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Omnifilm Entertainment

Vancouver, Canada(approximate location)

Since 1979, Omnifilm Entertainment has produced hundreds of hours of award-winning programming, from prime-time drama to documentaries.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television · Documentary
Founded byRobert McLachlanWikidata
Statusactive2026 credit i

How their work is rated

Average rating
6.5IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

9 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

18 wins from 81 nominations across all awards

Mostly
documentary, drama, adventure
Active
1992–2023
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Best known for
Defying Gravity

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 15 of 19 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
1224 seasons

1992–2026

Television rating
7.0IMDb

Their films average 3.9, so the television rates 3.1 higher.

Networks
  • Space2
  • CTV2
  • CBC Television2
  • Citytv1
  • ITV11
  • Animal Planet1

Across 9 series matched to TMDB, 261 episodes. 3 still returning or in production.

Longest runningJade Fever · 7 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.

Credits19

7 films · 12 TV titles

Titles per year18 titles · busiest 2005 with 2

18 titles across 23 years, averaging 0.8 a year. The last five years hold at 0.6 a year. 8 of those 23 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time8 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
357their average 6.5200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.2 across 4 titles. The 4 titles since 2010 average 5.7, 0.7 below their 6.4 overall. 4 of 8 rated titles sit above their 6.4 average.

Who they work with

Writers
  • Chris Aikenhead2
  • David Gullason2
Genres
  • Documentary5 of 15
  • Drama5 of 15
  • Adventure3 of 15
  • Comedy3 of 15
  • Action2 of 15

Names appearing on two or more of Omnifilm Entertainment’s produced titles, across the 15 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 with9 companies

Companies that appear alongside Omnifilm Entertainment on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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