Rick LeGuerrier

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Rick LeGuerrier is a Canadian journalist, director and independent film producer. He is one of two founders of Dream Street Pictures,[1] created in 2004 with Timothy M. Hogan.

Career[edit]

Rick LeGuerrier was first a journalist reporting from Canada, the US and Europe, then as a broadcast executive, and, for the last decade, as an independent producer and partner in Dream Street.[2]

Producing[edit]

LeGuerrier's works include documentary "The Zoo Revolution", which is now[when?] in production for CBC Television’s Doc Zone, and the television movie, The Phantoms,[3] which was shown on the CBC. He produced Wild and Dangerous: The World of Exotic Pets for the CBC in 2015.[4]

Awards and nominations[edit]

LeGuerrier and projects he produced have been nominated for or received various awards including:

  • 2014 International Kids Emmy[5][6]
  • WGC Screenwriting Awards
  • Canadian Screen Awards
  • 4 Gemini Nominations[7][8]
  • Won 2013 Shaw Rocket Prize (Youth/Family)[9][10]
  • Won Atlantic Journalism Awards: 1991 Citation of Merit Enterprise Reporting Radio, 1993 Gold Spot News Radio [11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rick LeGuerrier".
  2. ^ "Rick LeGuerrier".
  3. ^ "The Phantoms". www.rocketfund.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02.
  4. ^ Wild & Dangerous: The World of Exotic Pets
  5. ^ "Local Producers Win Emmy Award". 11 May 2018.
  6. ^ "News - News - Item Detail - International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". www.iemmys.tv. Archived from the original on 2014-09-29.
  7. ^ http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/bnb/2006e1197bn.htm
  8. ^ "Nominees in major categories for the 23rd Gemini Awards". The Toronto Star. 27 August 2008.
  9. ^ "The Phantoms". www.rocketfund.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02.
  10. ^ "Rick LeGuerrier".
  11. ^ "Atlantic Journalism Awards - Past Years". ajas.ca. Archived from the original on 2003-06-05.

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