Stéphane Lafleur’s Viking and David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future received 13 and 11 nominations, respectively.
The one-hour special was jointly commissioned by BBC, CBC and France Televisions.
The Montreal producer/distributor and former VP of Handel Productions will work to bolster the company’s international coproduction business.
Montreal-based Handel Productions is adding Andre Barro to its executive team as vice president and executive producer.