Visit our sister site:
Follow us on
Headline, Industry News
Cronenberg collaborator joins Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
Monday July 18th 2011The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced its new board of directors Wednesday, with television and film producer Martin Katz joining the non-profit association as its new chairman. The Prospero Pictures founder and president is a long-time collaborator of director David Cronenberg, and is involved in the upcoming films A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis.
“The composition of this active new industry board presents a real opportunity to reinvigorate the Academy,” Katz said in a news release. “Now we can better connect our current members with our corporate partners and reach out to some 400,000 professionals working in the Canadian media industry today.”
The 12 new ACCT board members come from all areas of film, television and digital media, and include Barry Avrich, Celia Chassels, Jonas Diamond, Anne Fitzgerald, Bryan Gliserman, Robin Mirsky, Gabriel Nachman, Mary Powers, Mark Slone, Kevin Wright and John Young.
ACCT is set to create a national advisory council made up of representatives from across Canada. Following the 26th Gemini Awards, the board will create a new Awards Governance Committee that will review the rules and regulations governing both the Gemini and Genie awards.
Source: National Post
Headline, Industry News
Cronenberg collaborator joins Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
Monday July 18th 2011The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced its new board of directors Wednesday, with television and film producer Martin Katz joining the non-profit association as its new chairman. The Prospero Pictures founder and president is a long-time collaborator of director David Cronenberg, and is involved in the upcoming films A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis.
“The composition of this active new industry board presents a real opportunity to reinvigorate the Academy,” Katz said in a news release. “Now we can better connect our current members with our corporate partners and reach out to some 400,000 professionals working in the Canadian media industry today.”
The 12 new ACCT board members come from all areas of film, television and digital media, and include Barry Avrich, Celia Chassels, Jonas Diamond, Anne Fitzgerald, Bryan Gliserman, Robin Mirsky, Gabriel Nachman, Mary Powers, Mark Slone, Kevin Wright and John Young.
ACCT is set to create a national advisory council made up of representatives from across Canada. Following the 26th Gemini Awards, the board will create a new Awards Governance Committee that will review the rules and regulations governing both the Gemini and Genie awards.
Source: National Post
Leave a Reply
Headline, Industry News
Cronenberg collaborator joins Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
Monday July 18th 2011The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced its new board of directors Wednesday, with television and film producer Martin Katz joining the non-profit association as its new chairman. The Prospero Pictures founder and president is a long-time collaborator of director David Cronenberg, and is involved in the upcoming films A Dangerous Method and Cosmopolis.
“The composition of this active new industry board presents a real opportunity to reinvigorate the Academy,” Katz said in a news release. “Now we can better connect our current members with our corporate partners and reach out to some 400,000 professionals working in the Canadian media industry today.”
The 12 new ACCT board members come from all areas of film, television and digital media, and include Barry Avrich, Celia Chassels, Jonas Diamond, Anne Fitzgerald, Bryan Gliserman, Robin Mirsky, Gabriel Nachman, Mary Powers, Mark Slone, Kevin Wright and John Young.
ACCT is set to create a national advisory council made up of representatives from across Canada. Following the 26th Gemini Awards, the board will create a new Awards Governance Committee that will review the rules and regulations governing both the Gemini and Genie awards.
Source: National Post
Leave a Reply
Advertisements
