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Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer
Floyd Kane
BornEast Preston, Nova Scotia, Canada
Occupations
  • 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.

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.

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.

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. 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. While practicing law within the film industry, Kane also pursued his passion for writing screenplays.

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. During the same year, the Halifax Film Company eventually transformed into DHX Media, where Kane continued as a VP until 2010.

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.

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.

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. October 2018. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  3. "A creative lawyer: Floyd Kane (LLB'96) - Dalhousie University Alumni". alumni.dal.ca. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  4. "In casting a new crime show, CBC is looking for Canada's Kerry Washington". thestar.com. 2 June 2018. 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.comâ„¢". The Sault Star. 3 July 2006. p. 16. 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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