KIP SPIDELL
CREDITS:
(since 2000)
Series Producer
Python Hunters 2010
3 x 60 wildlife adventure series for National Geographic Wild U.S.
Producer / Director
Health & Wellness - Naturally 2009
2 x 60 live-to-tape health lectures featuring Dr. James Meschino
Producer / Writer
Via Ferrata 2009
1 x 60 mountain climbing documentary
Series Producer
Urban Legends II 2008
13 x 30 re-enactment series for Biography U.S. & History Channel Canada
Producer / Director
Quetico Park 2008
1 x 60 sponsored documentary for the wilderness park's 100th anniversary
Director
Sarah's Cottage 2008
6 x 30 renovation series featuring Sarah Richardson for HGTV Canada / HGTV U.S.
Series Producer / Writer
Divine Restoration III 2007/2008
16 x 30 renovation / documentary series from VTVI for VisionTV / TV One U.S.
Supervising Producer
Something About Mary Magdalene 2007
1 x 60 history documentary from VTVI for VisionTV, ITV (UK), History Channel U.S., SBS Australia
Supervising Producer / Writer
Hello Goodbye 2007
1 x 30 documentary pilot for Lifetime U.S.
Supervising Producer / Writer
Divine Restoration II 2006
13 x 30 renovation / documentary series from VTVI for VisionTV / TV One U.S.
Supervising Producer
Battle Ready 2006
4 x 60 HD engineering / history series for History Television / Military Channel U.S.
Supervising Producer
Sideshow Stars: The True Story 2005 (see awards)
1 x 60 science / history documentary for Discovery Channel / Discovery Health U.S.
VTVI Head of Production
The Lost Gods 2005
6 x 30 HD history series co-produced with Tile Films, Dublin for S4C, TG4 & VisionTV an Ireland / Canada treaty co-production
Producer
Divine Restoration 2005 (see awards)
26 x 30 renovation / documentary series from VTVI for VisionTV / TV One U.S.
Supervising Producer
Craftiest Animals 2005 (see awards)
2 x 60 natural history series for Discovery Channel U.S.
Producer
Leave it to the Real Beavers 2005
1 x 60 HD natural history special for Animal Planet U.S.
Producer
Profiles of Nature Specials - Series XII 2004
6 x 60 HD natural history series for Discovery Channel / Animal Planet U.S.
Producer
The Baby Human II 2004 (see awards)
3 x 60 HD series on infant behaviour for Discovery Health / Discovery Health U.S.
Producer
Day of the Groundhog 2003 (see awards)
1 x 60 HD natural history special for Animal Planet U.S.
Writer (Discovery U.S. version)
Amazing Creatures 2003
1 x 60 natural history special from ORF for Discovery U.S. / Discovery Canada
Producer
Profiles of Nature Specials - Series XI 2002
9 x 60 natural history series for Discovery Channel / Animal Planet U.S.
Producer
The Baby Human 2002 (see awards)
3 x 60 HD series on infant behaviour for Discovery Health / Discovery Health U.S.
Producer / Director
Beastly Countdowns 2002
5 x 60 wildlife comedy series for Animal Planet U.S.
Producer / Director / Writer
Wild Sites 2002
3 x 60 natural history travel series for Travel Channel U.S.
Producer
Profiles of Nature Specials - Series X 2001 (see awards)
9 x 60 natural history series for Discovery Channel / Animal Planet U.S.
Writer / Editor
Echoes of the North 2001 (see awards)
1 x 60 wildlife film for Discovery Channel / TVO / TFO
Producer / Director / Writer
Stinkers: The Ten Smelliest Animals on Earth 2000
1 x 60 wildlife comedy for Discovery Channel U.S.
Director / Writer / Editor
The Bear Attack Trilogy 1998-2000 (see awards)
3 x 60 wildlife series for Discovery Channel U.S.
Producer / Writer / Editor
Profiles of Nature Specials - Series IX 1999-2000
10 x 60 natural history series for Discovery Channel U.S.
Writer / Editor
Polar Bears: Life on the Field of Bones 2000 (see awards)
1 x 60 wildlife film for Discovery Channel U.S.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Head of Production 1999 to 2007
Ellis Vision Incorporated
(a subsidiary of Ellis Entertainment Corporation)
Ellis Vision: founded in 1964 as KEG Productions, Canada's longest-established independent production company. For over 35 years, its core genre was natural history and wildlife entertainment anchored by one of television's longest-running independently-produced documentary series, Profiles of Nature. After the success in 2002 of the The Baby Human, a 6-part series exploring infant development and behaviour, the company's output broadened to successfully include science, history and lifestyle programming. Sister company to Ellis Releasing.
Responsibilities included: full creative, logistic and financial oversight of all Ellis Vision productions; attendance at all major international television markets and festivals; the development of new projects; developing and managing relationships with international broadcast and co-production partners; the oversight of projects co-produced with other partners; pitching projects to broadcasters and negotiating terms of sale and acting as the point-of-contact with broadcast partners during production.
Selected Awards:
SIDESHOW STARS: THE TRUE STORY
• GOLD REMI Science & Technology
WORDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2006
DIVINE RESTORATION
• GEMINI NOMINEE
Best Lifestyle Series
ACADEMY OF CANADIAN CINEMA & TELEVISION, GEMINI AWARDS, 2006
CRAFTIEST ANIMALS
• GOLD PLAQUE Documentary: Science / Nature
TVFest, THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION COMPETITION, 2005
THE BABY HUMAN 2
• GOLD PLAQUE Documentary: Science / Nature
TVFest, THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION COMPETITION, 2005
• PLATINUM REMI Science & Technology
WORDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2005
• THE CHRIS AWARD
COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, 2005
DAY OF THE GROUNDHOG
• BRONZE REMI Nature & Wildlife
WORDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2005
THE BABY HUMAN
• GEMINI NOMINEE
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program
ACADEMY OF CANADIAN CINEMA & TELEVISION, GEMINI AWARDS, 2003
• GOLD CAMERA Sciences, Research, Exploration
U.S. INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, 2004
• BRONZE AWARD Science & Technology
WORDFEST-HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2004
• GOLD PLAQUE Documentary: Science / Nature
TVFest, THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION COMPETITION, 2003
ECHOES OF THE NORTH
• GEMINI NOMINEE
Best Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
ACADEMY OF CANADIAN CINEMA & TELEVISION, GEMINI AWARDS, 2001
• GEMINI NOMINEE
Best Science, Technology, Nature, Environment or Adventure Documentary Program
ACADEMY OF CANADIAN CINEMA & TELEVISION, GEMINI AWARDS, 2001
• SILVER PLAQUE Documentary: Science & Nature
TVFest, THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION COMPETITION, 2002
POLAR BEARS: LIFE ON THE FIELD OF BONES (Profiles of Nature Series IX)
• SILVER HUGO Documentary: Science / Nature
TVFest, THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION COMPETITION, 2001
• THIRD PLACE, CERTIFICATE FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE, Nature & Wildlife
U.S. INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, 2001
BEAR ATTACK: POLAR BEARS
• GOLD PLAQUE: Documentary: Science / Nature
TVFest, THE CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION COMPETITION, 1999
BEAR ATTACK: ENCOUNTERING GRIZZLIES
• SILVER SCREEN AWARD: Nature & Wildlife
U.S. INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, 2000
BEAR ATTACK: THE PREDATORY BLACK BEAR
• BRONZE PLAQUE AWARD: Nature & Wildlife
46th COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL, 1998
• MERIT AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL VALUE & FINALIST AWARD
INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE FILM FESTIVAL, Missoula, Montana ,1998