Ilana Frank
Ilana Frank | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Film producer |
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.[1][2][3] 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.[4] 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.[5] She met her ex-husband, actor Maury Chaykin, in 1974 on the set of a play called Tony's Woman, though they divorced in 1993.[6] She received an award from the Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) in 2007 for mentoring Canadian talent.[7]
Filmography as producer
Television credits
- The Eleventh Hour (2002-2005)
- Would Be Kings (2008)[8]
- Clean (2008)
- Rookie Blue (2010 - 2015)[9]
- Saving Hope (2012–present)[9]
- The Detail (2018–present)[10][11]
- 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
- ^ "Canada's Entertainment One Renews TV Deal with Ilana Frank". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "eOne reups deal with Ilana Frank". Variety. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
- ^ "Canadian Drama 'Saving Hope' Seeks U.S. Partner". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "By hook or Kreuk". Drama Quarterly. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Personal Profile – Ilana Frank - ICF Films". icffilms.com. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ "Chaykin excelled at off-kilter character roles". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "2007 Canadian Screenwriting Awards". www.wgc.ca. Writers Guild of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Cheap Canadian Summer Dramas Are The New Black: NBC Picks Up "Saving Hope"". TV By The Numbers. 2012-03-01. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ a b "Toronto's Dearth of Studios Seen Crimping Film Industry's Growth". Bloomberg.com. 2016-09-09. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Bold, Original, Female-Driven Detective Series THE DETAIL Tops CTV's Mid-Season Docket". ctv.ca. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ Petski, Denise (2017-05-01). "ION Inks Deal With eOne For Detective Drama 'The Detail'". Deadline. Retrieved 2018-03-28.