Fun Facts
We have reunited long-lost friends, filmed famous people, and shot footage around the world-from Cairo to Calgary to Cleveland; from London, Ontario to London, England; from Hamilton, Bermuda, to Hamilton, Ontario; from Palm Beach, Florida to Sperlonga, Italy; from Durham, North Carolina to Dubai to Detroit to Dallas; from Beverly Hills to Montreal; from Vancouver to Las Vegas to Cyprus.As you can see, we’ll go to any length to get the job done.
Of the more than 300 tribute videos we've produced to date:
| 50% |
have been produced in secret |
| 65% |
were scripted (balance were unscripted, "pure documentary" style) |
| 25% |
were commissioned for landmark birthdays |
| 25% |
were commissioned for retirements (and promotions and transfers) |
| 90 sec. |
was the shortest-ever Your Life tribute video |
| 62 min. |
was the longest-ever Your Life tribute video |
| 15 min. |
is the average length of a tribute video |
| 10 |
favourite high school teachers have appeared in Your Life videos |
| 9 |
long-lost friends and lovers have been reunited as the result of Your Life videos |
| 5 |
Canadian Prime Ministers have appeared in Your Life videos (John Turner, Brian Mulroney, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin) |
| 102 |
was the oldest age of a person appearing in a Your Life video |
| 81 |
was the age of the oldest honouree of a Your Life family-history video |
| 5 |
was the age of the youngest honouree of a Your Life video |
| 16 |
countries have had footage shot there for a Your Life video |
Well-known people who've appeared in Your Life story videos include:
Tony Robbins, Roger Ebert, Mr. T., Norman Jewison, Christopher Plummer, Ronnie Hawkins, Gordon Lightfoot, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and Peter Mansbridge.
Exotic locations used by Your Life Productions include:
A nudist colony, a jail cell and the actual set of the game show Jeopardy!
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