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Jonathan M. Shiff Productions

Port Melbourne, Australia(approximate location)

Founded in 1988, Jonathan M. Shiff Productions is a leading producer of high quality children’s and family television. Renowned for live-action drama series that are exciting and engaging for a youth and family audience, our children’s programming specialises in entertaining, fantasy-based adventures with exceptionally high production values. Our impressive catalogue of drama and documentary series has been sold to more than 160 territories worldwide.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television · Documentary
Founded1988Wikidata
Founded byJonathan M. ShiffWikidata
Statuslikely activesite live, last 2018 i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.1IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

9 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
BAFTAs2of2nominations100%

10 wins from 40 nominations across all awards

Mostly
drama, adventure, family
Active
1991–2018
Best known for
H2O: Just Add Water

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 13 of 17 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
1525 seasons

1991–2018

Television rating
7.1IMDb

Across 9 rated series, weighted by votes

Networks
  • 1011
  • Eleven3
  • 10 (Online)1
  • 10 Shake1

Across 12 series matched to TMDB, 524 episodes.

Longest runningMako Mermaids · 4 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits17

2 films · 13 TV titles

  • 2018 · TV

    Produced

  • 2013 · TV

    Produced

  • 2013 · TV

    Produced

  • 2012 · TV

    Produced

  • 2009 · Film

    Produced

  • 2008 · TV

    Produced

  • 2006 · TV

    Produced

  • 2005 · TV

    Produced

  • 2004 · TV

    Produced

  • 2003 · TV

    Produced

  • 2002 · TV

    Produced

  • 1999 · TV

    Produced

  • 1991 · TV

    Produced

  • 2013

    Produced

  • 2001 · TV

    Produced

  • 1994

    Produced

  • 1994 · Film

    Produced

Titles per year14 titles · busiest 2013 with 3

14 titles across 20 years, averaging 0.7 a year. The last five years average 0.0 a year, below their long-run rate. 8 of those 20 years carry no credit on file. 14 titles between 1997 and 2026, most in 2013 (3). 0 in the last five years shown, against 1 in the five before.

Quality over time8 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
5678their average 7.1200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.3 across 4 titles. The 3 titles since 2009 average 6.8, 0.3 below their 7.1 overall. 4 of 8 rated titles sit above their 7.1 average. 8 titles rated on IMDb between 1997 and 2026, averaging 7.1 weighted by votes. Highest: Thunderstone (1999) at 7.3; lowest: Reef Doctors (2013) at 6.3.

Who they work with

Writers
  • Jonathan M. Shiff8
Notable cast
  • Jeffrey Walker2
Genres
  • Drama10 of 13
  • Adventure9 of 13
  • Family6 of 13
  • Comedy4 of 13
  • Action4 of 13

Names appearing on two or more of Jonathan M. Shiff Productions’s produced titles, across the 13 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with10 companies

Companies that appear alongside Jonathan M. Shiff Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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