The woman who founded Shaftesbury — the company behind TV’s Murdoch Mysteries, web series Carmilla and other TV, film and digital content — will receive the 2018 Canadian Film Centre Award for Creative Excellence.

Christina Jennings founded Shaftesbury in 1987. In 1990, she was among the first groups of people to attend the film centre’s Resident Program (now the Cineplex Entertainment Film Program).

“Christina is one of the CFC’s most dynamic success stories,” CEO Slawko Klymkiw said in a news release. “She made her first film, Camilla, as a direct result of relationships she forged at the CFC, went on to build one of Canada’s foremost production companies, and continues to support the CFC by hiring our talent and chairing our board of directors.”

Shaftesbury titles are sold in 120 countries worldwide, according to the release. Murdoch is likely its best known product, but it’s also behind TV series such as Frankie Drake Mysteries, Slasher and The Listener.

The company has expanded into content for digital and social media platforms, mobile apps and VR, including the largest scripted YouTube channel for millennials in Canada, KindaTV.

Jennings has already received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the international Content Innovation Awards, been named Playback’s Producer of the Decade, and received an Academy Achievement Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, and the Innovative Producer Award at the Banff World Television Festival.

Jennings will receive the CFC award from Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany and CFC founder Norman Jewison at a reception in Los Angeles on March 21.