Production

The original Speed Racer animated series debuted in 1967 and after 42 years, it is one of kids’ entertainment’s most recognizable cultural icons.  John and James Rocknowski, principles of Speed Racer Enterprises, acquired the intellectual property rights to the animated Speed Racer brand from Tatsunoko Productions in 1991.  Speed Racer Enterprises handles licensing and merchandising for both the classic Speed Racer and the new animated series Speed Racer: The Next Generation.  Lionsgate is also the worldwide distribution company for both television and home entertainment.  Speed Racer Enterprises is located online at www.speedracer.com.

Founded in 1991, Toronto-based Portfolio Entertainment is one of Canada’s leading independent producers and international distributors of award-winning television programs for kids, tweens, teens, and adults.  Co-Founders Lisa Olfman and Joy Rosen’s commitment to creative excellence and solid domestic and international relationships have propelled their programs onto the world’s most prestigious television networks. The partners have won numerous television industry awards internationally and they consistently rank in Profit Magazine’s W100 list of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs. Portfolio Entertainment’s newest series is, The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That!, based on Dr. Seuss’ iconic Cat character.  Portfolio Entertainment’s distribution division, Portfolio International, has an ambitious, eclectic catalogue of over 2,000 episodes of programming as well as access to some of the world’s most established broadcasters and emerging new players. Portfolio Entertainment is located on the web at www.portfolioentertainment.com.

Founded in 1987, Shaftesbury Films has established a reputation as one of Canada’s leading producers of high quality film and television programming. Recent productions include two seasons of the multi-Gemini nominated drama series Murdoch Mysteries for Citytv and UKTV; four seasons of the drama series ReGenesis for The Movie Network, Movie Central and Showcase; the highly anticipated drama series The Listener for CTV and NBC; the record breaking TV movies In God’s Country and Eight Days to Live, starring Kelly Rowan for CTV; and The Robber Bride, the Emmy-nominated TV movie starring Gemini award-winner Mary-Louise Parker for CBC.  Shaftesbury Films also produces a variety of kids’ programming, including 70 episodes of the highly successful series Life with Derek, currently airing on Family Channel and Disney Channel, and broadcast in over 120 countries worldwide and the upcoming comedy series Overruled! for Family Channel and Disney Channel in the U.S. Most recently, Shaftesbury has established a Digital Media division, Smokebomb Entertainment, an award-winning developer of original multiplatform digital content. Visit the Shaftesbury website at www.shaftesbury.ca.

Creanspeak is an independent film production company formed for the purpose of surfacing and delivering to clients and audiences unique projects that would otherwise be limited by the constraints of multiple inconsistent visions of the final product. Creanspeak cultivates writers’ works, screenplays, and creative elements to package and produce film for entertainment outlets.