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Mutant X Crew: Executive Producer Jay Firestone

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Executive Producer Jay Firestone

Links: Official Site.

Interviews & Articles: Hollywood Reporter 3/7/02 | McMaster University 1/04 | Playback Magazine 1/95

Bio from The Official Mutant X Site: Jay Firestone is one of the international entertainment industry’s most accomplished film and television executives whose numerous producing credits span television series and movies, as well as feature films. In 1996, Firestone established Fireworks Entertainment to produce, distribute and finance television programs and feature films. Acquired by CanWest Global Communications Corp. in May 1998, Fireworks is now the core operation of CanWest Entertainment, giving CanWest a major presence in television and film production, and distribution. Firestone is currently serving as executive producer of MUTANT X, the new first-run action hour Adventure Inc., the hit syndicated drama series Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, as well as Fireworks Television’s new Discovery Kid’s on NBC series Black Hole High. Since Fireworks inception, Firestone has executive produced the successful television series Relic Hunter, Queen of Swords, La Femme Nikita, FX: The Series, Being Eve and Caitlin’s Way. He served as co-executive producer for Highlander: The Raven and was consulting producer for 44 episodes of 18 Wheels of Justice. His other television series credits include co-executive producer of the hit police action series Pacific Blue. Firestone has also executive produced a myriad of television miniseries and movies, including A Wrinkle in Time, the highly anticipated new miniseries produced by BLT Productions in association with Fireworks and Miramax, Blonde, the 4-hour CBS miniseries based on Joyce Carol Oates' novel of the same name, Blacktop, Robocop:Prime Directives, Poison and The Girl Next Door. In the feature film arena, Firestone was executive producer of the award winning pictures The Believer, which was honored with the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, and An American Rhapsody, which won Best Picture at the 2001 Hollywood Film Festival, as well as Who is Cletis Tout?, starring Tim Allen and Christian Slater, Interstate 60 and Trinity. In his position as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CanWest Entertainment, Firestone oversees the company’s Los Angeles and London-based television operations, its Los Angeles-based feature film division, and Fireworks Pictures, as well as the company’s interest in New York-based IDP Distribution, an independent distribution and marketing entity formed by Fireworks in 2000 as a joint venture with Samuel Goldwyn Films of Los Angeles and Carl Icahn’s Stratosphere Entertainment of New York. Prior to forming Fireworks Entertainment, Firestone was Vice Chairman of Alliance Communications Corporation, and is widely regarded as a key contributor to the company’s impressive growth. During his stint at Alliance, Firestone was producer of ABC’s first CGI animated series ReBoot, for which he won a Gemini award. Firestone’s work has garnered a number of other industry awards, including a Chrysler Canada’s People’s Choice Award for Nikita. He was also nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998.

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IMDb Filmography

"The Day of the Triffids" (2009) TV series (pre-production) (executive producer) (2009)
Catwalk (2009) (pre-production) (executive producer)
"XIII" (producer) (2 episodes, 2008)
... aka XIII: The Conspiracy (International: English title)
- Toutes les larmes de l'enfer (2008) TV episode (producer)
- Le jour du soleil noir (2008) TV episode (producer)
"Mindhunters" (2008) TV series (producer)
Stuck (2007) (producer)
Last Chance Cafe (2006) (TV) (completed) (executive producer)
Pigeon (2004) (executive producer)
"Andromeda" (executive producer) (1 episode, 2003)
- Soon the Nearing Vortex (2003) TV Episode (executive producer)
I Love Your Work (2003) (executive producer)
A Wrinkle in Time (2003) (TV) (executive producer)
"Adventure Inc." (2002) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
Interstate 60 (2002) (executive producer)
"Mutant X" (2001) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001) (executive producer)
"Being Eve" (2001) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
An American Rhapsody (2001) (executive producer)
"Queen of Swords" (executive producer) (22 episodes, 2000-2001)
Blonde (2001) (TV) (executive producer)
"Relic Hunter" (executive producer) (23 episodes, 1999-2001)
The Believer (2001) (executive producer)
Trinity (2001) (executive producer)
"RoboCop: Prime Directives" (2000) (mini) TV Series (executive producer)
Poison (2000) (TV) (executive producer)
"Caitlin's Way" (2000) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
The Girl Next Door (1999) (TV) (executive producer)
"Highlander: The Raven" (1998) TV Series (co-executive producer) (unknown episodes)
There's No Fish Food in Heaven (1998) (executive producer)
Shattered Image (1998) (executive producer)
Modern Vampires (1998) (TV) (very special thanks)
Love in Paris (1997) (executive producer)
"La Femme Nikita" (1997) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
Murder at My Door (1996) (TV) (executive producer)
"F/X: The Series" (1996) TV Series (executive producer) (unknown episodes)
"Pacific Blue" (1996) TV Series (co-executive producer) (unknown episodes)
"ReBoot" (1994) TV Series (producer) (unknown episodes)