# Pyramid Productions

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{{Short description|Canadian television production company}}
{{For|the fictitious production company of the same name|Made in Canada (TV series)}}
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'''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](/source/Television_show) 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](/source/Biography_(TV_series))'' for [A&E.](/source/A%26E_Networks) Other clients include [PBS](/source/PBS), [CBC](/source/CBC_Television), [ABC Australia](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation), [ZDF](/source/ZDF), [History Channel UK](/source/History_(European_TV_channel)), [Global Television](/source/Global_Television_Network), [CTV](/source/CTV_Television_Network), [Movie Central](/source/Movie_Central), Bravo!, [HBO Asia](/source/HBO_Asia), [Court TV](/source/Court_TV), [Animal Planet](/source/Animal_Planet) and [The Movie Network](/source/The_Movie_Network).

Pyramid’s first dramatic feature, based on the [play](/source/In_a_World_Created_by_a_Drunken_God), ''[In a World Created by a Drunken God](/source/In_a_World_Created_by_a_Drunken_God)'', was nominated for three [Gemini Awards](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/International_Documentary_Festival_Amsterdam) of [Amsterdam](/source/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](/source/Kirstie_McLellan_Day) was the [CEO](/source/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>

==References==
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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

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