Merit Motion Pictures

Merit Motion Pictures is an independent documentary film and television production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was founded by Merit Jensen Carr in 1988.

Specializing in factual, multi-platform entertainment, Merit Motion Pictures has regularly produced for CBC's human interest and science/nature documentary strands: ''Doc Zone,'' ''The Nature of Things'', and ''documentary'' Channel. The company has also collaborated with broadcasters as diverse as ZDF/ARTE, CTV, Shaw, National Geographic, PBS, Smithsonian Channel, TVO and Animal Planet.

In 2009, Merit Motion Pictures' television documentary ''The Secret World of Shoplifting'' achieved the highest audience ratings in the history of CBC’s ''Doc Zone,'' and the 4 x one-hour series ''One Ocean'' won Best Cross-Platform/New Media Program at the 2011 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Their 2011 feature documentary ''TuTuMuch'' screened in Cineplex Odeon theatres across Canada and around the world''.''

The company's television documentary ''Smarty Plants: The Secret World of Plant Behaviour'' won Best Direction in a Documentary Program or Series at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards, and garnered two more nominations in the categories of Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series, and Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series.

Carr received the Don Haig Award in 2013, presented by the Hot Docs Board of Directors as a celebration of her contributions to Canadian filmmaking, and the lifetime achievement award at the Winnipeg’s Women Entrepreneur of The Year Awards in 2014. Provided by Wikipedia