Larry Day has more than 25 years of experience in the television and movie industry. He began his career as a political reporter with CTV in Ottawa, anchored the news in Regina for two years and in Calgary for 14 years. At CICT in Calgary, Larry worked as senior reporter, assignment editor, news anchor, program host, news director and program produ...
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Larry Day has more than 25 years of experience in the television and movie industry. He began his career as a political reporter with CTV in Ottawa, anchored the news in Regina for two years and in Calgary for 14 years. At CICT in Calgary, Larry worked as senior reporter, assignment editor, news anchor, program host, news director and program producer. His programs have won Iris, Ampia, CanPro and Canadian News Director awards. Larry is now Executive Vice President of Pyramid Productions and producer of Inside Movies for Movie Central, Filmography for Corus Entertainment, Kickboxing for TSN, and M Style for M Network. Previously, he worked as Manager, Business Development for WIC, creating new television programs for international syndication. Larry formed his own production company in 1986 which produces seven regular series syndicated across Canada and in 70 countries overseas. These programs include The Movie Show. With more than 2,500 episodes produced in its 14 year run, it competes with Entertainment Tonight around the world. Larry created and co-hosted The Movie Show for eight years, interviewing virtually every movie star, director and writer in the business. His company has also produced the Calgary Flames Stanley Cup Video, corporate presentations, entertainment specials, documentaries and one feature film, 'Ilsa: Queen Of the Nazi Love Camp.'Larry grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan. The journalism bug struck early. He edited his high school newspaper, wrote for his college paper and the Regina Leader-Post and eventually freelanced for Reader's Digest, Your Money, Calgary Magazine, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Viva Rock (Japan's Rolling Stone), Action Magazine and Chinook Arch. Larry has acted in several movies and is an active composer of television themes and scores with more than a dozen programs to his credit. He has received the Canadian national SOCAN award for television. He has written and sold short fiction to CBC Radio and appeared on Jeopardy as a contestant. He is married with five children and coaches hockey,and basketball.
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