Douglas Leiterman

Background

He was born in 1927 in South Porcupine, Ontario.

Education

During the early 1950s, he attended the University of British Columbia for a Bachelor of Arts degree, while also working as a Vancouver Province reporter. He attended Harvard University in 1954 on a Nieman Fellowship.

Career

He toured Eastern Europe with Mary in 1955. Leiterman got his start in journalism in British Columbia, before becoming a correspondent on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for the Southam News Service. His television credits include This Hour Has Seven Days which he co-produced with Patrick Watson from 1964 to 1966.

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After that series was cancelled, Leiterman joined Columbia Broadcasting System to provide advice for the development of the 60 Minutes series. He produced a special "Sixteen in Webster Grove" for Columbia Broadcasting System. He produced other series such as "The Fabulous Sixties" and Here Come the Seventies (CTV, 1969-1972).

He produced documentaries for the United Nations and a nature film documentary series. He founded WIred CIty Communications, a cable company in Toronto, in the 1970s.

He founded Motion Picture Guarantors Incorporated., in the 1970s in Canada and The Motion PIcture Bond Company Limited., in the 1980s, the second largest completion bond company in the world for motion pictures.

He operated both companies internationally and bonded such films as "Peter The Great" and television series such as "Baywatch". He sold MPB to American International Group in the early 2000s. Leiterman died at his winter residence in Vero Beach, Florida on 19 December 2012.

Achievements

• He had a sister Mary, a teacher and founder of a school, who was married to renowned Ibiza architect and artist Rolph Blakstad.