With over twenty years experience in the film and television industry, Jay Firestone is one of the most experienced film and television industry executives.

Currently, Jay Firestone has interests in a number of media companies including the following companies: AMICUS, a producer of horror-genre pictures in partnership with IMAGE Entertainment, DOUBLE EDGE-a leading Taiwanese production company, a joint-venture with CIPANGO FILMS, whose first project is the top selling graphic novel XIII in partnership with Canal+ & M6 as well as other French originating films and television projects.

In addition to the above, Jay Firestone has provided financing to various production and distribution companies including Intermedia Film and numerous independent producers.

Previously, Jay. Firestone established Fireworks Entertainment in 1996 to produce, distribute and finance television programs and feature films.  Fireworks Entertainment was acquired by CanWest Global Communications Corp. in May 1998.  As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CanWest Entertainment, Mr. Firestone did oversee the company's Los Angeles and London based television operations, as well as its Los Angles based feature film division - Fireworks Pictures, responsible for such films as Rules of Engagement, Rat Race, Hardball, I-60, American Rhapsody, and The Believer (Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival 2002, Winner of Best Film at the Moscow International Film Festival 2001) awarded the Grand Jury Award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.

Mr. Firestone also oversaw the company's interest in New York-based IDP Distribution, an independent distribution and marketing entity formed by Fireworks in 2000 as a joint venture with Samuel Goldwyn Films of Los Angeles and Carl Icahn's Stratosphere Entertainment of New York.

Prior to forming Fireworks in 1995, Mr. Firestone was a founder, and Vice Chairman of Alliance Communications Corporation, and is widely regarded as a key contributor to the company's impressive growth.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Firestone has served as producer for numerous television series, including Mutant X, Relic Hunter, La Femme Nikita, Queen of Swords, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, Highlander: The Raven, FX: The Series, 18 Wheels of Justice, Caitlin's Way and Pacific Blue, as well as the made-for-television movies The Girl Next Door, A Wrinkle In Time, Robocop: Prime Directives, Poison and Blonde, and the feature films Black Top, Shattered Image, Onegin, American Rhapsody, Cletis Tout, I-60 and Trinity.

Mr. Firestone's work has garnered a number of industry awards, including a Gemini Award for Reboot, ABC's first CGI animated series, and Chrysler Canada's People's Choice Award for Nikita.  Mr. Firestone was also nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year in 1998.

Mr. Firestone has served on the Board of Directors for both the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and the Board of Directors of the ATAS (Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) International Council in Los Angeles, is a member of the Honourary Committee for the Monte Carlo Television Festival.