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Michael Hirsh (born 1948) is a Belgian-born Canadian producer, TV executive, entrepreneur, and author. He has been attributed to building from the ground up the Canadian animation industry and, more specifically, award-winning children's programming since the 1980s.
Michael Hirsh. Producer: Rolie Polie Olie. Michael Hirsh is a significant figure in the Canadian television industry, a highly accomplished entrepreneur and executive who began his illustrious career as a filmmaker and later founded two remarkable children's entertainment companies.
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Michael Hirsh. Producer: Rolie Polie Olie. Michael Hirsh is a significant figure in the Canadian television industry, a highly accomplished entrepreneur and executive who began his illustrious career as a filmmaker and later founded two remarkable children's entertainment companies.
Working Dog Productions (originally Frontline Television Productions Pty. Ltd.) is a film and television production company based in Melbourne, Australia. [1] It was formed in 1993 by actors Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner, and producer Michael Hirsh. [2]
TitleNetworkGenreYearsComedy, Current Affairs2021–presentAnimated Sitcom2016Comedy2014–presentGame show2013–presentMichael Hirsh is a Canadian producer born in Brussels, Belgium to Polish parents. His parents met at a dance in Brussels after the Holocaust. His family relocated to Canada when he was three year old. He attended York University in Toronto, Ontario. In 1971, Hirsh co-founded the animation studio Nelvana.
Producer: Utopia. Michael Hirsh is known for Utopia (2014), The Dish (2000) and Have You Been Paying Attention? (2013).
May 19, 2020 · Michael Hirsh, described as ‘the Canadian product of mixing Warren Buffett with Walt Disney’, is a giant in the animated television sector, having co-founded the renowned Nelvana with Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith in 1971, and continuing his career in children’s television to the present day.