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Shaftesbury Films

Toronto, Canada(approximate location)

A visionary producer with a track record for delivering award-winning scripted content for audiences around the world, Christina Jennings is founder, chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury, a content company known for innovative storytelling and building successful brands.

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Who works there

  • Christina JenningsChairman and President
  • Michael RudolphDirector, Human Resources and Operations Boa
  • Benjamin DavisExecutive Vice President, Original Programmi

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
Founded1987Wikidata
Founded byChristina JenningsWikidata
LocationToronto, Canada
Websiteshaftesbury.ca
Emailinfo@shaftesbury.ca
Phone+1 416 363 1411
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.2IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

39 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Emmys0of1nominations0%

75 wins from 451 nominations across all awards

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Highest rated
Carmilla
2014
8.23,513 votes
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Lowest rated
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2017
4.3297 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, mystery
Active
1943–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Best known for
Departure

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 50 of 55 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
2774 seasons

2004–2026

Television rating
7.3IMDb

Their films average 6.0, so the television rates 1.3 higher.

Networks
  • CBC Television5
  • Acorn TV4
  • Family Channel4
  • YouTube3
  • RTÉ One2
  • Citytv2

Across 24 series matched to TMDB, 1,045 episodes. 7 still returning or in production.

Longest runningMurdoch Mysteries · 19 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.

Credits24 of 56

28 films · 27 TV titles

Titles per year52 titles · busiest 2009 with 6

52 titles across 30 years, averaging 1.7 a year. The last five years average 1.2 a year, below their long-run rate. 5 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time38 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 7.2200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 7.5 across 22 titles. The 10 titles since 2014 average 6.9, 0.3 below their 7.2 overall. 8 of 38 rated titles sit above their 7.2 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Peter Moss3
  • Eleanore Lindo2
  • Brad Turner2
  • Leslie S. Hiscott2
Writers
  • Carol Hay5
  • Daphne Ballon3
  • Bernice Thurman Hunter3
  • Gail Bowen3
  • Jeff Biederman2
Notable cast
  • Ashley Leggat4
  • Michael Seater4
  • Lauren Lee Smith3
  • Shawn Ashmore3
  • Megan Follows3
Genres
  • Drama36 of 50
  • Comedy12 of 50
  • Mystery10 of 50
  • Crime9 of 50
  • Family9 of 50

Names appearing on two or more of Shaftesbury Films’s produced titles, across the 50 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 with11 companies

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

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