Wikipedia / Back Alley Film Productions
Wikipedia / Back Alley Film Productions
Back Alley Film Productions is a television production company founded by Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell and based in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec Canada. Founded in 1989, Back Alley is a creator and producer of original content for television with programming available in more than 120 countries worldwide.
Back Alley is currently producing Coroner starring Serinda Swan for CBC. Coroner premiered in January 2019 as the highest-rated new drama series on CBC in more than four years, delivering an average audience of more than one million viewers. It also premiered as the highest-ever rated launch in the UK for Universal TV. Coroner was picked up for season two in March 2019.
Back Alley also recently produced Bellevue starring Anna Paquin for CBC and WGN America. Other productions include Played, a 1-hour police drama series for CTV and Bomb Girls, a series that followed the lives of women working in a munitions factory during WWII for Global Television. Starring Meg Tilly the series won the Outstanding Drama award at the 2013 Gracie Awards and was nominated for the prestigious Rockie Award at the Banff Television Festival. Back Alley also produced the Movie of the Week, Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy, which won the 2015 Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie or Mini-Series. Back Alley's other credits include three seasons of the award-winning Durham County, which has sold to over 100 countries internationally; the women's erotica series, Bliss; the hip hop series Drop the Beat and Straight Up with Sarah Polley.
Productions
Television series
Bomb Girls & Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy (MOW)
Non-fiction
Awards and nominations
Mitchell and Lundman won the Production Award for Excellence from Women in Film & Television - Toronto.
In 2017, Mitchell was honoured by the Toronto ACTRA Women's Committee. She received the Nell Shipman Award for her efforts in advancing gender equity in the entertainment industry.
Bomb Girls - Facing the Enemy
Best Dramatic Miniseries or TV Movie - Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Michael Prupas
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Jodi Balfour
Best Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series - Ali Liebert
Canadian Screen Award Nominations
Best Achievement in Makeup - Eva Coudouloux, Katerina Chovanec
Best Photography in a Dramatic Series - Eric Cayla
Best Supporting Performance by a Male, Television Movie - Antonio Cupo
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations
Best Television Movie/Miniseries
Best Production Design, Television Movie/Miniseries - Aidan Leroux
Best Picture Editing, Television Movie/Miniseries - Tad Seaborn
Best Sound Editing, Television Movie/Miniseries - Peter Lopata, Jill Purdy
Played
Best Cross Platform Project, Fiction - Played: Interference
Best Supporting Performance by a Female, Dramatic Series - Agam Darshi
Best Guest Performance by a Male, Dramatic Series - Serge Houde
Best Guest Performance by a Female, Dramatic Series - Camille Sullivan
Best Guest Performance by a Female, Dramatic Series - Kacey Rohl
Bomb Girls - Season 2
Best Costume Design - Debra Hanson
Best Achievement in Casting - Lisa Parasyn, Jon Comerford
Canadian Screen Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - Meg Tilly
Best Achievement in Casting - Eva Coudouloux, Katerina Chovanec
Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series - Eric Cayla
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations
Best Production Design Television Series - Aidan Leroux
Best Supporting Performance by a Male, Dramatic Series - Brett Dier
Bomb Girls - Season 1
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - Meg Tilly
Best Costume Design - Joanne Hansen
Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series - Aidan Leroux
Canadian Screen Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Cross Platform Project, Fiction - Bomb Girls Interactive
Continuing Series Programs, Scripted
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominations
Best Production Design Television Series - Aidan Leroux
Durham County – Season 3
Best Achievement in Casting - Marissa Richmond, Libby Goldstein, Andrea Kenyon, Suzanne Smith, Randi Wells
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series - Charles Biname
Best Sound in a Dramatic Series - Steve Moore, Alex Bullick, Yann Cleary, Christian Cooke, Andrea Higgins, Jill Purdy, Marilee Yorston
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Lead Dramatic Role - Hugh Dillon
Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series - Michael Nardone
Best Performance by an Actress in Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series - Benedicte Decary
2011 WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards
Winner of a Gold 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series - Dramatic.
2011 Monte-Carlo TV Festival Awards
Nominated for 5 awards including: Outstanding International Producers (Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Michael Prupas), Outstanding Actor (Hugh Dillon, Michael Nardone) and Outstanding Actress (Hélène Joy, Laurence Leboeuf).
2011 WorldFest-Houston Remi Awards
Nominated for a 2011 Worldfest Remi Award in the category of TV Series - Dramatic.
Best in Class - Television in recognition of Durham County - Season 3 Website www.durhamcounty.ca
Script for "Distance, Hunting and Home", written by Laurie Finstad Knizhnik, was chosen as a finalist
Durham County – Season 2
Best Achievement in Main Title Design - Kevin Chandoo
Best Achievement in Make-Up - Eva Coudouloux and Adrien Morot
Gemini Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series - Adrienne Mitchell
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - Helene Joy
Best Achievement in Casting - Andrea Kenyon, Wendy O'Brien, Marissa Richmond, and Randi Wells
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Winner of 2010 Golden Nymph Award
Outstanding Actress- Michelle Forbes (Drama TV Series)
Monte-Carlo Television Festival Nominations
Outstanding Actor – Hugh Dillon (Drama TV Series)
Outstanding International Producer – Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell, Laurie Finstad Knizhnik and Michael Prupas (Drama TV Series)
Directors Guild of Canada Award Winners
Best Direction- TV Series - Adrienne Mitchell
Best Production Design- TV Series - Donna Noonan
Directors Guild of Canada Award Nominee
Best Picture Editing- TV Series
Platinum Award for Best National Cable Program in the Entertainment Category
WorldFest – Houston International Film Festival
Winner of the Platinum Award - Best TV Series – Drama
Durham County – Season 1
Winner of 5 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role and Best Sound in a Dramatic Series
Winner of 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards for Best Editing – Dramatic Series and Direction – Television Series
Winner of CFTPA Indie Award for Best Dramatic Series
Nominated for 7 Canadian Gemini Awards for Best Dramatic Series, Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series, Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series, Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series, Best Costume Design and Best Achievement in Casting.
Nominated for 2 Directors Guild of Canada Awards for Team Television Series – Drama and Production Design – Television Series
Nominated for the Writers Guild of Canada Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
Nominated for 2 ACTRA Montreal Awards for Outstanding Female Performance and Outstanding Male Performance
Nominated for 2 Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series and Best Supporting Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series.
Bliss
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Sound in a Dramatic Series.
Canadian Gemini Nominations for Best Dramatic Series, Best Production Design, Best Picture Editing, Best Direction in a Dramatic Series.
Drop the Beat
Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series
Straight Up
Writers Guild of Canada Award
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Direction
Canadian Gemini Award for Best Youth Actor
Canadian Gemini Award Nomination for Best Dramatic Series
Lawn and Order
Chicago Film Festival - Silver Plaque for Humour
Talk 16
San Francisco Film Festival Special Jury Prize
Florida Film Festival Best Documentary Grand Jury Prize
References
External links
Website: http://www.backalleyfilms.ca/