Katherine Jeans | Sound Venture Productions

KATHERINE A. JEANS
Vice President
Director/Producer
Sound Venture Productions

Katherine joined Sound Venture Productions in 1985 as a producer and partner. After successfully producing and creating programming for three years, she directed the award-winning documentary about breast cancer, "Surviving The Fear" for CTV. She has since crafted well over 125 hours of programming for most of the Canadian broadcasters: "Angels of Mercy" for Global/Canwest, "Canvas of War", "Frame by Frame", and "Personal Essay" for the CBC and Adrienne Clarkson Presents, "Homes By Design" for HGTV and "Foot Notes", "The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation", "Whole Notes" for BRAVO!, reality series for OLN "Paradise Seekers". 65 half-hours for YTV/Treehouse "TheToy Castle".

She has garnered many awards for her work including; A Gemini for Best Pre-School for The Toy Castle. "The Award of Excellence" from The Alliance for Children and Television for "Painting Pictures" and "Get A Life". The YMCA Women of Distinction Award, The Canadian Nurses Association - Media Award for "ANGELS OF MERCY", the ITVA Golden Maple Award for "REMEMBRANCE DAY", Profiles of Women in Progress Award - Washington DC for "SURVIVING THE FEAR”.
Katherine is also an accomplished visual artist. Her art work is shown publicly and privately in galleries. See more about her visual art a
www.katherinejeans.com

BROADCAST CREDITS:

PRODUCER / DIRECTOR 
“Super 8 – The Art of Making It!” - 2009 One hour documentary Museum curators, gallerists, art experts and eight talented artists share their secrets of making it into the centric circles of the Canadian art world.
Homes By Design – 2007-2008 - 13 new half hours HIGH DEFINITION. International Documentary series about residential architecture featuring architects and homes from around the world.
In Search of A Soul:
Inspiration of the architecture of the New Canadian War Museum with architect Raymond Moriyama. 1x60 minutes
Actor's Notes
6X30 documentary series about the craft of acting. (BRAVO!,STAR, LEARNING CHANNEL)
The Toy Castle
65X30' pre-school series (YTV/TREEHOUSE/TFO)
Paradise Seekers
13X30' reality-tv series brings 4 strangers to paradise. (OLN)
Frame By Frame: The Invisible Art of Carol Spier
1X60' documentary behind the scenes look of Production Designer Carol Spier. (CBC)
WholeNotes
6X30' on classical music (Bravo!)
Homes By Design
65X30' on architecture of home from around the world. (LifeNetwork/HGTV US)
Footnotes: The Classics of Ballet
Series III A look at Classical Ballet (Bravo!)
Personal Essay
1-hour performance biography on Frank Augustyn (CBC)
Art of History
Series of short programs on the history of art (HistoryChannel)
Artifacts
Series of short programs about artifacts for children (CBC / SRC)
Painting Pictures
Series of short programs about art for children (CBC/SRC)
Canvas of Conflict
1 x 60' documentary about the art and artists of WW l (CBC-Adrienne Clarkson Presents/Bravo!)
The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation
1/2-hour documentary on the Group of Seven (Bravo!/SCN/CFCF/CFRN/Knowledge Network, SRC)
Angels of Mercy
1-hour documentary on the Nursing Sisters of WW l and WW ll (Global/CanWest System, SRC)
Surviving the Fear
1-hour documentary on breast cancer. (Baton/SCN/KnowledgeNetwork/CFCN/CFRN/TVOntario/CFCF/ASN/WTN)
More Than Meets The Eye
1/2-hour documentary on the National Gallery of Canada (CBC/SCN/Knowledge Network, SRC)

PRODUCER  
LIVE! From the National Arts Centre -
2X60' hour concert performance of Canada'sNAC Orchestra, conducted by Pinchas Zukerman (CBC/SRC)
Get a Life
20 x 1/2hours -A slammin TV series for teens on careers (ROGERS/TVO)
A Cry of Bugles
4-partseries about the Canadian forces in the Persian Gulf War (Baton)
Fred's Place
1/2-hour television special on the Chapeau Hotel (CHRO)
Remembrance Day
4-minute film (Various Networks)

INSTITUTIONAL WORK  
Canadian War Museum
Producer/Director for the films and sound scapes for the permanent exhibitions.