge; Beauties and the Beastlies; Camouflage; Claws; Bear Attack; or The Magic of Baby Animals).
Specials VII (1999):
(No material for episodes: Vipers - Marvels of Evolution or Echoes of the Carolinian Forest).
Specials VIII (1999):
(No material for episodes: Fiery Phantom - The Red Fox; Deadly Spingsters - A Spider's World; Whitetail Deer - Woodland Survivors; Bear Attack - Encountering Grizzlies; Beluga - Spirit of the Deep; or Wolves of North America).
Specials IX (2000):
(No material for episodes: Secrets of the Everglades; Bear Attack - Polar Bears; Frogs - Leaping Wizards; The Arctic - No Place to Hide; Tiny Perfect Predators - Mantids and Dragonflies; Defensive Ends - The Porcupine and the Skunk; Beavers - Dam It All Anyway; Lizards!; Polars Bears - Life on the Field of Bones; or The Opportune Raccoon).
Specials X (2001):
(No material for episodes: Wasps - The Sting's the Thing; Black Bears - Trouble Bruin; Turtles - The Shell Game; Moose - The Moody Monarch; Meet the Weasels; Vultures - The Carrion Gang; The Grizzly Connection; A Mountain Goat's Story; or Coyote - The Wily Vagabond).
Specials XI (2003):
(No material for episodes: Beach Wars; Tales of the Tarantula; The Bear Necessities; Gobblers; Animal Impersonators; The Awesome Opossum; All-Terrain Deer; Warriors of the Yukon; or Purrfect Predators).
Specials XII (2005):
(No material for episodes: The Scorpion's Tale; The Fast and the Furriest; Badgers: Dishing the Dirt; Wild Superpowers; Ambush: Fast Food; or Marsupial Mayhem).
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