Floyd Kane

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Floyd Kane
Born
East Preston, Nova Scotia
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer

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]

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Early life and education

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]

Career

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 which aired on CBC Television. [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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Floyd Kane talks about the final season of Diggstown". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  2. ↑ "Halifax legal drama bringing Black stories to life in our own backyard". thestar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  3. ↑ "A creative lawyer: Floyd Kane (LLB'96) - Dalhousie University Alumni". alumni.dal.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  4. ↑ "In casting a new crime show, CBC is looking for Canada's Kerry Washington". thestar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  5. ↑ "Speaker Floyd Kane - Banff World Media Festival 2021". banffmediafestival.playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  6. ↑ "Spotlight on Floyd Kane | Canada Media Fund". cmf-fmc.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  7. ↑ "New CBC Soap Opera Resembles More Coronation Street Than All My Children - Newspapers.com™". newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  8. ↑ "Filmmaker Floyd Kane talks life in East Preston, making Diggstown and opening doors for Black Nova Scotians". Atlantic Business Magazine. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  9. ↑ "www.wgc.ca/screenwriter/cdnscreenwriter/floyd_kane_diggstown". wgc.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  10. ↑ "Final day of shooting Diggstown 'very emotional,' says creator". CBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
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