Perennial Productions, based in Los Angeles, founded in San Francisco in 1989, has specialized in original television and media with a high degree of multi-disciplined collaborations — timely to the appreciations, relevance and enjoyments found in our diverse cultural and environmental inheritances.
Through the 1990's Perennial conceived, produced and distributed its original television specials and series to premiere broadcasters worldwide, generating all attendant marketing, collaterals, publicity, sponsorships, special events and exhibitions.
Including for its highly acclaimed, Emmy-awarded PBS documentary series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn, with hardcover companion book (Macmillan), and music soundtrack CD (Conifer Classics/London). Gardens is Audrey Hepburn’s beautiful, final performance in her film oeuvre; as host, as herself, she brought a transcendent dimension to what still stands as a veritable treatise on the art and culture of gardens, filmed in Europe, America, the Tropics and Japan.
Perennial’s prime-time special for PBS In Search of Angels: The Meaning, Myth and Allure — narrated by Debra Winger with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Tony Kushner, American literary critic Harold Bloom, and musical artist Rickie Lee Jones — was filmed on location in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Vatican City and Vienna, with Tim Story musical score and soundtrack CD by Windham Hill/BMG. ISOA was awarded Best Editing & Graphics, Worldfest Houston, and Best Documentary, SIVA/Special Interest Video Association.
For HGTV and Scripps International, Perennial produced the acclaimed 13-part series The Art & Practice of Gardening in England, Ireland & America, hosted by Penelope Hobhouse, with companion book by Frances Lincoln/UK; Perennial also initiated HGTV’s commercial free coverage of Pasadena’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade, a mainstay for the network for 15 years.
Perennial ’s commissioned marketing, media consultancies, and sponsor associations range from multi-year, national campaigns to strategic and editorial-driven development — often bringing together the commercial and not-for profit sectors, such as for: Air France, Group Yannick Alleno, Barclaycard UK, British Tourist Authority (Visit Britain), Fiji Water, NHK Art & Education, Polaroid, Sprint, and Tourism Ireland/Fáilte Ireland, among others.
For the Ecology Global Network, Perennial created the concept for and curated ecology.com’s lead cultural franchise, Planting for the Planet, served as Managing Editor, and also provided services through the company’s Phase I launch of ecology.com, its inaugural flight of environmental television programming for China Green Channel International, Beijing, and creation of EGN’s marketing, sponsor and corporate sustainability portfolio.
Perennial’s Special Event production and design work, under Art Director Ken Short, include multi-media national corporate events, product introductions and trade shows, such as for Estée Lauder, Hewlett- Packard and Sun Microsystems, as well as Los Angeles arts and cultural events, such as for the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kodak/Dolby Theatre, and Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Perennial’s founder and president, Janis Blackschleger, has lectured from time to time on Gardens of the World at major botanic gardens and flower shows in the U.S.A., Ireland and Japan. Janis has traveled extensively for work and for pleasure to over 30 countries in Europe, Africa, Arabia, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America, plus 5 U.S. territories and 42 American states.
Among Janis’ production credits prior to Perennial: Producer, Peabody Awarded Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution for PBS, written and directed by Luis Valdez, starring Linda Ronstadt; Producer, Executive Producer or Executive in Charge of Production for KQED/San Francisco’s cultural and performing arts series and specials, including five seasons of San Francisco Opera in Park live simulcasts. She was Producer for “The Making of Wagner’s Ring,” conducted by Edo de Waart, and was awarded an Emmy for a first ever tri-mulcast, i.e., with two different views on VHF and UHF television channels, plus stereo audio on FM radio.
Janis first worked for KQED in programming; she left the station as TV Division Administrator, which encompassed KQED & KQEC television, KQED-FM radio, In-School Programming, Cultural Productions, News & Public Affairs, Design, and Public Relations.
Including for its highly acclaimed, Emmy-awarded PBS documentary series Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn, with hardcover companion book (Macmillan), and music soundtrack CD (Conifer Classics/London). Gardens is Audrey Hepburn’s beautiful, final performance in her film oeuvre; as host, as herself, she brought a transcendent dimension to what still stands as a veritable treatise on the art and culture of gardens, filmed in Europe, America, the Tropics and Japan.
Perennial’s prime-time special for PBS In Search of Angels: The Meaning, Myth and Allure — narrated by Debra Winger with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Tony Kushner, American literary critic Harold Bloom, and musical artist Rickie Lee Jones — was filmed on location in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Vatican City and Vienna, with Tim Story musical score and soundtrack CD by Windham Hill/BMG. ISOA was awarded Best Editing & Graphics, Worldfest Houston, and Best Documentary, SIVA/Special Interest Video Association.
For HGTV and Scripps International, Perennial produced the acclaimed 13-part series The Art & Practice of Gardening in England, Ireland & America, hosted by Penelope Hobhouse, with companion book by Frances Lincoln/UK; Perennial also initiated HGTV’s commercial free coverage of Pasadena’s annual Tournament of Roses Parade, a mainstay for the network for 15 years.
Perennial ’s commissioned marketing, media consultancies, and sponsor associations range from multi-year, national campaigns to strategic and editorial-driven development — often bringing together the commercial and not-for profit sectors, such as for: Air France, Group Yannick Alleno, Barclaycard UK, British Tourist Authority (Visit Britain), Fiji Water, NHK Art & Education, Polaroid, Sprint, and Tourism Ireland/Fáilte Ireland, among others.
For the Ecology Global Network, Perennial created the concept for and curated ecology.com’s lead cultural franchise, Planting for the Planet, served as Managing Editor, and also provided services through the company’s Phase I launch of ecology.com, its inaugural flight of environmental television programming for China Green Channel International, Beijing, and creation of EGN’s marketing, sponsor and corporate sustainability portfolio.
Perennial’s Special Event production and design work, under Art Director Ken Short, include multi-media national corporate events, product introductions and trade shows, such as for Estée Lauder, Hewlett- Packard and Sun Microsystems, as well as Los Angeles arts and cultural events, such as for the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kodak/Dolby Theatre, and Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Perennial’s founder and president, Janis Blackschleger, has lectured from time to time on Gardens of the World at major botanic gardens and flower shows in the U.S.A., Ireland and Japan. Janis has traveled extensively for work and for pleasure to over 30 countries in Europe, Africa, Arabia, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America, plus 5 U.S. territories and 42 American states.
Among Janis’ production credits prior to Perennial: Producer, Peabody Awarded Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution for PBS, written and directed by Luis Valdez, starring Linda Ronstadt; Producer, Executive Producer or Executive in Charge of Production for KQED/San Francisco’s cultural and performing arts series and specials, including five seasons of San Francisco Opera in Park live simulcasts. She was Producer for “The Making of Wagner’s Ring,” conducted by Edo de Waart, and was awarded an Emmy for a first ever tri-mulcast, i.e., with two different views on VHF and UHF television channels, plus stereo audio on FM radio.
Janis first worked for KQED in programming; she left the station as TV Division Administrator, which encompassed KQED & KQEC television, KQED-FM radio, In-School Programming, Cultural Productions, News & Public Affairs, Design, and Public Relations.
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