Producer Profile: Survivorman Productions (Canada)

Survivorman Productions
Huntsville
www.lesstroudonline.com
If you check Les Stroud's credits - he's the mind behind Survivorman Productions - a common theme becomes apparent: man, stripped of modernities, facing nature. In the company's hit Survivorman, for example, Stroud is abandoned in a remote location (the rainforest of Costa Rica, on an Arctic ice floe, in the high Sonora desert, etc.) and tasked with staying alive for a week with no supplies. Or, as the prodco notes: "No food, no shelter, no fresh water, no tools... No camera crew. One man, alone in the wild for seven days, with only his wits and stamina to sustain him."

The theme resonates with readers. As one noted, it's "man versus the environment, out there on his own with only whatever he crashed with, trying to survive on his wits and belongings. It always grabs me."

Recent titles: Survivorman, Stroud...Off the Grid
Employees: 10, plus freelance
Hours this year: 7-plus
Upcoming includes: Survivorman: Ends Of The Earth, Survivorman: Urban Disasters, Survivorkids