Film, Television, and Radio
After his marriage to Sue Jamison in 1994, the two of them spent one year living in the Canadian wilderness living a paleolithic existence. They travelled to Goldsborough Lake ( [show location on an interactive map] 50°41′55″N, 89°20′46″W) deep in the Wabakimi and built a cabin with no metal, plastic, or otherwise manufactured tools. They took a store of traditional foods and attempted to supplement it by hunting and trapping. Family and medical emergencies brought them out of the bush on two occasions. Their primitive living experience was filmed by Stroud and released as the 50 minute documentary, Snowshoes and Solitude, which was named Best Documentary at the Muskoka Film Festival and Best Film at the Waterwalker Film Festival.
In 2001 Stroud produced two one-hour specials for the science news show @discovery.ca. These segments follow the same format as Survivorman with Stroud filming his own survival in the wilderness. They were originally broadcast as daily segments over the course of one week but were repackaged as two one-hour specials titled Stranded.
The popularity of these pilots spawned the show Survivorman. Stroud teamed up with producer Dave Brady to produce 9 episodes of the show which began airing in 2004.[2] Stroud has completed filming the second season of Survivorman, which will debut August 10th, 2007 on the Discovery Channel in the US.
In 2006, Stroud produced a 90-minute special documenting his family's journey to building an off-the-grid home. The show, Off the Grid with Les Stroud, chronicled the process of buying property and refiting an old farm house with solar and wind power, a raincatcher and well, as well as the adjustments the Stroud family had to make to adapt to this style of living.
He is also the host of the TV program Surviving Urban Disasters, which airs on The Science Channel.
Stroud also hosted the 20th annual Shark Week on the Discovery Channel.
Stroud appeared on The Opie & Anthony Show Thursday, July 26th, 2007 to promote the newest season of the show.
Music
In addition to film making and wilderness survival, Les Stroud has also worked in the music industry as a professional musician. After graduation, Stroud worked both as an associate producer for the nascent music channel MuchMusic as well as an assistant director of music videos for artists such as Rush and Corey Hart. During this time Stroud also wrote music for his band New Regime and signed with RCA Records.
As frequently illustrated in his show Survivorman, Stroud is considered an exceptional blues harmonica player. This instrument is featured prominently in his self-titled debut CD which has been described as "a collection of diverse roots/blues and traditional folk, acoustic music that reflects the uniquely northern spirit of freedom and adventure." Several songs off of this album can be downloaded from his official site.
Stroud has performed in and around the Muskoka area and at the Toronto Beaches International Jazz Festival. Stroud has also won "Best Acoustic/Folk Act", "Best Blues Act" and "Best Overall" awards at the Spirit of the North music festival in New Liskeard, Ontario.
Recently, Stroud and The Northern Pikes have struck up a musical collaboration. Throughout 2005 and 2006 they performed together live several times, and collaborative album is currently being produced under the tentative name Stroud and the Pikes. The album is scheduled to be released in 2007.
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