{{Short description|Canadian television production company}} {{For|the fictitious production company of the same name|Made in Canada (TV series)}} {{advert|date=April 2018}}
'''Pyramid Productions'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pyramid Productions |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/244371-Pyramid-Productions |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Discogs |language=en}}</ref> is a Canadian television series production company that has aired over 20 series around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=With Pyramid Productions (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) |url=http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0120115 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
== History == Formed in 1983, Pyramid’s first series ''The Movie Show,'' aired for 17 years. It was broadcast in over 70 countries.<ref>“Movie Show celebrates its 2,000th episode”, Bob Blakey, Calgary Herald. 1998. pg. D.9</ref>
The company’s best-known series include ''Whatever Happened To?'',<ref>[http://www.channelcanada.com/Article1364.html Channel Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104174359/http://channelcanada.com/Article1364.html |date=2010-01-04 }}</ref> ''Inside Hollywood''<ref>[http://www.canwest.com/media/viewNews.asp?NewsroomID=621 Global Television Press Release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920100053/http://canwest.com/media/viewNews.asp?NewsroomID=621 |date=2010-09-20 }}</ref> and numerous episodes of ''Biography'' for A&E. Other clients include PBS, CBC, ABC Australia, ZDF, History Channel UK, Global Television, CTV, Movie Central, Bravo!, HBO Asia, Court TV, Animal Planet and The Movie Network.
Pyramid’s first dramatic feature, based on the play, ''In a World Created by a Drunken God'', was nominated for three Gemini Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/main.cfm |title=24th Annual Gemini Awards |access-date=2009-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614010459/http://www.geminiawards.ca/gemini24/main.cfm |archive-date=2011-06-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It won Best Feature at the 2009 World Indigenous Film Awards and was chosen to open the 33rd annual American Indian Film Festival<ref>[http://www.aifisf.com/press/press_081117.pdf American Indian Motion Pictures Awards Announcement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091128030209/http://www.aifisf.com/press/press_081117.pdf |date=2009-11-28 }}</ref> in San Francisco.
''The Film Festival Project'' won a Silver Medal at the New York Festivals International TV Broadcasting Awards,<ref>[http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/res/pdf/2008WinnersBookletTVB.pdf 2008 Television Broadcasting Awards]</ref> while Pyramid’s global-warming documentary ''Thin Ice: Saattuq'' was screened at the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam,<ref>[http://www.idfa.nl/en/info/film.aspx?id=b0d5aea9-8475-4623-82d7-b55c1189ea9c 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam]</ref> Planet in Focus International Environmental Film and Video Festival<ref>[http://www.planetinfocus.org/festival/thin-ice-saattuq Planet in Focus Official Site] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070811151539/http://www.planetinfocus.org/festival/thin-ice-saattuq |date=2007-08-11 }}</ref> and Greendance Film Festival.<ref>[http://www.greendancefilmfest.org/documents/2008_program.pdf 2008 Greendance Film Festival Program] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820041610/http://greendancefilmfest.org/documents/2008_program.pdf |date=2008-08-20 }}</ref> Pyramid was a finalist for the 2007 CTV Canadian Documart competition<ref>[http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/daily/20070613/banff.html ''Playback'' magazine]</ref> and winner of the 2008 Pitch It! UKTV Lifestyle competition.<ref>[https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117987388.html ''Variety'']</ref>
The company was originally formed by President Larry Day<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memory of Larry Day - University of Calgary |url=https://engage.ucalgary.ca/LarryDay |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=engage.ucalgary.ca}}</ref> under the name Larry Day Productions and changed its name to Pyramid Productions in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-24 |title=Pyramid Production founder Larry Day, chronicler of Hollywood lives, passes away at 69 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/pyramid-production-founder-larry-day-chronicler-of-hollywood-lives-passes-away-at-69/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Calgary |language=en}}</ref> Kirstie McLellan Day was the CEO. Pyramid Productions was a recipient of an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award<ref>"Regional winner is squeaky clean", National Post. Oct 10, 2003. pg. FP.07</ref> and the Alberta Chambers of Commerce’s Alberta Business Award of Distinction.<ref>"Calgary company at awards", Bob Blakey. Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alta.: Feb 23, 2003. pg. E.1.FRO Alberta gov award</ref> Since 2015, Pyramid has focused on true crime films, including “Casey Anthony: Her Friends Speak,” “Charles Manson: The Final Words,” “Sex, Lies & Murder,” and “The Shocking Truth.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2017/12/11/breakthrough-grabs-worldwide-rights-to-manson-doc/|title=Breakthrough grabs worldwide rights to Manson doc|date=December 11, 2017|first=Regan|last=Reid|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.pyramidproductions.tv Official website]
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Category:Television production companies of Canada Category:Companies based in Calgary