The Canadian Opera Company, also based in Toronto, is the country's largest and most influential producer of opera productions.
In the 1980s, he became one of the most influential producers of dancehall music.
ABC, feeling the show was a "disaster", did not want to air it, but the influential producer successfully fought for it.
Despite his isolation from London, he was among the more influential mid-century producers.
Scott Rudin, an influential producer, said: "There is a changing of the guard, no doubt about it.
He is described as being "the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world" by the New York Times.
Cameron Mackintosh, the most successful, influential and powerful theatrical producer in the world, is producing dinner.
With her "most influential producer to date," Mitchell Koss, she discovered that her true passion was out of the studio, reporting from the field.
He was, however, contracted to direct his next film for Dino De Laurentiis, an influential producer in the fantasy film industry.
In a business where women are very visible on the screen and are among the most influential producers and writers, they have remained rare in upper management.