Muse Entertainment

Muse Entertainment, commonly referred to as Muse, is one of the largest independent film and television production companies in Canada. It was founded by Michael Prupas in 1998.^[1]

Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Company type	Production company
Industry	Film Television
Founded	May 1998; 26 years ago (1998-05)
Founder	Michael Prupas
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec , Canada
Number of locations	4 Montreal Los Angeles Toronto Vancouver
Key people	Michael Prupas (Executive Chairman) Aren Prupas (President and CEO)
Website	http://www.muse.ca/

Background

Muse's production arm, Muse Entertainment Enterprises, produces films and television series for a wide variety of audiences. Its distribution arm, Muse Distribution International, delivers films and television series to broadcasters, cable networks, streaming services, and other distributors globally.

Muse is one of the most active film and television production companies in the world for internationally co-produced projects.^[2][3]

Under Canada's official film production treaties, Muse has co-produced projects in many countries, including France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Morocco, Australia, and South Africa.

Muse continues to have a large volume of projects on television networks across the USA since its Los Angeles expansion in 2007.

The company garnered significant attention in 2011 for its production of the multi-Emmy-winning and nominated miniseries The Kennedys, in association with Asylum Entertainment.^[2][3][4]

Productions

Films

• Flood
• I'm Not There
• The Deal
• Blades of Glory
• The Fountain (2006)
• Niagara Motel
• The Guilty
• The Tracker
• Savage Messiah (2002)

Television films

• Rise of the Gargoyles
• Hellhounds
• Taking a Chance on Love
• Sand Serpents
• Carny
• High Plains Invaders
• Unstable
• Swamp Devil (2008)
• The Christmas Choir (2008)
• The Watch (2008)
• An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
• Accidental Friendship
• Black Swarm
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr.Hyde
• Infected
• Girl's Best Friend
• I Me Wed
• Too Young To Marry
• The Wind in the Willows (2006)
• The House Sitter
• The House Next Door
• Tipping Point
• Proof of Lies
• Answered by Fire (2006)
• Recipe for a Perfect Christmas
• Black Widower
• Mind Over Murder
• Murder in the Hamptons
• Plain Truth (film) (2004)
• Icebound (2003)
• Silent Night (2002)
• Deadly Friends
• Infected (2008)
• Cyberbully (2011)
• Picking Up & Dropping Off
• The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002)
• The Clinic (2004)
• The Stork Derby (2002)
• The Investigation (2002 film)The Investigation (2002)
• Chasing Cain: Face (2002)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
• The Royal Scandal (2001)
• The Sign of Four (1984)
• The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1999)
• The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton (2003)
• Icebound (2003)
• Ricky Nelson: Original Teen Idol (1999)
• Class Warfare
• The Stalking of Laurie Show
• Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story (2000)
• The Wool Cap (2004)

Series

• Coroner
• Bellevue (2017)
• Collision Course (2016-2017)
• Twice in a Lifetime (1999-2001)
• Bomb Girls
• Being Human
• Bounty Hunters
• Crusoe
• Durham County (2007-2010)
• Family Biz
• Gawayn
• Hubworld
• Largo Winch
• The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog
• See Robin Jones
• Tales from the Neverending Story
• This Is Wonderland (2004-2006)
• Doc (2001–2004)
• The Tournament (2005-2006)

Miniseries

• The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017)
• 10.5: Apocalypse
• Answered by Fire
• Ben Hur
• Cat. 8
• Exploding Sun
• Flood
• Human Trafficking (2005)
• Impact (2009)
• Killer Wave
• The Kennedys
• The Last Templar
• The Pillars of the Earth
• The Phantom
• Tut
• University (2001)

Non-fiction

• For Heaven's Sake
• Human Nature
• March to the Top
• Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae
• Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story (2003)
• Trump Unauthorized (2005)
• I'm Not There (2007)

Awards and nominations

• This Is Wonderland

Won four Gemini Awards for actors Michael Murphy, Cara Pifko, and Michael Riley

Won WCC Award for Best Dramatic Series, George F. Walker, Dani Romain

Nominated for 38 Gemini Awards over three seasons

Nominated for three DGC Craft Awards

Nominated for Golden Nymph Award for best dramatic series at Monte Carlo Television Festival

• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Nominated for three Gemini Awards

Nominated for CSC Award for Best Cinematography

• The Wind in the Willows

Won Leo Award for Best Direction in Youth or Children's Program or Series, Rachel Talalay

Nominated for Satellite Award, Best Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominated for Gemini Award – Best Direction

• The Royal Scandal

Nominated for Gemini Award for Best Costume Design

Nominated for CSC Award for Best Cinematography

• The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire

Nominated for CSC Award and ASC Awards for Best Cinematography

• Twice in a Lifetime

Won Gold Plaque Special Achievement in Direction, David Winning at Chicago International Film Festival

Won Gold Plaque, Best Direction Variety/Entertainment, David Winning at Chicago International Film Festival

Won DGC Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Television Series for Drama

Nominated for five Gemini Awards, including Best Dramatic Television Series

Nominated for DGC Craft Award for Direction

Nominated for three Young Artist Awards

• Tales from the Neverending Story

Won Grand Prize for Best Program Award of Excellence 2003 from Alliance for Children and Television

Won Award of Excellence, Ages 9-12 Category from Alliance for Children and Television

Won Gemini Award for Best Costume Design

Nominated for four Gemini Awards

Nominated for Young Artist Award

• The Stork Derby

Nominated for Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actress for Pascale Montpetit

Nominated for two Golden Reel Awards

• The Many Trials of One Jane Doe

Won four Gemini Awards, including best actress Wendy Crewson, director Jerry Ciccoritti, screenwriter Karen Walton, and picture editor George Roulston

Won DGC Craft Award for Picture Editing

Nominated for five Gemini Awards, including Best TV Movie

Nominated for DGC Craft Award for Best Direction for Jerry Ciccoritti

• Chasing Cain: Face (2002)

Nominated for five Gemini Awards, including Best TV Movie

• Silent Night

Nominated for four Gemini Awards, including Best Direction, Rodney Gibbons

• The Hound of the Baskervilles

Nominated for Gemini Award for Best Costume Design

• The Royal Scandal

Nominated for Gemini Award for Best Costume Design

Nominated for CSC Award for Best Cinematography

• Savage Messiah

Won three Genie Awards, Best Actor for Luc Picard, Best Screenwriter for Sharon Riis and Best Supporting Actress Pascale Montpetit

Nominated for seven Genie Awards and one DGC Award nomination for Best Direction- for Mario Azzopardi

• Plain Truth

Won DGC Award for Sound Editing

Nominated for three DGC Awards

• Icebound

Nominated for Golden Reel Award

• The Death and Life of Nancy Eaton

Won Gemini Award for Best Actor for Brendan Fletcher

Nominated for two Gemini Awards

Nominated for CSC Award, Best Cinematography in TV Drama

• The Investigation

Won WGC Award for Writer for Bruce M. Smith

Nominated for two Gemini Awards

• Answered by Fire

Won Silver Hugo, Television Drama Miniseries, from Chicago International Television Awards

Won 2006 "Reflect d'Or" (Best Collection & Long Drama) at Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans

Won 2006 SPAA Award for Television Drama, from Screen Producers Association of Australia

Won 2006 Silver Prize, for Teleseries, Series and Miniseries Category, from Australian Cinematographers Society for Mark Wareham

Won 2006 Best Director (Television Category) from Australian Film Institute for Jessica Hobbs

Won 2006 Best Actor (Television Category) from Australian Film Institute for David Wenham

Won 2006 Best Miniseries Script (Best Script Across all Genres) and Gold AWGIE from Australian Writers' Guild for Barbara Samuels and Katherine Thomson

Won Best Editing, Gemini Award for Dominique Fortin

Nominations for Gemini Awards

• Human Trafficking

Won three Gemini Awards, including Best Dramatic Miniseries

Won three DGC Awards, including Outstanding Direction for Christian Duguay

Nominated for three Emmy Awards

Nominated for two Golden Globes, Best Actor for Donald Sutherland and Best Actress for Mira Sorvino

Nominated for five Gemini Awards

• University (2001)

Won WGC Award for Writer Bruce M. Smith

• The Tournament (2005-2006)

Won Gemini Award for Best Editing

Nominated for five Gemini Awards, including Best Ensemble

• Doc (2001–2004)

Nominated for four Gemini Awards

Nominated for nine Young Artist Awards

• The Fountain

Won DGC Craft Award for Sound Editing

Won CFCA for Best Music Score

Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Original Score

Nominated for Golden Lion for Darren Aronofsky at Venice Film Festival

Nominated for two Satellite Awards

• Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story

Won two Golden Satellite Awards, including Best Motion Picture Made for Television

Nominated for two Emmy Awards, including Best Actor for James Woods

• The Wool Cap (2004)

Nominated for Golden Globe Best Actor for William H. Macy

Nominated for four Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie

Nominated for Critics Choice Award for Best Picture Made for Television

Nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated for WGA Award for TV, William H. Macy and Steven Schachter

• Trump Unauthorized

Nominated for Golden Reel for Best Sound Editing

• I'm Not There

Won Golden Globe Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett

Won Robert Altman Award, Independent Spirit Awards

Won CFCA Award Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett

Won Volpi Cup Best Actress for Cate Blanchett at Venice Film Festival

Won CinemAwenire Award Best Film at Venice Film Festival

Won Special Jury Prize for Todd Haynes at Venice Film Festival

Nominated for Oscar Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett

Nominated for five Independent Spirit Awards

Nominated for Golden Lion for Todd Haynes at Venice Film Festival

Nominated for Critics Choice Award Best Supporting Actress for Cate Blanchett

Nominated for Satellite Award

Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award

• Accidental Friendship

Nominated for Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for Chandra Wilson

• Swamp Devil

Won the Best Feature Film award at Burbank International Film Festival.

Won Best Director for David Winning

Nominated Best Original Score at Burbank International Film Festival for composer James Gelfand

Won 2009 Television Programming Awards Gold World Medal for Best Direction at the New York Festival

Won 2008 Best Foreign Feature film award at Big Island Film Festival

Won the Platinum award for Directing at Houston International Film Festival

Won 2008 The Audience Favorite award at Philadelphia Terror Film Festival

Won 2008 Best Supporting Actor award for Bruce Dern at Philadelphia Terror Film Festival

• Impact

Nominated for four Leo Awards, including: Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Musical Score, and Best Visual Effects

• The Christmas Choir

Won 2008 America's Epiphany Prize for the most inspiring television movie or mini series

• Durham County

Won five Gemini Awards, two DGC Awards, and the CFTPA Indie Award for Best Series

References

1. "About Muse". Company's official website. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
2. Kelly, Brendan (September 7, 2011). "Muse Entertainment: 'Kennedys' puts company in spotlight". Variety. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
3. TV News Desk (June 6, 2014). "Muse Entertainment Announce L.A. Expansion & Hiring of New Executives". Broadway World. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
4. "Muse Entertainment Hires Cynthia Kennedy". The Hollywood Reporter. November 30, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.

External links

• Official website