Michael Patrick DonovanOC (born 17 March 1953) is a Canadian film producer, executive, and screenwriter.
Salter Street Films
Michael Donovan co-foundedSalter Street Films with his brotherPaul Donovan in 1983. Though the company got off to a slow start, Donovan eventually had major success with projects such as the Canadian satirical comedy seriesThis Hour Has 22 Minutes. He co-created the seriesMade in Canada.
Salter Street Films was acquired byAlliance Atlantis in 2001, and was closed by them two years later, in 2003.
Halifax Film Company / DHX Media
In May 2004, after Alliance Atlantis closed Salter Street Films, Michael Donovan foundedHalifax Film Company with many of the former Salter Street employees.[1]
In 2006, Halifax Film Company merged with Toronto, Ontario-based Decode Entertainment to becomeDHX Media, where Donovan served as the company's CEO from 2006 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2019, and as Executive Chair of the company from 2014 to 2019.
In August 2019, Donovan stepped down from being CEO and Executive Chair of DHX Media, which rebranded asWildBrain the following month. He remained as a founding chair on the board of directors until October 17, 2019, when he stepped down from the board of directors and left the company.[2][3][4]
Donovan won anAcademy Award for Best Documentary Feature for producing the 2002 documentaryBowling for Columbine.[5] He was nominated for aGenie Award for Best Screenplay for writing the 2007 filmShake Hands with the Devil.
On December 28, 2019, Governor General Julie Payette announced that Michael Donovan had been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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