
DocuTainment,
headquartered in Toronto Canada, is a full-service
television and film production company focusing exclusively
on factual entertainment. Its founder Garry Blye has
produced over 2,000 hours of programming seen in over
80 countries. DocuTainment produces award-winning
series and specials in all genres.
A&E, TLC, CBC, BBC, DISCOVERY, DISCOVERY HEALTH,
LIFE NETWORK, CANAL + and a host of other major broadcasters
world-wide carry DocuTainment programming thanks to
the company's widely experienced in-house team of
researchers, writers, editors and producers. DocuTainment's
production slate for 2006-2007 includes PROJECT PASSION,
a relationship show for the US network WE (Women's
Entertainment), CHUN YI: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND (Omni),
a Kung Fu musical extravaganza, ROM REDUX (Omni),
a behind-the-scenes look at the expanding Royal Ontario
Museum, SPIRITUAL GARDENS (Vision TV), featuring special
gardens that can heal the mind, body and soul, and
SINGING IN THE KEY OF GOD (Bravo), a docu-drama that
brings diverse Canadians together to sing in some
of the great cathedrals of the world. In the last
eighteen months the company also launched three brand
new specials: ICE STORM: THE SALÉ & PELLETIER
AFFAIR (CTV), which documents the untold story of
the skating scandal at the Salt Lake Olympics, and
two for the CBC, THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE EMPRESS, which
delves into solving the mystery about the tragic sinking
of the Empress of Ireland, and REBIRTH OF AN OPERA: PERSÉE
IN THE COURT OF ATELIER which is a remount
of a three- hundred-year-old French baroque opera,
based on the Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa.
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Garry Blye
Executive Producer

Garry Blye's productions have been seen by hundreds
of millions of viewers worldwide. His work in music
and television spans more than four decades.
Beginning his career at the William Morris Agency,
Blye soon after became associated with Colonel Tom
Parker and, from 1968 to 1970, concurrently maintained
relationships on the MGM lot with both the Colonel
and the William Morris Agency's TV Variety department.
In 1969, he was appointed Assistant to the Head
of TV Variety Packaging, during which he worked
on numerous programs including Rowan and Martin's
Laugh-In, The Smothers-Brothers Comedy Hour and
The Glen Campbell Show.
In 1970, Blye joined Alan Bernard's management
firm, managing both Andy Williams and serving as
talent coordinator for The Andy Williams Show. At
that time, he was also involved in the creation
of Barnaby Records, whose roster included Ray Stevens,
The Osmond Brothers and Jimmy Buffett.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Blye produced dozens
of television productions for series TV and TV specials,
working with Richard Pryor, Barry Manilow, Dick
Van Dyke, Dolly Parton, Hal Holbrook, Gene Kelly
and Redd Foxx to name a few. His production of Follies
Bergere produced for HBO was one of the first ever
specials on pay TV.
In the mid 1980s, Blye turned his attention to Canada,
where he co-produced The Juno Awards (1985-1987),
The Genie Awards (1986) and the highest rated television
special in 1986, A Gala Evening at Expo '86.
Blye has served as Program Consultant for Ohlmeyer
Communications and Canada/Molstar Communications
for a variety of entertainment specials, television
programs and special events. In 1985, he served
as Executive in Charge of Production for the TV
comedy series My Way and, in 1988, the TV comedy
series Starting from Scratch. In addition, he produced
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Calgary
'88 Olympic Gala featuring Anne Murray, Oscar Peterson
and David Foster.
Beginning in 1989, Blye served as Executive in
Charge of Production for the Elizabeth Manley Special,
the highest rated TV special for the season; The
10th Annual Genie Awards, which garnered the best
rating in the history of Canadian Film Awards shows;
and completed production of 100 episodes of The
Judge, a courtroom drama TV series.
Between 1990 and 1998, Blye completed an additional
75 episodes of The Judge, the fourth season of The
Super Dave Osborne Show and was named Producer for
the Gemini Awards (Canada's version of the Emmy
Awards). As Executive in Charge of Production, he
launched Shari Lewis's very successful children's
TV series Lambchop's Play Along; and created and
co-produced the award winning TV series Missing
Treasures: The Search for our Lost Children. In
1993, the critically acclaimed Missing Treasures
Christmas Special capped the 29-episode series.
In 1995, Blye was the Executive Producer of Mysterious
Forces Beyond, a 26-episode documentary on the paranormal
that was broadcast in 25 markets worldwide. In 1996,
he was an Executive Producer of the animated series
Bedtime Primetime Classics™, which is currently
airing in over 50 markets worldwide.
Blye was an Executive Producer of Pursuit, a documentary
pilot special that won the TV Special - Documentary
Gold Award at WorldFest Flagstaff in 1998. He was
an Executive Producer of an A&E Biography entitled
"Cartier: Jewelers to the Kings," which
premiered in the Spring of 1999, and Executive Produced
the series Daring and Grace. In 1999, he Executive
Produced the series Urban Angels of Medicine for
The Discovery Channel.
Blye was also the Executive Producer of the Elizabeth
Manley biography Happily Ever After in 2002 for
the Life and Times series on the CBC; and was Executive
Producer of the widely acclaimed performance arts
documentary celebrating the 70th anniversary of
the birth of Glenn Gould, entitled Glenn Gould:
The Russian Journey, which premiered on the CBC
in September of 2002.
Blye was Executive Producer for all five seasons
of Zoo Diaries for the Life Network; and for both
seasons of the series Vampire High. He was also
Executive Producer of the series, Say Yes &
Marry Me, which premiered in the spring of 2003
on the Life Network. Blye is executive and co-producer
of Rebirth of an Opera: Persée in the Court of Atelier,
which aired on the CBC in the fall of 2004, and
is executive produced The Last Voyage of the Empress,
which aired on CBC in the fall of 2005. Currently
Blye is executive producing Project Passion, a relationship
show for the US network WE (Women's Entertainment).
He also recently produced Ice Storm: The Salé &
Pelletier Affair for CTV, which documents the untold
story of the skating scandal at the Salt Lake Olympics.
Garry has many projects lined up for 2007 including
PROJECT PASSION, a relationship show for the US
network WE (Woman's Entertainment), CHUN YI: THE
MAKING OF A LEGEND (OMNI), A Kung Fu musical extravaganza,
ROM REDUX (Omni), a behind-the-scenes look at the
expanding Royal Ontario Museum, SPIRITUAL GARDENS
(Vision TV) featuring special gardens that can heal
the mind, body and soul, and SINGING IN THE KEY
OF GOD (Vision TV), a docu-drama that features a
diverse group of singers who have come to Italy
with the hope of singing in the Great Cathedrals.
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