Ilana Frank


Ilana C. Frank is a Canadian film and television producer and founder of ICF Films, best known for producing the award-winning series The Eleventh Hour, Rookie Blue, and Saving Hope. The Eleventh Hour, which she executively produced and co-created, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2003 and 2005, and was nominated for over 30 Gemini Awards, winning in all major categories.

Life and career

Frank has a background in theater. Frank worked for several years producing theatrical plays before steering her career towards film and television producing. In the mid-1980s she joined Norstar Entertainment, a Toronto-based production and distribution company, as VP of Production, where she oversaw the work on over 20 feature films. She met her ex-husband, actor Maury Chaykin, on the set of a play called Tony's Woman, they divorced in 1993. She received an award from the Writers Guild of Canada in 2007 for mentoring Canadian talent.

Filmography as producer

Television credits

The Eleventh Hour Would Be Kings Clean Rookie Blue Saving Hope The Detail

Motion picture credits

Mania: The Intruder Bullies High Stakes Prom Night II Blindside Higher Education Norman's Awesome Experience Cold Comfort Prom Night III: The Last Kiss Oh, What a Night Liar's Edge Blown Away Cold Sweat The Club Boulevard Jungleground Salt Water Moose Pale Saints No Contest II Men with Guns The Life Before This Of Murder and Memory Something Red Method Parachute
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