Mikhel Harilaid

Mikhel Harilaid
Born	26 December 1966 (1966-12-26) (age 44) Ontario, Canada
Occupation	CEO and Executive Producer
Years active	1994–present

Mihkel Harilaid is the CEO and executive producer of Black Walk, an independent feature film production company.

Career

Harilaid and two partners formed the production entity in 1992 and it proceeded to continually grow in the music video arena winning more Much Music Video awards than all of its competitors^{[citation needed]} and producing over 500 videos including hits from numerous A-list talent. Today, 'Black Walk' continues to expand as a feature film production company.^{[citation needed]} Along with his business partner and president of the company Brigitte Kingsley, 'Harilad oversees both the creative and business life of 'Black Walk'.

In addition, Harilaid has also written two books.^{[citation needed]}

Credits

Harilaid is credited as producer and/or executive producer of Black Walk's films:^[1]

• Ham and Cheese directed by Warren Sonoda and starring Mike Beaver, Jason Jones and Samantha Bee.
• Phil the Alien directed by Rob Stefaniuk, starring Graham Green (Winner of the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival Independent Spirit Award^{[citation needed]})
• Last Hour directed by Pascal Caubet and starring DMX, Michael Madsen, David Carradine, and Paul Sorvino.
• Dark Rising, Summer Strikes Back and The Savage Tales of Summer Vale starring Brigitte Kingsley and Jay Reso.
• Medium Raw directed by Andrew Cymek and featuring John Rhys-Davies, Mercedes McNab and William B. Davis.
• Suck directed by Rob Stefaniuk and featuring Jessica Pare, Moby, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Dave Foley and Malcolm McDowell.

Education

Harilaid started his education at Trinity College School, where he graduated in 1985. He then went to Trinity College/University of Toronto where he got a BA in History in 1989. He then received a CPM certification from the Institute of Real Estate Management (I.R.E.M.), and his FPI and CRF from the Real Estate Institute of Canada (R.E.I.C.)

Activism

Harilad is also an active environmentalist who owns a self sustainable farm,^{[citation needed]} as well as running an investment real estate business focused on redevelopment properties, most recently a low income housing facility in Port Hope, Ontario.^[2]

Personal Life

Harilaid has two children: Hannah and Silas.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ Mikhel Harilaid at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Lloyd, Karen (22 April 2010). "Renewed life for Greenwood Towers". The Independent (Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada). http://www.northumberlandnews.com/news/porthope/article/152560. 

External links

• Black Walk homepage
• Harilaid Real Estate homepage

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Name	Harilaid, Mikhel
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Date of birth	26 December 1966
Place of birth	Ontario, Canada
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