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FEATURE FILMS

 

 

 

"FREE STYLE"

 

Line Producer

September – January 2008

          John Laing, David Doerksen,

Rob Cowan, Michael Emanuel, David Reivers

 

 

"TRICK r TREAT"

 

Production Manager
September – February 2007

Warner Bros. & Legendary Pictures, Thomas Tull, Bryan Singer,

            Michael Dougherty, Jon Jashni, Bill Fay, Alex Garcia,

Dan Harris, Peter Lhotka, Ravi Mehta

 

 

"GOOD LUCK CHUCK"

 

Unit Production Manager (Distant Location)

July – August 2006

Lions Gate Films - Mike Karz, Brian Volk-Weiss,

Barry Katz, Ogden Gavanski

 

 

“WIND CHILL”

Production Manager
October 2005 - May 2006
Producers: Section Eight, Revolution Studios, SONY
Graham Broadbent, George Clooney, Ben Cosgrove,

Peter Czernin, Derek Dauchy, Peter Lhotka, Steven Soderbergh

 

“COMEBACK SEASON”

Line Producer/Production Manager
March 2005 - July 2005
Producers: Accent Two Productions, Football Country Inc
Susan Cavan, Shirley Vercruysse

"I DOWNLOADED A GHOST"

Line Producer/Production Manager
August 2001 - November 2001
Producers: Edge Entertainment, Porchlight Pictures
David Doerksen, Joe Broido, Leanne Arnott

 

 

TELEVISION MOVIES

 

"DAWN ANNA"

Production Manager
Lifetime Original MFT
June 2004 - September 2004
Producers: Revolution Studios, Patriarch Pictures
Madeleine Sherak, Jason Shuman, William Sherak,
Tom Patricia, Peter Lhotka

 

"MAGIC OF ORDINARY DAYS"

Co-Producer/Production Manager
Hallmark Hall of Fame
March 2004 - June 2004
Producers: Gillham Road Productions Inc, Empire Pictures (Magic) Inc.
Richard Welsh, Brent Shields, Noel Bermudez,
Jim O'Grady, Andy Gottlieb

 

"HOLLYWOOD WIVES: THE NEW GENERATION"

Production Manager
Lifetime Original MFT
July 2003 - September 2003
Producer: Patriarch Pictures
Jackie Collins, Renee Valente, Tom Patricia,
Randi Richmond

 

"TWELVE MILE ROAD"

Production Manager
CBS MOW
April 2003 - July 2003
Producer: FOX Television
Bob Lemchen, Lisa Demberg,
Laurie Parker, Avi Levy

 

"MATTHEW SHEPARD STORY"

Production Manager - 2nd Unit
CTV MOW
April 2001 - May 2001
Producer: Alliance Atlantis PM- Carmen Arndt

 

 

TELEVISION SERIES

 

"BODY & SOUL"

Line Producer
PAX Television Series
April 2002 - October 2002
Producers: Edge Entertainment, PAX Television
David Doerksen, John Whelpley, Tim Johnson,
Peter Tortorrici, Leanne Arnott

 

"THE MOLE"

Production Manager
Reality TV Series, Season III
March 2001 - July 2001
Producer: MTV Produktion
Sweden, Andre Linschooten

 

"CAITLIN'S WAY"

Production Manager
Nickelodeon Television Series, Season I
April 1999
– December 1999
Producers: Ray Sager, Tony Thatcher Jana Veverka, Helene White

 

"HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS"

Production Manager - 2nd Unit
Disney Television Series – Season II
April 1998
– March 1999
Producer: Jonathan Hackett

 

 

TELEVISION PILOTS & SHORTS

 

"THE OUTLAWS"

Producer / Production Manager
Award Winning High Definition Digital Short Film

 Winter 1999
Producers: Matt Palmer, Neale Joudrie, John Blackie

 

 

"THE GENIUS"

Production Manager
Pilot – “Mentors” Television Series
June 1997 - July 1997
Producers: Margaret Mardirossian, Josh Miller

 

 

"THE ORANGE SEED MYTH"

Production Manager
Television Pilot
May 1997 - June 1997
Producers: Peter Lhotka, Elaine Scott, Susan Brinton

 

Additional Production Experience: (1989-1997)

     CITV-TELEVISION (a.k.a WIC Television Group, a.k.a. CanWest Global)
     Art Department Project Coordinator:
     Broadcast Studio Events, Special projects, On-air programming

     Apple Box Productions
     Art Dept Coordinator   >>>    Commercial Art Director    >>>   Dept. Head
     -Over 400 Commercials

     Allarcom Studios
     Art Dept Project Coordinator: Special projects, Co-productions

Year 2000:

CEO of an Internet startup, raising $650,000 capital, developing browser software to aggregate online resources and develop commercial production for the Internet. Corporation name: ComVillage.com Inc.

Art Director/Production Design Credits: (9 Years in the Art Department)
1998 - Art Director                "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"
1996 - Prod. Designer           "Jake & the Kid" (AMPIA award for best Art Direction)
1995 - Art Director                "Jake & the Kid"
1995 - Art Director                "The Song Spinner"
1994 - Art Director                 "Destiny Ridge" (AMPIA award for best Art Direction)
1989/94 - Asst. Art Dir          "Apple Box Productions"
1995/97 - Art Director          "Apple Box Productions"

Additional Production Management:

Phoenix Theatre Company 1986-89 (28 live stage productions & events)

Education:

September 1983
- April 1985
Grant MacEwan College - Theatre Production Program
(Major "Production Management" Graduated with Honors)
Program Head: Ross Hill

1987 -University of Alberta - Faculty of Extension - Project Management

Memberships/Affiliations:  DGC-BC, IATSE, MMPIA

Additional Information: EEC Passport (Irish Citizen)

 

References:  Please Contact Jim at jimogrady@gmail.com