Jay Firestone was born on 13 October 1956 and is a Canadian film and television producer.
12 Facts About Jay Firestone
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Jay Firestone attended Hamilton's McMaster University, graduating in 1979 with a degree in commerce and aspirations for accounting and business.
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In 1985, disenchanted with accounting, Jay Firestone helped found Alliance Communications with four of Canada's top producers.
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Jay Firestone began as chief financial officer and set up a tax-shelter lucrative financing arm.
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Jay Firestone thus acquired 170 program episodes, including reality police series Secret Service, and RoboCop: The Series, based on RoboCop 1987 film.
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Jay Firestone was a finalist for the 1998 Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Jay Firestone was involved in over 20 film and television projects over the next five years.
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Jay Firestone made films such as Rat Race, Hardball and Rules of Engagement, television shows Relic Hunter, Queen of Swords, Adventure Inc.
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Jay Firestone was known for shooting a squirt gun and an elastic band gun, and chalk outlined a dead body bearing the inscription "here lies the last person who said 'I don't know'" on his office floor.
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Jay Firestone left the company in May 2003 along with Fireworks Pictures president Daniel Diamond, and was replaced by Gerry Noble, former CEO of Global TV.
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Jay Firestone produced the supernatural series Lost Girl, starring Anna Silk, which broke Showcase's viewing records for Canadian scripted series premiere when it premiered in 2010.
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Jay Firestone is currently a producer on the TV show Dark Matter, which is based on a comic book series created by writers Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie.