Alix MacDonald

Alix MacDonald is a Canadian TV producer, writer, and director who is primarily known for work in factual television.^[1] MacDonald has been nominated for and won several television awards. She is best known for her Canadian Screen Award winning show, Disasters at Sea.^[2]

Career

MacDonald studied arts at the University of Toronto. She began her career in the early 1990s with CTV News. In the mid-1990s, she transitioned to factual television by joining Daily Planet as a producer. Since then, MacDonald has produced numerous Canadian factual television programs.^[1]

Awards

Television

Title	Year	Role	Awards and nominations
Disasters at Sea[3]	2018–2020	Producer	Canadian Screen Award for Best Factual Series[2] Gold Telly Award for General-Television[4]
Jupiter: Close Encounter[5]	2017	Producer	New York Festival's Best News Documentary/Special 2017 Gold World Medal Winner
Mayday[6]	2012–2015	Producer, writer
Canada 1812: Forged in Fire[7]	2010	Producer
Daily Planet	1995–2008	Producer	Nomination: 2008 Gemini Award for Best Lifestyle/Practical Segment[8]