Harold Greenberg

Who was Harold Greenberg?

Harold Greenberg, OC, CQ, was a Canadian film producer.

Harold was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1930. Harold was born into a family of three brothers: Ian, Sydney and Harvey. Greenberg began working in a second-hand camera store when he was thirteen. He set up his own film and photography company and made a fortune by obtaining the exclusive rights to footage from Expo 67 in Montreal. In 1973 he acquired Astral Communications and subsequently combined it with his then company Ann Green Photos, named after his mother Ann Greenberg. Soon thereafter, it became one of the leading film production companies in Canada. Through its evolution into a pure-play media company and its acquisition of pay television channels, it became a leader in its field. In the 1980s Greenberg became heavily involved in pay TV and started The Movie Network and other pay per view channels. Harold Greenberg led his company to produce such films as Porky's, the most successful Canadian film ever and the critically acclaimed The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Astral communications was changed to Astra Media and continues to distribute many international programs in Canada.