Perry Rosemond, CM was born on 15 November 1936 and is a Canadian television writer, producer and director.
16 Facts About Perry Rosemond
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Perry Rosemond began his fascination with the arts as a stage and television performer in Winnipeg and Toronto.
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Perry Rosemond continued his pursuit of the arts as a television producer director and writer.
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Perry Rosemond produced the PBS television series Meeting of Minds which earned the Peabody Award.
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Perry Rosemond was executive producer of the landmark children's shows Mr Dressup and The Friendly Giant and when CBC was allowed to alter the look of Sesame Street, he produced and wrote a Canadian edition of the series that included segments reflecting bilingual Canadians and First Nations Canadians.
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Perry Rosemond created and wrote the very first telecasts for TVOntario and directed several episodes in the first season of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock.
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Perry Rosemond directed profiles for CBC's Telescope series of Oscar Peterson, Arthur Hailey, Gordon Pinsent, Glenn Gould, Ray Bradbury and Donald Sutherland among others.
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Perry Rosemond scripted "Outer City: Inner Conflict" for the US Commission on Civil Rights and "A White House Salute to Agriculture".
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Perry Rosemond was asked to create a new comedy series for CBC and developed King of Kensington.
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Perry Rosemond cast Al Waxman in the title role and chose Fiona Reid to play his wife.
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Perry Rosemond was a writer-story editor on both series and has written in excess of two hundred scripts.
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Perry Rosemond has executive produced the Juno Awards, the Genie Awards and A Tribute to Gilda Radner in aid of ovarian cancer research.
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One of the most popular programs on Canadian television is Royal Canadian Air Farce and Perry Rosemond directed it for fifteen seasons.
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Perry Rosemond has taught television production and writing skills at Humber College and Seneca College, Toronto, University of Southern California in Los Angeles and Brigham Young University in Salt Lake City, Utah, among others.
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Perry Rosemond serves on the advisory committee of The Humber School of Comedy and The Walrus magazine.
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Perry Rosemond is a founding board member of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.