Floyd Kane | |
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| Born | East Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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Floyd Kane is a Canadian film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of Diggstown , the CBC series filmed in Atlantic Canada. [1]
Floyd Kane was born in East Preston, a predominantly Black community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. He pursued an English degree at St. Mary's University in Halifax before enrolling at Dalhousie Law School. [2]
Kane graduated law school and commenced his legal career articling with Blake, Cassels & Graydon in Toronto. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1998. [3]
From 1999 to 2003, Kane secured a position as in-house legal counsel at Salter Street Films, a movie and television production company based in Atlantic Canada. [4] As a media lawyer and production executive, he worked on notable productions such as This Hour Has 22 Minutes and the Bowling For Columbine documentary. [5] While practicing law within the film industry, Kane also pursued his passion for writing screenplays. [6]
In 2004, he joined Halifax Film Company as the Vice President of Creative and Business Affairs. In 2006, Kane created North/South , a Canadian soap opera produced by the Halifax-based production company that aired on CBC Television. Set in Halifax, the show centers on four contrasting families involved in the city's construction industry. [7] During the same year, the Halifax Film Company eventually transformed into DHX Media, where Kane continued as a VP until 2010. [8]
In 2010, he started his own independent company, Freddie Films Inc., producing projects such as the 2015 film Across the Line , a screenplay he wrote. [9]
In 2018, he created the CBC original drama, Diggstown , which was the first Canadian legal drama television series to feature a Black Canadian woman as its lead character. [10]