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Les Stroud

Outdoor Adventurer, Filmmaker, Singer-Songwriter

Best known as star of the highly-acclaimed hit TV series Survivorman, Les Stroud continues to forge new pathways as a prolific, creative force. In 2000, Stroud took a few small cameras out into the wilderness of Northern Ontario, Canada and spent a week surviving alone without food, water, equipment or camera crew. He single-handedly created, produced, wrote, filmed, hosted, edited and composed the theme music for these first two original, one-hour pilots for what would eventually become the popular Survivorman series. Few presenters can combine the performing of music, presentation of film or the telling of adventure stories into an engaging evening that captivates everyone in the audience like Les Stroud can.

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Best known as star of the three time Gemini nominated hit TV series Survivorman, Les Stroud continues to forge new pathways as a prolific, creative force. He single-handedly created, produced, wrote, filmed, hosted, edited and composed the theme music for the first two original, one-hour pilots for what would eventually become the hit Survivorman TV series. He remains the only producer in the history of television to produce an internationally broadcast series entirely written, videotaped and hosted alone. Survivorman has gone on to become the highest rated show in the history of both OLN Canada and the Science Channel and quickly became one of the most popular shows on the Discovery Channel. Survivorman Productions Inc. was listed as one of the 'Global Top 100' on the coveted list for Realscreen magazine. The show was also the number one pick of Wired Magazine's 'Top Ten' list for February 2007, and Stroud made the 2007 'Top 100 People We Love To Watch' list for Entertainment Weekly magazine. He has appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, MTV Live, The View, The Hour, as well as Larry King Live, twice. Combining his love for the outdoors and his skills as a filmmaker, Stroud has appeared in and/or produced numerous television specials and interstitials including hosting in 2007 the twentieth anniversary of Discovery Channel's Shark Week, The Mad Trapper – Cineflix, The True Story of Robinson Crusoe – Cinenova, Discovery Channel's Shark Feeding Frenzy, I Shouldn't Be Alive, Expedition Everest, Surviving Urban Disasters, Deadly Waters (for Shark Week 2009) as well as Off the Grid with Les Stroud. He was also a featured subject of the series Extraordinary Lives. He has been celebrated by parady on the hit sitcom The Office and the hit cartoon King of the Hill, done a commercial with the famous Gieco Gecko and has been referred to by David Letterman and numerous other media personalities. He is behind the scenes and host for a new kids series for 2009 for YTV and Cartoon networks called Survive This. Les is a proud member of the prestigious Explorers Club. Les' book release Nov 2008, called, Survive! - Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere--Alive! broke the top 100 on Amazon.com. Les was nominated for the Canadian National Magazine awards in the Best Travel Writer category. Les contributes to dozens of charities and benefits, most prominently those that benefit children.

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Owing to a life of variety and the pursuit of excellence in adventure, multi media art and life, Les Stroud has been an active speaker and performer since the mid 1980's. He has been asked to speak about his adventures, the craft of filmmaking and his ability to combine his three life passions; outdoor adventure, music and film, into a successful career.

Whether through expressing his creativity to audiences, on film, through songs or adventuring throughout the world, he is quickly becoming recognized globally for his outstanding work. Few presenters can combine the performing of music, presentation of film or the telling of adventure stories into an engaging evening that captivates everyone in the audience like Les Stroud can.