The fonds has been arranged by box number, according to the creator. The fonds contains materials relating to the following productions produced and directed by Michael Glassbourg:
Great Canadian Books.
Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on XDCAM and master tapes on Digital Betacam. Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: a title search report, research briefs, lists of potential guests, correspondence, budgets, cost statements, insurance documents, invoices, funding applications, broadcaster agreements, CRTC, CAVCO and OMDC applications and certifications, series and episode synopses, call sheets, crew lists, and releases.
Presenters in this series include: Valerie Pringle, Lisa Ray, Molly Johnson, Justin Trudeau, Rex Harrington, Lorne Cardinal, Silken Laumann, Mary Walsh, Trish O’Callaghan and Amy Sky. Writers interviewed for this series include: Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Sally Cooper, Sheila Heti, Priscilla Uppal, Richard Scrimger, Anthony Desa, Sarah Sheard, Antanas Sileika, Kristen Den Hartog, Ania Szado, and Christine Portnoy.
In the Mind of Robert Sawyer
Records pertaining to this title include masters on Betacam SP, as well as one VHS episode screener.
Land of Plenty
This is an unreleased, unfinished production. Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on XDCAM. Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: a one sheet proposal, notes, correspondence, a workshop feedback questionnaire, program proposal submission releases, invoices, appearance and location releases, call sheets, and research materials.
Policy Baby: The Journey of Rita/Bev
Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM and MiniDV, as well as a Digital Betacam master. Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: a video release form, a documentary proposal, CRTC application, credits, and cost breakdown. There is one CD-R containing screen grabs from the production.
The Art of Barn Building
This is an unreleased, unfinished production. Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM.
The Artist’s Life (also written as The Artist’s Life)
Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM, as well as master tapes on Betacam SP and DVCAM. There are a small number of dubs of camera originals on MiniDV. Records pertaining to this title also include commercial DVDs of episodes for seasons 1-3.
Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: transcripts, final cost reports, CRTC, CAVCO, and OMDC applications and certifications, budgets, invoices, broadcast and distribution agreements, production schedules, releases, and crew lists.
Subjects of this production include the following artists: Tim Whiten, Ken Danby, Shelly Reeves, Sarah-Jane Gorlitz, Holly Farrell, Susan Stewart, Dorothy Knowles, Eric Cator, Laura Hollick, Noel Harding, Ernestine Tahedl, Natalka Husar, Lui Liu, Claire Weissmann-Wilkes, Ian Lazarus, Peter Rotter, Andrew Danson, Snaige Sileika, Karen Azoulay, Margaret Vanderhaeghe, Jim Chambers, Jean-Pierre Schoss, Margaux Williamson, Shelly Reeves, David Blackwood, Greta Gibney, Badanna Zack, Jeff Winch, David Urban, Paul Roorda, Karen Azoulay, Harold Kulnder, Kathy Vatcher, Candida Girling, Heather Horton, Mara Korkola, Charlie Pachter, and various artists from Zoo Arts.
The Green Corridor
This is an unreleased, unfinished production. Records pertaining to this title include camera originals on DVCAM.
The Writing Life
Records pertaining to this title include master tapes of episodes on Betacam SP and DVCAM, and camera originals on DVCAM and DVCPRO. Also included are commercial DVDs of episodes, as well as VHS screeners of episodes.
Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: CAVCO, and OMDC applications and certifications, lists of episodes, transcripts, television license agreements, correspondence, and releases.
Subjects of this production include the following authors: Guy Vanderhaeghe, Douglas Glover, Robert Priest, Cathy Stonehouse, Camilla Gibb, Tess Fragoulis, Jonathan Bennett, Kristen Den Hartog, George Murray, Tim Lilburn, Stephanie Bolster, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Michael Crummey, Miriam Toews, Paul Quarrington, Ronan Bennett, Ania Szado, Catherine Bush, Margaret Drabble, Peter Robinson, Susan Swan, Russell Banks, Alistair MacLeod, Alan Hollinghurst, Ian Rankin, John Sayles, Elizabeth Ruth, Robert Sawyer, Diane Baker-Mason, Antanas Sileika, Morley Torgov, Mary-Lou Zeitoun, Tim O’Brien, Cordelia Strube, Nadeem Aslam, Larry Beinhart, Francisco Goldman, Michael Helm, Jaspreet Singh, Pauline Holdstock, Wayson Choy, Ray Robertson, Sally Cooper, Clem Martini, Isabel Huggan, Colm Toibin, Greg Hollingshead, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Anita Desai, Richard Scrimger, D.M. Thomas, Nino Ricci, Joe Ketes, Erika de Vasconcelos, Bruce J. Friedman, Roddy Doyle, Olive Senior, Jane Urquhart, Mark Breslin, Kim Moritsugu, Lorne Frohman, Anne Michaels, Joseph Skibell, Timothy Findley, and Mordecai Richler.
Wayson Choy: Unfolding the Butterfly (Secrets & Memories)
Records pertaining to this title include master tapes on Betacam SP, screeners on VHS and DVD, camera originals and various archival footage on Betacam SP, and dubs of camera originals on Betacam SP and VHS. Records pertaining to this series also include text files on computer disks.
Writer’s Confessions
Records pertaining to this title include DVD screeners of episodes, camera originals on DVCAM and XDCAM, and masters of episodes on Betacam SP and DVCAM.
Also included are textual records relating to this production, consisting of: CRTC, CAVCO, and OMDC applications and certifications, production budgets, expense reports, cost reports, production insurance documents, broadcast license agreements, crew lists, deal memos, lists of writers per episode, and releases.
Subjects of this production include the following authors: Joseph Boyden, Alistair MacLeod, Robert Sawyer, Miriam Toews, Richard Ford, Sally Cooper, Diane Baker Mason, Antanas Sileika, Morley Torgov, Wayson Choy, Mary-Lou Zeitoun, Tim O’Brien, Cordelia Strube, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Douglas Glover, Camilla Gibb, Tim Lilburn, Kristen den Hartog, Michael Crummey, Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Stephanie Bolster, Jonathan Bennett, Cathy Stonehouse, Tess Fragoulis, George Murray, Robert Priest, Ania Szado, Ian Rankin, Catherine Bush, Margaret Drabble, Ronan Bennett, Peter Robinson, Paul Quarrington, John Sayles, Alan Hollinghurst, Russell Banks, Ray Robertson, Elizabeth Ruth, Susan Swan, Nadeem Aslam, Shauna Singh Baldwin, Melissa Bank, Joan Barfoot, James Bartleman, Larry Beinhart, David Bergen, Tim Bowling, Stevie Camera, Barry Callaghan, Karen Connelly, Craig Davidson, Anita Desai, Emma Donoghue, Howard Engel, Judy Fong Bates, David Gilmour, Michael Glassbourg, Francisco Goldman, Steven Heighton, Sheila Heti, Paul Holdstock, Greg Hollingshead, Clem Martini, Robert McGill, Andrew Miller, Lisa Moore, Donna Morrissey, Kenneth Opel, Alison Pick, Edeet Ravel, Leon Rooke, Shyam Selvadurai, Jaspreet Singh, Colm Toibin, Janette Turner Hospital, John Wilson, Kate Grenville, Adrienne Clarkson, Devyani Saltzman, Michael Redhill, Anita Rau Badami, David Adams Richards, Ami McKay, Leah McLaren, Mary Lawson, Charlotte Gray, Gail Bowen, Noah Richler, Wayne Johnston, Jamie Hernandez, Caroline Adderson, Keith Mallard, Andrew Taylor, Diane Sutterfield, William Boyd, Kiran Desai, Patrick McCabe, Michael Collins, Rawi Hage, Marisha Pessl, Mark Billingham, Yasmin Crowther, Gautam Malkani, James Robertson, Jon McGregor, Ralph Steadman, Sarah Waters, Tom McCarthy, Adam Gopnik, Colson Whitehead, Jane Hamilton, Janet Fitch, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, Russell Smith, Charlotte Gill, Graham Gibson, Lawrence Hill, Francine Prose, Amy Bloom, Michael Winter, Junot Diaz, Linda Grant, Sarah Vowell, David Mitchell, David Benioff, Tracy Chevalier, Mariko Tamaki, Shalom Auslander, Elizabeth Hay, Jasper Fforde, Nam Le, Will Ferguson (and more).