Lone Eagle Entertainment Ltd. is a multiple award winning independent production company based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 1996 by Michael Geddes, Lone Eagle develops and produces unscripted high-concept television formats and scripted programming.
Lone Eagle is well known for the award winning, multi-season series You Gotta Eat Here! (150 episodes) which is seen around the world. Lone Eagle’s series Popstars was the #1 rated Canadian series for three consecutive seasons and was a landmark unscripted programming event in Canadian television. Lone Eagle also brought TV audiences the comedy panel show Too Much Information as well as multiple seasons of such favorites as: Big Food Bucket List, Wipeout Canada, Inside the Box, You Bet Your Ass, The Office Temps, Hooked Up, Game On, The Call, Supermodels, Tribes of the 21st Century and Carlawood.
Lone Eagle recently launched its feature documentary, “Offside: The Harold Ballard Story”,which debuted at the Whistler film festival in late 2022 and as a ‘big event’ television debut on the CBC in 2023. The highly acclaimed and ratings winning movie tells the story of the controversial owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs during his 25 year reign.
Lone Eagle is known in the industry as innovators and producers of ground-breaking ideas with a particular specialization in lifestyle, competition, comedy, game and documentary. In 2005 Lone Eagle was awarded Innovative Producer of the year at the Banff World TV festival among its many nominations and awards. Throughout the years, the Company has also been a go-to Producer of international hit formats like Popstars and Wipeout for launching very successful Canadian versions with local broadcasters. Through the efforts of well-respected industry leader SVP David Lerech, Lone Eagle is in daily contact with all US and Canadian media outlets with an ongoing slate of innovative series concepts that maintain our high standard for leading edge thinking in our development. Industry respected and 20 year veteran of Lone Eagle SVP Rachel Horvath will continue to oversee all production and work with the teams that will be assembled on all the series.
Lone Eagle series are distributed internationally.
Michael Geddes launched Lone Eagle Entertainment Ltd in 1996 and has built a Worldwide reputation for producing highly rated, high concept television. Michael was the recipient of the 2005 Banff World Television –Innovative Producer Award.
Lone Eagle proudly produced 150 episodes of the award winning TV series You Gotta Eat Here! for Food Network Canada. You Gotta Eat Here! won two awards at the 2014 and 2017 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Lifestyle or Talk Program or Series, and Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series. Lone Eagle is currently in its 4th season of Big Food Bucket List for Food Network Canada.
Before You Gotta Eat Here!, Lone Eagle’s first major network success was the pop music documentary Popstars, which debuted as the #1 Canadian Primetime Series in February 2001 and was the #1 Network series for three seasons running. This series was the first of its kind in Canada and nominated for Best Reality Series at the 2003 Gemini Awards.
Since then, Geddes also created and executive produced Too Much Information for Super Channel, Tribes of the 21st Century for Discovery Channel, multiple seasons of Carlawood, 130 episodes of Inside the Box for TVtropolis, 76 episodes of the hit game show series You Bet Your Ass on The Comedy Network, The Office Temps, Supermodels, Game On, Get A Grip On Golf for Global Television, Hooked Up (nominated as ‘Best Reality Series’ at the 2004 Gemini Awards), The Call for Life Network, and the ratings juggernaut Wipeout Canada for Shaw Media.
Recently, Geddes executive produced and produced Offside: The Harold Ballard Story the Companies first feature documentary which debuted at the Whistler Film fest in December 2022 and on the CBC in 2023.
In his charity work, Geddes is the creator of the highly acclaimed ‘Laughter is the Best
Medicine’ Comedy Gala, a major fundraiser for Michael Garron Hospital Foundation that has featured Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Jim Gaffigan headlining the event. He is the honourary Vice-Chair of Michael Garron Hospital Foundation and former board member of the Merry Go Round Children’s Foundation.
Michael has three children and currently resides in Toronto with his wife Lisa.
Rachel began her media career working as an editor and writer in magazine journalism. In 1998, she launched the national Canadian women’s magazine, Blonde, of which she was Co-Editor in Chief. In 2000 Rachel made the move to television production and joined the team at Lone EagleEntertainment. Rachel is the Producer of the CBC Original documentary feature OFFSIDE: THE HAROLD BALLARD STORY. Rachel’s television credits include Executive Producer of BIG FOOD BUCKET LIST (40 x ½hour for Food Network Canada); Supervising Producer of YOU GOTTA EAT HERE! (150 x ½ hour forFood Network Canada); Senior Producer of the Canadian version of the international hit WIPEOUT (14x 1 hour for TVtropolis); Producer of the multi-cam comedy chat show TOO MUCH INFORMATION (39x ½ hour for Super Channel); the studio comedic clip show MEME GURL (for Slice); Series Producer of multi-cam studio game show INSIDE THE BOX (2 x 65 episodes for TVtropolis); the anthology documentary series TRIBES OF THE 21ST CENTURY (3 episodes for Discovery Civilization); and 2 seasons of CARLAWOOD (documentary series for TVtropolis).
David is a veteran producer with over 20 years of experience creating content that can be seen on major platforms around the world. Prior to joining Lone Eagle David was a Senior Vice President and Executive producer at Boat Rocker Media, Crooked Horse. His most recent Executive Producer credits include Late Nite Eats (Food Network US), History in the Making (Boat Rocker Studios), Vintage Tech Hunters (Discovery Channel Canada). Previously, David was the Head of Development for Proper Television, where he helped develop and produce a wide variety of new series and original formats. Throughout his career, David has worked with many of the leading factual production companies in Canada and has successfully developed content for Netflix, Discovery US, Corus, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel, Science Channel, AHC, and many others. With experience working with international brands and world-renowned celebrities and influencers, David has a proven track record of creating original content with powerful narratives that resonate with viewers globally.
2022
Whistler Film Festival
Official Selection
Offside: The Harold Ballard Story
2022
Canadian Screen Awards
Nominated
Best Host in a Lifestyle Series – Big Food Bucket List
2021
Canadian Screen Awards
Nominated
Best Host in a Lifestyle Series – Big Food Bucket List
2021
Canadian Screen Awards
Nominated
Best Host in a Lifestyle Series – Big Food Bucket List
2017
Canadian Screen Awards
Winner
Best Lifestyle Program or Series – You Gotta Eat Here!
2017
Canadian Screen Awards
Nominated
Best Direction in a Lifestyle or Information Program or Series – You Gotta Eat Here!
2015
Canadian Comedy Awards
Nominated
Best TV Show – Too Much Information
2015
Canadian Screen Awards
Nominated
Best Lifestyle or Talk Program or Series – You Gotta Eat Here!
2015
World Fest Platinum Remi Award
Winner
Best Lifestyle Programming or Series – You Gotta Eat Here!
2014
Canadian Screen Awards
Winner
Best Lifestyle or Talk Program or Series – You Gotta Eat Here!
2014
Canadian Screen Awards
Winner
Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series – You Gotta Eat Here!
2014
World Fest Bronze Remi Award
Winner
Best Lifestyle Programming or Series – You Gotta Eat Here!
2005
Banff World Television Festival – Innovative Producer Award
Winner
Michael Geddes
2004
Gemini Award
Nominated
Best Reality Based Entertainment Program or Series – Hooked Up
2003
Gemini Award
Nominated
Best Reality Based Entertainment Program or Series – Popstars: The One
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email: info@loneeagle.tv
