Michael Donovan

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Gender Male

Place of Birth Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Also Known As Michael Patrick Donovan

Michael Donovan

Biography

Michael Patrick Donovan is a Canadian film producer and screenwriter. He has been recognized with numerous awards for his work in the television and film industry, including an Academy Award for the feature documentary Bowling for Columbine. He co-founded Salter Street Films which later was bought by Alliance Atlantis in 2001. He was Chief Executive Officer of DHX Media from the time of the Company’s founding, in 2006, until August 2014. He is one of the creators of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, one of Canada’s longest-running television comedy series; and he was producer and one of the creators of the multiple award-winning feature film, Shake Hands With the Devil.

Known For

Producer

Poko

as Executive Producer

2016
Across the Line

as Producer

2009
That's So Weird

as Executive Producer

2002
2002
Teddy Bears' Picnic

as Casting Director

1999
The Awful Truth

as Executive Producer

1997
Major Crime

as Executive Producer

1993
This Hour Has 22 Minutes

as Executive Producer

1983
Siege

as Producer

1981
South Pacific 1942

as Producer

Writer