Perry Rosemond

[1] Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Rosemond has created, produced, written and directed international television for over forty years.

His efforts, notably Royal Canadian Air Farce and King of Kensington, have been rewarded with the Order of Canada in his home country, and the George Foster Peabody Award in the United States.

His A&E production of the Broadway play Cold Storage starring Len Cariou and Martin Balsam earned him the ACE Award.

This was followed by screen adaptations of Breakfast with Les and Bess starring Dick Van Dyke and Cloris Leachman and Some Men Need Help with Treat Williams and Philip Bosco.

Work in the United States has included the PBS series, Freestyle, a groundbreaking series on androgyny; the four-hour ABC Silver Anniversary Celebration featuring Julie Andrews and John Wayne; the situation comedy Good Times; series and specials for Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Tom Jones, Richard Pryor, Donny and Marie, Dean Martin, Howie Mandel and Johnny Cash; and Hollywood's Most Sensational Mysteries, including dramatizations of the lives of Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner.

Syndicated series include Norm Crosby's Comedy Shop and Starting from Scratch, starring Bill Daily and Connie Stevens.

He directed profiles for CBC's Telescope series of Oscar Peterson, Arthur Hailey, Gordon Pinsent, Glenn Gould, Ray Bradbury and Donald Sutherland among others.