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Michael Hirsh (born 1948) is a Belgian-born Canadian producer, TV executive, entrepreneur, and author. He has been attributed to building from the ground up the Canadian animation industry and, more specifically, award-winning children's programming since the 1980s.
Michael Hirsh. Producer: Rolie Polie Olie. Michael Hirsh is a significant figure in the Canadian television industry, a highly accomplished entrepreneur and executive who began his illustrious career as a filmmaker and later founded two remarkable children's entertainment companies.
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Michael Hirsh is a Canadian producer born in Brussels, Belgium to Polish parents. His parents met at a dance in Brussels after the Holocaust. His family relocated to Canada when he was three year old. He attended York University in Toronto, Ontario.
May 19, 2020 · Michael Hirsh, described as ‘the Canadian product of mixing Warren Buffett with Walt Disney’, is a giant in the animated television sector, having co-founded the renowned Nelvana with Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith in 1971, and continuing his career in children’s television to the present day.
Producer: Utopia. Michael Hirsh is known for Utopia (2014), The Dish (2000) and Have You Been Paying Attention? (2013).
Michael Hirsh may refer to: Michael Hirsh (producer) (born 1948), founder of the animation studio Nelvana. Michael Hirsh (journalist), political reporter for Newsweek magazine. Michael Hirsh (Australian producer), Australian film and TV producer at Working Dog Productions.