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Founded | June, 1998 |
Founder | Michael Prupas |
Headquarters | Montreal, Canada |
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Website | http://www.muse.ca/ |
Muse Entertainment is a Canadian producer of films and television programs founded by Michael Prupas in 1998. The company gained press attention in 2011 for their production of the multi-Emmy winning and nominated miniseries The Kennedys in association with Asylum Entertainment.
Muse Entertainment Enterprises produces dramatic series, television films, mini-series and family programs. The sales arm of Muse Entertainment is Muse Distribution, delivering television programming and feature films internationally to broadcasters, cable and pay networks, theatrical, VOD, SVOD, video, iTunes, and DVD distributors around the world.
Muse has a large volume of projects in development and in production with free and cable television networks in the United States as a result of the opening of Muse's Los Angeles offices in 2007.
Muse has become one of the most active companies in the world in co producing television projects with international partners.
Under Canada's official film production treaties, Muse has produced with companies in France, England, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Romania, Hungary, Morocco, Australia and South Africa.
Muse's productions include two made-for-television films funded by Procter & Gamble and Walmart and aired on NBC as a time buy: Secrets of the Mountain and The Jensen Project.
Muse staff specializes in project development, production, post production, publicity, legal and business affairs, financial structuring, tax credit collection, government and union relations, internet and multi-media as well as sales and distribution.
Michael Prupas is Muse Entertainment's Founder, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board. Joel Rice is President of Muse Entertainment USA division, Jesse Prupas is Vice-President of Development and Distribution, and Irene Litinsky is the head of production in Quebec. Lydia Storie is Vice President of development and Meghan Mathes is Director of development for the company's Los Angeles expansion.