COMPANY                    


COMPANY PROFILE
ABOUT EMPIRE FILM GROUP

DEAN HAMILTON BORNSTEIN
FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN

ERIC PARKINSON
DISTRIBUTION CONSULTANT


JIM TOWNSEND
PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTION

KEN GORD
INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION
CONSULTANT


JAMES ORDONEZ
LATIN AMERICAN CONSULTANT

JON J. FRANKLIN
EXECUTIVE SPORTS
MARKETING CONSULTANT

OUR MISSION
BUSINESS PLAN

EFG BEACON REPORT
BEACON REPORT


KEN GORD
INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION CONSULTANT

Born in Toronto and educated at the University of Toronto, Ken has been producing film and television for over 30 years.  He has filmed in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Saint John, Victoria, Banff, London, Paris, Bordeaux, the Scottish Highlands, Florida, Puerto Vallarta, Budapest, Eilat, Jerusalem, Jaipur, Bangkok, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg, Cuba and Spain.

Among his features are CRIMINAL LAW, directed by Martin Campbell, starring Gary Oldman and Kevin Bacon and distributed by Warner Bros.  Ken has just completed production on STUCK, starring Mena Suvari (AMERICAN BEAUTY) and Stephen Rea (THE CRYING GAME), directed by Stuart Gordon (REANIMATOR).

He has produced eighteen television movies for CBS, the Fox network, UPN, Global, CTV, Lifetime, Paramount Television, Pax, Alliance-Atlantis and CLT-Ufa, starring Sean Young, Famke Janssen, Kelly Rowan, John Savage, Kate Mulgrew, Corbin Bernsen, Robert Hays, Gregory Harrison, Donna Mills, Patsy Kensit, Emma Samms, Nicolette Sheridan, Lesley-Anne Down, Nastassja Kinski, Amanda Donohoe and Anthony Perkins.

In 2006, Ken produced 8 DAYS TO LIVE, a television movie which was the successful movie ever delivered from CTV’s drama development slate, peaking at two million viewers. It also broke records on the Lifetime Network in the U.S.  Mini-series include IRAN: DAYS OF CRISIS FOR TNT and DAY ONE for CBS/Spelling. DAY ONE won an Emmy in 1989 for Best Drama Special.

Ken was Producer on two seasons of the CBS series SWEATING BULLETS, the Paramount Television syndicated series QUEEN OF SWORDS, the Paris episodes of RELIC HUNTER (Cycle 1) and five seasons of the syndicated cult hit, HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES, nominated for a Gemini Award in 1996 as Best Dramatic Series. He has also worked on series for the DISNEY CHANNEL and USA.

In 1999 Ken produced TEASE, a direct to DVD Canada-Germany co-production starring Rosanna Arquette and Jurgen Prochnow for Fireworks/SAT1.  In 2001/2002 Ken produced six MOW’s, Canada-UK co-productions, for Grosso-Jacobson/Pax/Global, all from Mary Higgins Clark titles.

Ken has been involved in Canada-UK, Mexico, Israel, Luxemburg, France, Spain and Germany co-productions and is one of Canada’s most experienced producers.  He has been listed in the Canadian Who’s Who since 2001.