Ilana Frank
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Ilana C. Frank is a Canadian film and television producer and founder of ICF Films (formerly Thump Inc.), best known for producing the award-winning series The Eleventh Hour, Rookie Blue, and Saving Hope.{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/canadas-entertainment-one-renews-tv-deal-ilana-frank-154045786.html|title=Canada's Entertainment One Renews TV Deal with Ilana Frank|work=Yahoo News|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2012/tv/news/eone-reups-deal-with-ilana-frank-1118052050/amp/|title=eOne reups deal with Ilana Frank|date=2012-03-29|work=Variety|access-date=2018-03-27|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/canadian-drama-saving-hope-seeks-257236|title=Canadian Drama 'Saving Hope' Seeks U.S. Partner|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en}} The Eleventh Hour, which she executively produced and co-created, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2003 and 2005, and was nominated for over 30 Gemini Awards, winning in all major categories.
Life and career
Frank has a background in theater.{{Cite news|url=http://dramaquarterly.com/by-hook-or-kreuk/|title=By hook or Kreuk|work=Drama Quarterly|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en-US}} Frank worked for several years producing theatrical plays before steering her career towards film and television producing. In the mid-1980s she joined Norstar Entertainment, a Toronto-based production and distribution company, as VP of Production, where she oversaw the work on over 20 feature films.{{cite web|url=http://www.icffilms.com/icf-films-ilana-frank/|title=Personal Profile – Ilana Frank - ICF Films|work=icffilms.com|accessdate=25 September 2015}} She met her ex-husband, actor Maury Chaykin, on the set of a play called Tony's Woman, they divorced in 1993.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/chaykin-excelled-at-off-kilter-character-roles/article4324383/|title=Chaykin excelled at off-kilter character roles|access-date=2018-03-28}} She received an award from the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) in 2007 for mentoring Canadian talent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wgc.ca/cscs_awards/past_awards/csa_2007.html|title=2007 Canadian Screenwriting Awards|website=www.wgc.ca|publisher=Writers Guild of Canada|access-date=2018-03-28|archive-date=2018-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919220838/http://www.wgc.ca/cscs_awards/past_awards/csa_2007.html|url-status=dead}}
Filmography as producer
=Television credits=
- The Eleventh Hour (2002-2005)
- Would Be Kings (2008){{Cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/cheap-canadian-dramas-for-the-summer-are-the-new-black-nbc-picks-up-saving-hope/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328103147/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/cheap-canadian-dramas-for-the-summer-are-the-new-black-nbc-picks-up-saving-hope/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-03-28|title=Cheap Canadian Summer Dramas Are The New Black: NBC Picks Up "Saving Hope"|date=2012-03-01|website=TV By The Numbers|language=en|access-date=2018-03-28}}
- Clean (2008)
- Rookie Blue (2010 - 2015){{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-09/toronto-s-dearth-of-studios-seen-crimping-film-industry-s-growth|title=Toronto's Dearth of Studios Seen Crimping Film Industry's Growth|date=2016-09-09|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en}}
- Saving Hope (2012–present)
- The Detail (2018–present){{Cite news|url=https://www.ctv.ca/The-Detail/Articles/Bold-Original-Female-Driven-Detective-Series-THE|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102946/https://www.ctv.ca/The-Detail/Articles/Bold-Original-Female-Driven-Detective-Series-THE|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2018|title=Bold, Original, Female-Driven Detective Series THE DETAIL Tops CTV's Mid-Season Docket|work=ctv.ca|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/ion-eone-the-detail-crime-drama-1202080265/|title=ION Inks Deal With eOne For Detective Drama 'The Detail'|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2017-05-01|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-03-28|language=en-US}}
- Nurses (2019–present)
=Motion picture credits=
- Mania: The Intruder (TV Movie) (1986)
- Bullies (1986)
- High Stakes (1986)
- Prom Night II (1987)
- Blindside (1987)
- Higher Education (1988)
- Norman's Awesome Experience (1988)
- Cold Comfort (1989)
- Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)
- Oh, What a Night (1992)
- Liar's Edge (1992)
- Blown Away (1993)
- Cold Sweat (1993)
- The Club (1994)
- Boulevard (1994)
- Jungleground (1995)
- Salt Water Moose (1996)
- Pale Saints (1997)
- No Contest II (1997)
- Men with Guns (1997)
- The Life Before This (1999)
- Of Murder and Memory (TV Movie) (2008)
- Something Red (also Director and Writer) (2011)
- Method (short film) (2013)
- Parachute (short film) (2014)
- The Offer (short film (2015)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0290957}}
- http://www.icffilms.com/
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Category:Canadian film producers
Category:Canadian film executives
Category:Canadian corporate directors
Category:Canadian women film producers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)