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MARTIN HIMEL:
HOST, CORRESPONDENT, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR

Martin Himel is a Television host, director, and correspondent who has produced television series, documentaries, and news coverage for major American, Canadian and European broadcasters.

Himel's documentaries and reports have exposed major issues throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas and have appeared on PBS, Bloomberg TV, NBC, SKY, BBC, CNN, Vision Television Canada, CBC, CTV, Global Television Canada, Fox News USA, HD NET, and many other outlets.

Through his film company Elsash Productions Ltd www.elsash-tv.com.


Martin Himel is Hosting, Producing, and Directing:

Infidelity 4 x 30 min series broadcasting on Vision Television Network. CBC Doc Channel and CTS Canada.

Persecuted Christians 1 x 60 min documentary focusing on the plight of Christians in Iraq and the Mid East broadcast on Vision TV Canada, PBS, and HD Net.

Jew Bashing New Anti-Semitism (4 X 60 Minutes) Exposes on camera new anti-Semitism in the Middle-East, Europe, United States and Canada, Broadcasting on Vision Television Network Canada and Channel 2 Israel.

Robotic Warriors 1 x 60 min documentary broadcasting on CBC Doc Channel, Bloomberg USA and Dan Rather Reports USA.

Twist of Faith a 13 x 30 min television series investigating how religions affect world events. The series broadcast in Canada on the Vision Television Network throughout 2009/10.

In North Korea Desperate or Deceptive, Himel succeeded in exposing life within this closed Communist Country as rarely seen before. The program broadcast in larger and smaller versions on Global TV Canada, NBC, PBS News hour, CNN International, SKY Television, Swedish, Dutch, Austrian, Korean, Chinese, and other networks.

Archaeology Minefields 1 x 60 min 'Investigative Profile of Antiquities Discovery' Vision Television Canada and Dan Rather Report USA. (Elsash Productions)

In Search Of 13 x 30 min episodes International Current Affairs

Series (Elsash Productions)

Foreign Correspondent International Current Affairs Series

[30mins x 8 episodes] Global Television Network (Elsash Productions)

End of Day 1 x 60 mins 'Explores the complex relationship between American Evangelical Movements and Israel' Vision Television Canada (Elsash Productions)

Jenin - Massacring Truth (1 x 60 min) investigates Palestinian West Bank warfare and Anti-Israel Campus Movements'. Global Television Network Canada. SBS Australia, IBA Israel. (Elsash Productions)

Confrontation at Concordia (1 x 60 min) Profile on Anti-American and Anti Israel Campus Movements, Global Television Network Canada, IBA Israel. (Elsash Productions)

360 Degrees Current Affairs Series (30min x39 Episodes)

National Geographic, I Channel Canada, Sweden TV, Dutch TV, Poland TV, First Asia News Channel, SABC, and many more.

(Elsash Productions)

Dangerous Legacy - (60 min and 15 min versions) 'Profiles the Legacy of Balkan Wars' News Hours PBS, CNN International, SVT Sweden, Austrian TV, Dutch TV, Irish TV. (Elsash Productions)

Angels with Broken Wings (1 x 60 min) Investigation into the horrific conditions of Children kept in closed Psycho-Neurological wards in Russia. (Elsash Productions) Broadcast WTV Canada, SVT Sweden, Dutch TV, Danish TV, TVE Spain, ORS Austria, Israel TV, and others.

Roving Report international magazine program, Associated Press Television International Current Affairs Series (1995 - 2003)


AWARDS:

GRAND JURY SPECIAL AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY EXCELLENCE - JENIN MASSACRING TRUTH. HOUSTON WORLDFEST FESTIVAL.

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY, NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2003 (CONFRONTATION AT CONCORDIA)

CO-WINNER BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE SHOW - NEW YORK TELEVISION FESTIVAL 1995 (Granted to specific Roving Report Program.)


NEWS COVERAGE: Correspondent

1995- 2007 Global TV Correspondent, On air coverage, reporting, live broadcasts, Q & A throughout the Middle east, Europe and Asia.

Major Stories Covered: Lebanon Israel War.

Gulf Wars 1 &2. Palestinian Uprising. North Korea Coverage.

Mid East Peace Process. Ukrainian Uprising. Serbia NATO war.

1996-98 Fox News USA, Middle East correspondent, On air coverage, reporting, direct editing, live broadcasts, throughout the Middle East. Gulf Crisis. Palestinian Uprising. Mid East Peace Process.

1993-95 Baton Broadcasting Canada, Bureau chief / News Correspondent. Mid east, Asian, European and African Coverage .

1983-93 CTV Television, Network Canada Bureau chief, News correspondent- Middle east bureau. Middle East and European coverage, including the Gulf War, Palestinian Uprising, and East-European Revolutions.

1980-83 ABC NEWS, Field Producer and Radio Reporter.

1978-80 CTV Television, Segment Producer, Story Editor Canada AM


EDUCATION:

1) BA Economics & International Relations

2) Paramedic - Emergency Medicine/Mass Disasters.


LANGUAGES:

Fluent: English, Hebrew

Conversational : Arabic, French



ELSASH PRODUCTIONS LTD.     45 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 1400 Toronto, Ontario M4V 1L3, Canada     Tel: (416) 800 9224