Alix MacDonald is a Canadian TV producer, writer, and director who is primarily known for work in factual television. [1] MacDonald has been nominated for and won several television awards. She is best known for her Canadian Screen Award winning show, Disasters at Sea. [2]
MacDonald studied arts at the University of Toronto. She began her career in the early 1990s with CTV News. In the mid-1990s, she transitioned to factual television by joining Daily Planet as a producer. Since then, MacDonald has produced numerous Canadian factual television programs. [1]
Title | Year | Role | Awards and nominations |
---|---|---|---|
Disasters at Sea [3] | 2018–2020 | Producer |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Factual Series
[2]
Gold Telly Award for General-Television [4] |
Jupiter: Close Encounter [5] | 2017 | Producer | New York Festival's Best News Documentary/Special 2017 Gold World Medal Winner |
Mayday [6] | 2012–2015 | Producer, writer | |
Canada 1812: Forged in Fire [7] | 2010 | Producer | |
Daily Planet | 1995–2008 | Producer | Nomination: 2008 Gemini Award for Best Lifestyle/Practical Segment [8] |
Alix MacDonald is a Canadian TV producer, writer, and director who is primarily known for work in factual television. [1] MacDonald has been nominated for and won several television awards. She is best known for her Canadian Screen Award winning show, Disasters at Sea. [2]
MacDonald studied arts at the University of Toronto. She began her career in the early 1990s with CTV News. In the mid-1990s, she transitioned to factual television by joining Daily Planet as a producer. Since then, MacDonald has produced numerous Canadian factual television programs. [1]
Title | Year | Role | Awards and nominations |
---|---|---|---|
Disasters at Sea [3] | 2018–2020 | Producer |
Canadian Screen Award for Best Factual Series
[2]
Gold Telly Award for General-Television [4] |
Jupiter: Close Encounter [5] | 2017 | Producer | New York Festival's Best News Documentary/Special 2017 Gold World Medal Winner |
Mayday [6] | 2012–2015 | Producer, writer | |
Canada 1812: Forged in Fire [7] | 2010 | Producer | |
Daily Planet | 1995–2008 | Producer | Nomination: 2008 Gemini Award for Best Lifestyle/Practical Segment [8] |