MICHAEL GEDDES, President/CEO of Lone Eagle Entertainment

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.

Recently, 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. Geddes is currently producing  season three of Big Food Bucket List for Food Network Canada as well as Ballard a 90 min feature film documentary, set to debut in 2022.

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 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.

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.