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Ocean Entertainment

Your destination for addictive viewing experiences produced in Atlantic Canada.

Ocean Entertainment has produced award-winning television for over 20 years, with a total of over 400 broadcast hours worldwide. Our shows will take you down hidden paths, to the depths of the sea and to delicious destinations around the globe.

Our team is made up of talented, experienced people both in front of and behind the camera, and our full service-production company oversees everything from show development, to production, to post-production.

Ocean has built a solid reputation for producing food series like French Food at Home, Chef at Home, as well as remodelling shows like Family Renovation. Recently, we’ve refined the true crime genre, producing docu-reality series To Catch a Killer and Did He Do It. Ocean produced five seasons of award-winning comedy series The Candy Show, a multi-camera studio shoot featuring 90+ talented musical acts and performers, all filmed in front of a live studio audience. Last but not least, our documentary slate includes captivating mysteries like the Shag Harbour UFO Incident, and historical films like The Halifax Explosion and Childhood Lost.

Ocean’s small but mighty team are experienced service producers, having created series for Discovery US, Investigation Discovery, and Travel Channel. Our local Nova Scotia crews are hard working and resourceful; always showcasing the very best our province has to offer.

Our shows have appeared on networks like Discovery, HGTV, Food Network, Cooking Channel, CBC, and AMI-TV, just to name a few. Ocean’s recognitions include six Gemini Awards, two James Beard Awards, and numerous film festival prizes.

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Our Team

Johanna Eliot

President & Executive Producer

Johanna is President of Ocean Entertainment and Ocean Digital. She has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Calgary and is the key strategist for the Ocean group. As an Executive Producer, Johanna oversees all the hiring and budgets and personally guarantees the highest quality for all projects generated by Ocean. She is a member of the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and The Canadian Independent Film Caucus. She also sits on the board of the Atlantic Chapter of EO (Entrepreneur Organization) and is a member of IWF (International Women’s Federation).

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Jennifer Comeau

VP Development and Production

With over 20 years of film & television industry experience in development, production, post production, marketing and distribution, Jennifer oversees development and production of all of Ocean’s award-winning television series and documentaries. Jennifer was previously Animation Producer at Collideascope Digital; Director of Marketing & Distribution with Topsail Entertainment, and Sales & Marketing Coordinator with Salter Street Films. She is a member of the Board of Directors of AFCOOP, The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, and a volunteer with Women in Film & Television, WIFT-AT.

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Jeff Parker - Story & Development Producer at Ocean Entertainment

Jeff Parker

Story & Development Producer

Jeff Parker is a Halifax-based producer and filmmaker with over a decade of industry experience. As Story & Development Producer, he oversees all of Ocean Entertainment’s productions from inception to delivery. Jeff has worked as writer, director and producer for TV series that have appeared on Discovery, History Channel, Smithsonian TV, CBC, and more. He also holds an honours English degree from Mount Allison University (’10) and a Masters in Popular Culture from Brock University (’12).

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Awards

The Candy Show- Small Spaces, Familiar Faces – Trevor Grant

Canadian Screen Award Nomination for Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series 2014.

French Food At Home with Laura Calder

James Beard Award 2010 for Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location: French Food at Home with Laura Calder.
Host: Laura Calder, Network: Food Network Canada, Producer: Johanna Eliot.

French Food At Home II – Mike O’Neill

Gemini Award 2009 for Best Original Music in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series -episode “French Food Desserts”

The Chateau Dinner: A French Food At Home Special

Gemini 2009 nomination for Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series – Dugald McLaren
Gemini 2009 nomination for Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series

Chef At Home – Trevor Grant

Gemini for Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series from the 2006 Gemini awards.

Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film

Gold Remi from the 2005 World Fest Houston Awards

Chef At Large – Food Critic

Gold Remi from the 2005 World Fest Houston Awards

Childhood Lost: The Story of Canada’s Home Children

Special Jury Award from the 2005 World Fest Houston Awards

Childhood Lost: The Story of Canada’s Home Children

Certificate For Creative Excellence from the 2005 US International Film and Video Festival

The Food Hunter – Pete Luckett

Gemini for Best Host in a Lifestyle/ General Interest or Talk Program or Series from the 2004 Gemini Awards

Reinventing Ritual – Coming of Age

Certificate For Creative Excellence from the 2004 US International Film And Video Festival

Reinventing Ritual – Birth and Death

Honourable Mention at the 2003 Columbus International Film and Video Awards.

The Hero’s Hero: The Forgotten Life of William Barker

Certificate For Creative Excellence from the 2004 US International Film And Video Festival

Saturday Night: A Day in the Night of Chef Michael Smith

James Beard Foundation Award 2002
Viking Range Best National Television Cooking Show or Special

Breakaway: Tale of Two Survivors

Gemini 2001
“Donald Brittain Award” Best Social Political Documentary
Humanitarian Award, Hot Docs 2001
Golden Sheaf award, Yorkton Film & Video Festival 2001
Best Atlantic Documentary, Atlantic Film Festival 2000
Nominated at Amsterdam International Documentary Festival 2000

The Moody Brood

Columbus International Film & Video Festival 1999 – “Honorable Mention”
US International Film & Video Festival 1999
“Gold Camera Award” Documentary
Worldfest Houston 2000
“Silver Award” Short Subject Film & Video Awards Documentary

Minyan on the Mira

Columbus International Film & Video Festival 1998 – “Honorable Mention”