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President/ Producer Arcadia Entertainment Inc.

John Wesley Chisholm – President of Arcadia Entertainment has produced, written or directed over 60 hours of popular documentary series and specials over the last ten years, many on ocean related themes, including Marine Machines for NGCI/ History Canada (and recently sold to Discovery US).

Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the stormy North Atlantic, Chisholm has a degree in International Finance and believes the ocean is the Wild West of the modern age. He is focused on producing for an international audience. Most of his projects have begun with both English and French broadcast partners. His programs and series have aired in over 140 countries with broadcasters including National Geographic, Discovery, CBC, History, Vision, Z, Outdoor Life, Channel 5 (UK) and other networks.

Often traveling with his family, Chisholm’s life is a story of adventure. In 1994 he was commended by the US Navy for hazardous ordinance disposal. Chisholm is an avid diver, surfer and sailor, a Scottish Rite Freemason and a Juno (Canadian Grammy) award-winning musician and composer who has also appeared recently as a character in Clive Cussler's New York Times best-selling Dirk Pitt series of novels and participated in discovering famous shipwrecks.

Arcadia Entertainment employs some of the world’s best directors and writers of popular doumentary programs to work with our experienced production, post-production and CGI teams here in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Selected Credits:

Sluts: The Documentary - 1 hour - Life, IFC - Producer, Writer, Composer

Buried at Sea - Feature Doc - CBC, NFB, Canal D - Producer, Writer, Director, Composer

Racing the Wind - 1 hour - CBC - Producer, Writer, Director, Composer

Marine Machines - 13 hour series - National Geographic International, History, Z Television (Que.), Discovery USA - Producer, Writer, Director

Sail - 1 hour - History - Producer, Writer, Director

The Sea Hunters - onging series - History, NGCI, Channel 5 UK - Producer, Writer - Season 1

Mabel Bell’s Aerial Experiment - 1 hour - History, Astral, TVO - Producer, Writer, Director

Inside Freemasonry - 1 hour - Vision, IFC - DVD - Producer, Writer, Director

Hydrofoils: Flying on Water - 1 hour - Discovery Canada - Producer, Writer, Director

The Lanier Phillips Story - Vision, CBC - Producer, Composer

Oceans of Mystery - 26 part series - Discovery Canada, Discovery International -Producer