Michael MacMillan

Michael I. M. MacMillan, born in 1957, is a Canadian film and broadcasting executive who is the chief executive of Blue Ant Media. He co-founded Atlantis Films in 1978, which won an Oscar in 1984 for its short film Boys and Girls and an Emmy in 1992 for Lost in the Barrens, and in 1993 it became a broadcaster with the launch of Life Network. In 1998 Atlantis acquired Alliance Communications to become Alliance Atlantis, which under his leadership operated 13 Canadian television networks including HGTV Canada, Showcase, History Television and Food Network and produced the series CSI. He retired when Alliance Atlantis was sold to Canwest and Goldman Sachs in 2007 and in 2011 launched Blue Ant Media. He co-founded the civic organisation Samara and the Open Roof Festival, and co-owns the Closson Chase winery in Prince Edward County, Ontario.