Knowledge Network Secures Edward Quinn Bio-Pic 'Riviera Cocktail'

announced today that it has licensed the one-hour program, Riviera Cocktail: Edward Quinn, Photographer, Nice to Canadian-based Knowledge Network. The biography of the celebrity photographer is set to air in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. Riviera Cocktail encompasses an entire era, tracing the path followed by Edward Quinn from his early pin-up photography to his unconventional portrayal of all the great stars and finally, to his relationships, as a photographer, with Pablo Picasso and Georg Baselitz. No photographer offers us a more extensive, exciting and stirring record of the social and cultural life at the Côte D"Azur in the 1950s than Irishman Edward Quinn (1920 - 1997). He penetrated the society jungle on the French Riviera for more than a decade, and salvaged invaluable treasures in this former epicenter of high life, big business, art, music and literature. The Quinn archive comprises over 140.000 negatives and captures unique photos of Grace Kelly, Federico Fellini, Pablo Picasso, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Kirk Douglas, Sophia Loren, Edith Piaf, Max Ernst, Frank Sinatra, Brigitte Bardot, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Miles Davis and so many more. Riviera Cocktail: Edward Quinn, Photographer, Nice(1 x 52') was directed by Heinz Butler and produced by Accent Films International, Ltd. Knowledge is BC's public educational media service that provides British Columbians with a trusted alternative of commercial free programming, connecting them to the world through television and the Internet. Knowledge is the destination for high quality documentaries and arts & culture programs from Canada and around the world. By showcasing independent productions and pre-licensing programs that allow producers to secure further sources of funding, Knowledge plays a vital role in supporting the independent production community in BC and the rest of Canada. Accent Films International Ltd. is an independent film-distribution company, selling films to TV-broadcasters world-wide and was founded in February 2002 by Carol Spycher after 8 years of experience in the film and television business. The service offered by Accent Films International is to promote single and serial documentaries to TV-buyers on a world-wide level. With Accent Films International you see the world with a different accent! Established in 1989, Janson Media is an independent content distribution company based in the United States, with a rights portfolio of over 1,500 hours of exclusive programming available for licensing to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, and emerging new media platforms. The company has licensed programming to virtually every country in the world, and its clients include nearly every major broadcaster or media company, as well as a wide range of DVD labels and distributors. Janson Media is also a publisher/ manufacturer of award-winning DVDs.