Gord graduated from Bathurst Heights Secondary School and then enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program at the University of Toronto but dropped out after completing the second of three years.

In 1991 and 1992, Gord produced two seasons of the CBS late-night crime show Tropical Heat (aka Sweating Bullets) in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and Eilat, Israel.

[2] Since then, he has produced other syndicated series, such as the Paris episodes of Relic Hunter and a season of Queen of Swords, shot in Almeria, Spain at Texas Hollywood.

[citation needed] In 2006, he produced Eight Days to Live, which was the most successful in-house television movie ever broadcast on CTV, and also broke records on the Lifetime Network.

The New York Times called it a "...grim, expert little thriller..."[citation needed] He produced XIII: The Conspiracy, a 4-hour mini-series based on the graphic novel of the same name, starring Val Kilmer.