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Arvi Liimatainen(1949-2018)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Production Manager
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Over twenty years experiance in film and television production Arvi is the past chair of the Banff Television Festival and a former Director of the National Screen Institute-Canada. Arvi loves to garden and beat the odds at the race track.
BornAugust 31, 1949
DiedMay 19, 2018(68)
BornAugust 31, 1949
DiedMay 19, 2018(68)
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  • Awards
    • 7 wins & 10 nominations total

Known for

Da Vinci's Inquest (1998)
Da Vinci's Inquest
8.1
TV Series
  • Producer
David Ingram in Hiccups (2010)
Hiccups
6.0
TV Series
  • Producer
Jake and the Kid (1995)
Jake and the Kid
7.9
TV Series
  • Producer
Survival Code (2013)
Survival Code
5.6
TV Movie
  • Producer
  • 2013

Credits

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Producer

  • Fei Ren in The Romeo Section (2015)
    The Romeo Section
    6.4
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 2015–2016
  • Anna Gunn and David Tennant in Gracepoint (2014)
    Gracepoint
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Survival Code (2013)
    Survival Code
    5.6
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 2013
  • David Ingram in Hiccups (2010)
    Hiccups
    6.0
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 2010–2011
  • The Quality of Life (2008)
    The Quality of Life
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • supervising producer
    • 2008
  • Intelligence (2005)
    Intelligence
    8.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 2005–2007
  • Klatsassin
    Short
    • producer
    • 2006
  • Da Vinci's City Hall (2005)
    Da Vinci's City Hall
    7.7
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 2005–2006
  • Da Vinci's Inquest (1998)
    Da Vinci's Inquest
    8.1
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 2000–2005
  • Bruce Greenwood and Brian Markinson in The Life (2004)
    The Life
    7.1
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 2004
  • Bobby Bruce in Mockstars (2002)
    Mockstars
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 2002
  • Cybill Shepherd, Michael Hogan, Peter Outerbridge, and Alexandra Purvis in Marine Life (2000)
    Marine Life
    5.5
    • producer
    • 2000
  • Jake and the Kid (1995)
    Jake and the Kid
    7.9
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1998–1999
  • Life in a Day (1999)
    Life in a Day
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1999
  • Hulk Hogan in Assault on Death Mountain (1999)
    Assault on Death Mountain
    3.8
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1999

Director

  • Jake and the Kid (1995)
    Jake and the Kid
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1996–1999
  • Henry Czerny, Elliott Gould, Lisa Jakub, Saul Rubinek, Tom Cavanagh, Chad Krowchuk, Sarah Lind, Stevie Mitchell, and Michael Sarrazin in Mentors (1998)
    Mentors
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1998–1999
  • Breaker High (1997)
    Breaker High
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997–1998
  • Strange and Rich
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Down Came the Rain
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Moccasin Flats (1991)
    Moccasin Flats
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1991
  • The Beachcombers (1972)
    The Beachcombers
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1986
  • Great Days in the Rockies
    Short
    • Director
    • 1983

Production Management

  • Children of the Dust (1995)
    Children of the Dust
    6.7
    TV Mini Series
    • production supervisor
    • 1995
  • George Kennedy in The Gunfighters (1987)
    The Gunfighters
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • production manager
    • 1987
  • Stone Fox (1987)
    Stone Fox
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • unit production manager
    • 1987
  • Cynthia Rothrock, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Emily Chu, Rosamund Kwan, Ching-Ying Lam, Richard Ng, Eric Tsang, Wu Ma, Biao Yuen, Yukari Ôshima, and Pauline Yuk-Wan Wong in Millionaires' Express (1986)
    Millionaires' Express
    6.9
    • unit manager: Canada
    • 1986
  • Bridge to Terabithia (1985)
    Bridge to Terabithia
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • production manager (as Arvi Liimatianen)
    • 1985
  • Isaac Littlefeathers (1984)
    Isaac Littlefeathers
    6.5
    • production manager
    • 1984

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Arvi Liimatianen
  • Born
    • August 31, 1949
    • Finland
  • Died
    • May 19, 2018
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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