Martin Katz (producer)

Martin Katz
CM
Katz at the Genie Awards in 2012
OccupationFilm producer
Known forGenie Award winner

Martin F. Katz CM[1] is a Canadian film and television producer and media executive. He is president of the production firm Prospero Pictures, and a former president of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.[2][3] Prior to establishing Prospero Pictures, Katz was a producer with Atlantis Entertainment and an executive producer of MSNBC Canada.[4]

As a producer, his credits include the television series My Life as a Dog,[5] Married Life,[4] Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...,[6] and Ice Road Truckers, and the films Keeping the Promise,[7] The Claim, The Gospel of John, Hotel Rwanda,[8] Spider,[2] It's a Boy Girl Thing,[2] Shake Hands with the Devil,[8] Inconceivable, The Making of Plus One, A Dangerous Method,[9] Man on the Train, Cosmopolis,[9] and Maps to the Stars.[10]

Katz became chair of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television in 2011,[9][11] and held the role until being succeeded by John Young in 2019.[12] He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Order of Canada appointees – December 2022". The Governor General of Canada. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Mystery czar meets his clients". The Globe and Mail, April 25, 2006.
  3. ^ "Chair of Canadian film/TV academy is sweet on calling awards ‘the Candys’". Toronto Star, March 14, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "The Microsoft Network". The Globe and Mail, November 28, 1996.
  5. ^ "My Life as a Dog becomes made-in-Canada TV series: Story of oddballs takes advantage of offbeat location". Ottawa Citizen, October 26, 1995.
  6. ^ "How CTV landed the Elvis and Elton show". The Globe and Mail, April 3, 2008.
  7. ^ "The spirit is alive and well". The Globe and Mail, December 28, 1996.
  8. ^ a b "Finally he has our attention". The Globe and Mail, January 31, 20o5.
  9. ^ a b c "Cronenberg partner joins Cancon board". National Post, July 14, 2011.
  10. ^ "Mommy, Orphan Black lead CSA nominees: Legend Andrea Martin hosts Canadian awards show". Toronto Star, January 14, 2015.
  11. ^ "Total makeover at awards academy". Toronto Star, July 14, 2011.
  12. ^ Jeremy Kay, "John Young elected chair of Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television". Screen Daily, October 4, 2019.