Gregory Gallagher

Montreal, H2X1G6 Canada
Website: http://www.gregorybgallagher.com
Contact

Professional Experience

Creator/producer of 2015 Jean-Michel Cousteau's "Ambassadors of the Environment" transmedia series. Sesame Street TV writer, travel author/photographer Michelin, Penguin + Fodors. 2014 BLUE Ocean Film Festival judge. Winner 2014 Royal Reel Award @ Canada International Film Festival. Winner 2013 Rogers Documentary Fund Award. Executive-Producer of feature documentary film "Legends of Magdalen" broadcast on CBC, The Documentary Channel, plus onboard all Air Canada flights worldwide. Winner 2012 StoryNet Doc Film Challenge. Writing projects for National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institute, Virgin Airlines, Explore Magazine and Jane Goodall Institute. Winner 2011 Story of the Year (Caribbean Tourism Organization).Producer of Rolling Stone Magazine's Anniversary Documentary for CBC. Creator of "Universal Jazz" series: CBC/Ideas + Radio-Canada International, 15 one-hour documentaries tracing the history of jazz music and creators, producers and writers.

Expertise

Producer (television)
15 Years
Writer
25 Years
Other, Specify
15 Years

Specialty

Environment & Nature
18 Years
Lifestyle
15 Years
Other, Specify
20 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - Ent - Radio (National)
25 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
15 Years
Other
10 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

25 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

The Globe & Mail Dreamscapes Magazine (10+), American Airlines Latitudes Magazine (10+), Northstar Travel Media (Intelliguides) (10+), Travel Weekly Magazine (6-10), Ulysse Magazine (Paris) (6-10), VIA Rail Canada Destinations Magazine (3-5), National Geographic Traveler Magazine (3-5), LIAT Airlines ZiNG Magazine (3-5), Michelin Travel Guides (3-5), Doctors Review Magazine (3-5), Ensemble Vacations Magazine (3-5), EYEWITNESS TOP TEN TRAVEL MONTREAL & QUEBEC CITY (3-5), FODOR'S 2011 Montreal & Quebec City (1-2), Canadian Geographic Magazine (1-2), Groupe PVP (1-2), Hachette (Paris) (1-2), Home & Abroad LLC (1-2), EXPLORE Magazine (Taca Airlines) (1-2), Asian Sources Magazine (1-2), Cambridge Publishing & IIPTT (1-2), AAA Living Magazine (1-2), Smithsonian Magazine (1-2), VIRGIN Airlines First Class Magazine (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (10+), Southam News Group (10+), Studio 333 Photo + DeBelle Photography.com (3-5), VIA Rail Canada (3-5), Globelite Travel Marketing (3-5), Better Nutrition Magazine (3-5), Cote Nord Tremblant (3-5), Courrier International (Paris) (3-5), Home and Abroad LLC (3-5), Jane Goodall Foundation (3-5), JED New Media (3-5), Koolivoo Australia (1-2), Jean-Michel Cousteau TV Series (1-2), International Institute of Peace Through Tourism (1-2), Minister Quebec Tourism (1-2), P/S/L Group (medical news) (1-2), ParaFilms (see PlanktonChronicles.org on TED ED) (1-2), Parafilm's Plancton Chronicles (1-2), PURE Canada (Canadian Tourism Commission) (1-2), Grenadines Estate Villas (1-2), Explore Magazine TACA Airlines (1-2), Walking Down A Dream (1-2)

Other Work History

CANADIAN NATIONAL (CN) OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT - content production. VIA Rail Canada President & CEO (speech-writing) Grenadines Estate Villas large-format book Rolling Stone Magazine Anniversary Documentary The Oscar Peterson Story (Biography) "Willie Dixon: I Am the Blues" (Biography) The Pointer Sisters Special (Biography) Roberta Flack Special (Biography) Olympus America Inc. Canadian Airlines International (CP) Jane Goodall Foundation The International Ecotourism Society Tourism & Travel Marketing/Press Materials

Technical Skills

Video interviewing/hosting, music editing, sound editing/mixing, photo/video editing, aerial photography, video production, documentary project management, graphics creation, website design and implementation, Ecommerce tooling, wildlife photography & original editorial content.

Foreign Language Skills

French at a fluid level in reading, writing & conversation & Spanish at more than basic level in all three areas. Some basic Italian & German too.

Unions

Society of Canadian Composers & Authors (SOCAN) Association of Canadian Television & Radio Artists (ACTRA) ELAN

Computer Skills

Final Cut Pro, InCopy, Flash, Word, Excel, Mac OS 10.10.1, Photoshop, Adobe Professional

Equipment

MacProBook, Olympus EM-1 Professional DSLR camera & Tough underwater camera, Nikon D90, Flip Video HD camera, Sony LCD-TX50 pocket recorder, Livescribe PULSE pen, iPod & iTalk for interviews, plus a fully-equipped digital photography studio at: www.333photo.com

Work Permits & Visas

I work around the world on an ongoing basis, including the U.S., Great Britain, Europe, Asia and Central America.

References

Gina Roitman, writer, filmmaker & owner of G.Roitman & Associates. www.ginaroitman.com Donna Vieira, Editor-in-Chief, Dreamscapes Magazine www.dreamscapes.ca Antonio Saladino, President, Canouan Resorts Development, Canouan Island, Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines, www.canouan.com

Awards

2014 Royal Reel Award from Canada International Film Festival 2013 Rogers Documentary Fund 2012 Winner of StoryNet Film Contest (Heritage Canada) 2011 Story of the Year 1st Prize from CTO (CaribbeanTourismOrganization) for "Guadeloupe: A Diver's Dream" published In Ensemble Vacation Magazine. 2008 Travel Guide of the Year Award (Guardian Newspaper Global Competition) for DK's Eyewitness Top Ten Travel Guides (Penguin). Sesame Street Television Show awards Critics Choice Award Literary Press 1998 Canada Council for the Arts (Explorations Grant) Ontario Arts Council Grant

Associations

Royal Canadian Geographical Society Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) International Travel Writers Alliance (ITWA) Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) MediaBistro Freelance Success Travelwriters.com Canadian Tourism Commission Association of Canadian Television & Radio Artists (ACTRA) Qubec Writers Federation (QWF) English Language Artists Network (ELAN)

Showcase

Consumer

Whether religious, exploratory or athletic in nature, walking tours serve body, mind and spirit.
A 2-page spread from downhill skier's POV over stunning St. Lawrence River Valley from atop Quebec's Le Massif Mountain. Highest accumulation yearly of powdered snow makes this mountain a magnet for those "in-the-know" for guaranteed downhill ski fun, but now so much more....
Dynamo resort builder Mike Ryan creates a new level of luxury residential living with the building of the Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, featuring his Seven Wonders of Seven Mile Beach.
Romance infuses any luxury train excursion with an elixir of sensory pleasures, enticing even the most skeptical of travelers into a kind of timeless reverie fit for royalty. The very sight of vintage rail carriages, decked out in shining brass and polished wood finery, ignites universal images.
How one person takes an island community in the Caribbean out of the Middle Ages into contemporary life in a matter of 25 years. A remarkable journey by Antonio Saladino as he innocently visits the tiny island of Canouan during a sailing vacation, to his impassioned remake of the entire island.
An overview of luxury ecotourism in Central American countries, including Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.
Canouan, meaning "turtle" in ancient Caribe, lies 100 miles west of Barbados, just southwest of Mustique and north of Tobago Cays. Part of St. Vincent & the Grenadines, this tiny destination is where Swiss-Italian property impresario Antonio Saladino has created his own recipe for success
The story of the amazing turn of events in Bob Abrames life, which results in his re-creating one of the most famous outdoor excursions in the history of North America's discovery by Europeans. Without any modern conveniences to rely upon, Voyageur Bob and eight other canoeists are traversing the wilds between Canada's Athabaska Lake and the Pacific Ocean. This epic adventure will take the group over 100 days and will include a portage of 400 miles through the Rocky Mountains.
Discover the enthralling Holland cruise adventure through the Inside Passage of British Columbia's vast wilderness on to the glacial wonders of the Alaska icefields.
Off the churning waters of the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence sits a duet of craggy islands called Saint Pierre et Miquelon, belonging to France. In fact, this is the last remnant of the once colonial powerhouse in North America. Find out where and when to visit, and what to watch out for in this charming community near Newfoundland.
The elegant interior of Montreal's Gare Centrale/Central Train Station welcomes and bids adieu to passengers as they return and embark on an historic tradition of transcontinental train travel.
Launch of "Ambassadors of the Environment Transmedia Series" in partnership with Jean-Michel Cousteau and Groupe PVP. Unique concept begins with production of 13 half-hour TV episodes, plus an interactive website, game app, and stand alone videos.
Barbados-based luxury lifestyle magazine. Nearby Canouan Island, where the 2009 Sports Illustrated Magazine cover was shot, offers hidden treasures. This story walks the reader through the writer's first trip to Canouan, and his lasting impressions of this little bit of heaven in the Caribbean.
The story of the legendary Cape Cod Dune Shacks, where artists like American Theatre icon Eugene O'Neill, 50's beat writer Jack Kerouac, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author Norman Mailer, abstract painters Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, and contemporary writer Michael Cunningham all struggled with their Muse near Provincetown.
Guadeloupe charms travelers with a bevy of delights not to be missed and this one-pager weaves some of the best areas, attractions, and elements in this island group destination.
When talking about European atmosphere in North America, you can't skip over Quebec City. And why would you want to? The French-speaking city is a traveler's dream, offering a dizzying mix of intriguing cultural, historic, gastronomic, and natural attractions.
The Top 10 Ski Destinations in the World is the subtitle for this expansive look at where to best go catch air as a skier. From Lake Placid to Austria, Chile to Austria, B.C. to France, this story delivers.
Personal experience visiting the Bathurst Inlet Lodge near the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic. Owned 50/50 by native Inuit and the Warner family, this location is ideal for those truly wishing to get away from it all and commune with the wild.

Corporate + Consumer

Aboriginal tourism outfitters, sites, and adventures covering all areas of Canada, including the northern territories and Maritimes.
Upscale book about African safari lodges across a wide variety of styles, destinations, and costs. I wrote the text for this book on a very tight deadline for Koolivoo in Australia.
VIDEO Password: leonard. Our 45-minute film explores the myths & legends of hundreds of shipwrecks & sunken treasure off the remote Magdalen Islands, one of North America's greatest underwater cemeteries. Film centers upon Leonard Clark; local fisherman, farmer, mapmaker and amateur archeologist.
The tale of a unique voyage following the same path along the mighty Saint Lawrence River which Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain followed when discovering New France. Leaving from Montreal, this converted ferry boat sails by Quebec City, the Chic-Choc Mountains, and the famous Percé Rock on its way to the surprisingly warm waters of the Magdalen Islands.
An overview of the best golf courses through the most popular regions of the Province of Quebec, Canada. Includes non-golf activities, accommodations and course information.
Hachette's French edition of Top Ten Montreal et Quebec distributed in North America by Libre Expression.
Exquisite promotional large-format coffee-table book presenting a series of ultra-luxury villas overlooking the Caribbean and the Trump International Golf Course on Canouan Island. These furnished residences are serviced 24/7 by the staff of the Raffles Resort & Amrita Spa.
Fourth Edition of the award-winning (Guardian) travel guide about Montreal and Quebec City. Published in five languages by Penguin Group International under the Dorling-Kindersley imprint.
1st Prize STORY OF THE YEAR from Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) annual contest. Guadeloupe in the French Antilles is a diving paradise offering numerous locations around this seven island archipelago. Easy to reach from North American hubs, the perfect vacation of sun, sand, and delicious cuisine awaits.

Newsletter Feature

Expectations were very high at the International Symposium on Sustainable Tourism in Quebec City, and rightly so. Our collective environmental crimes of the past are no longer a fringe issue associated with someone in some obscure place. The excesses of our consumer lifestyles ignited in the 1950s, are parking themselves however inconveniently in everyone’s lap. No matter where you reside, and regardless of demographics, we are in the same global boat, needing solutions to a variety of resource conundrums.

Press Release Creation

Creation of interactive press release on short notice to coincide with event at Smithsonian Institute. Brought together elements of creative writing, video placement, downloadable PDF file, trackbacking, live photography slide show, and traditional press release lingo, headline, sub-header and synopsis for SEO hierarchy positioning.

General

My chapter contribution to the new book called "Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change to Tourism: Case Studies of Best Practice" edited by Louis D'Amore and Patrick Kalifungwa and published by Cambridge Publishing and the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism.