Harold Greenberg (January 11, 1930 – July 1, 1996) was a Canadian film producer. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A film producer is a person who creates the conditions for making movies.
Born in Montreal, Greenberg began working in a second-hand camera store when he was thirteen. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec He set up his own film and photography company and made a fortune by obtaining the exclusive rights to footage from Expo 67 in Montreal. The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or Expo 67 as it was commonly known was the World's Fair held in Montreal, Canada from April 27 to October In 1973 he acquired Astral Communications and it became one of the leading film production companies in Canada, producing such films as Porky's, the most successful Canadian film ever and the critically acclaimed The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. For the former broadcasting company which owned the above properties see Standard Broadcasting. Porky's is a Comedy film about the escapades of teenagers at the fictional Angel Beach high school in Florida in 1954. In the 1980s Greenberg became heavily involved in pay TV and started The Movie Network and other pay per view channels. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The Movie Network (TMN is a Canadian English language Premium television service Pay-per-view (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which Television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event Astral communications also distribute many international programs in Canada.
Greenberg died in 1996 and his brother Ian Greenberg took Harold's place as head of Astral.
He was also a noted philanthropist and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin In 1992 he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.
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