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Christina Jennings is known for Departure (2019), ReGenesis (2004) and Murdoch Mysteries (2008).
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Christina Jennings founded Shaftesbury Films in 1987 as a feature film company, producing such acclaimed titles as Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity and Camilla, starring Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda. Since then, Jennings has evolved Shaftesbury into a diversified, global business with offices in Toronto and Los Angeles, spanning the production of scripted drama, kids and digital content sold in 120 countries worldwide. She is the Chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury and Executive Producer of Murdoch Mysteries.
" One of the ways that Shaftesbury has built its reputation is by adapting novels . . ," Jennings (no relation to Christina Jennings) writes about the series in the Introduction to Investigating Murdoch Mysteries: Official Series Companion Book (2015)
In 2010, Christina Jennings was named Producer of the Decade by Playback, Canada’s film, television and digital entertainment industry journal of record. The recognition was made as part of Playback’s special Decade in Review print issue, which looks back at the major accomplishments in the Canadian film and television industry over the past 10 years.
Jennings established Shaftesbury in 1987 and has since built the company into a position of unique leadership and strength as one of Canada’s largest creators, producers and distributors of original content for television and multiple platforms. With diversified operations including drama, kids, factual entertainment, digital media and sales and distribution, Shaftesbury produces and distributes a wide-ranging, globally relevant slate of programming that is available in Canada and more than 120 countries worldwide.
Over the past decade, Jennings’ diversified business model, investment in a broad development slate and innovative co-production and distribution partnerships with leading Canadian, American and international broadcast partners, has resulted in continuous growth for Shaftesbury. Since 2000, the company has expanded from eight to 45 full-time employees, tripled its production volume and created 40,000 jobs in the Canadian film and television industry across 55 productions, including 26 made-for-television films, 16 television series and seven mini-series.
In the following excerpt from Playback’s Producer of the Decade story, Patricia Bailey writes:
A CBC original series,Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017-2021) is developed and produced by Shaftesbury in association with CBC and UKTV, with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, the Cogeco Program Development Fund, and the Bell Fund. Content Media is the global distributor of the series.
“From Gatsby-esque garden parties to rough-and-tumble speakeasies, there’s a global appeal to the 1920s that we’re excited to bring to life in Frankie Drake Mysteries. This was a time in Toronto of booming construction, considerable population growth, and a major shift in the role of women from the home and farm into the workplace,” said Christina Jennings, Chairman & CEO, Shaftesbury / Executive Producer, Frankie Drake Mysteries. “Frankie has come back from the war to work as a private detective with her partner Trudy and a network of associates, from Mary who works in the police station as a Morality Officer, to Flo who works in the morgue. We are going to see women fighting crime and fighting the system – a lot of action and a lot of fun.”
Christina Jennings is known for Departure (2019), ReGenesis (2004) and Murdoch Mysteries (2008).
Mar 5, 2018 · As Canada’s most well-known indie producer, Shaftesbury Films’ Christina Jennings knows how to put a production deal together. The winner of TBI’s inaugural Content Innovation Awards Lifetime Achievement gong tells TBI about her career and how funding is changing.
One of the media industry’s most accomplished producers, Christina Jennings founded Shaftesbury in 1987 as a feature film company, producing such acclaimed titles as Camilla, starring Jessica Tandy and Bridget Fonda, and Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity, starring Sandra Oh.
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Shaftesbury Films is a film, television and digital media production company founded by Christina Jennings in 1987. It is based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dec 11, 2018 · Stanislava Ivy goes behind the scenes of the hit TV show "Murdoch Mysteries" to talk to some of the main people involved - producer Christina Jennings, show runner Pete Mitchell, props master...
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