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Toronto Film, Television & Digital Media Board (Film Board) |
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Contact:
City Clerk's Office
12th floor, West Tower, City Hall
100 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 2N2
clerk@toronto.ca
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The Board is an executive group with 14 industry members that provides advice to the Mayor and City Council on matters of concern and gives voice to Toronto's interests on local, provincial and national issues.
The members of the newly constituted Toronto Film, Television & Digital Media Board (Film Board) are as follows:
| Industry members |
| Jonathan Ahee, Co-chair |
Union President, NABET 700 |
| Douglas Barett |
CEO, PS Productions |
| Don Carmody |
Producer, Don Carmody Productions |
| David Carter, CPA |
President of Canada Film Capital |
| Nancy Chapelle |
Managing Director, Content and Programming, TVO |
| Ken Dhaliwal |
Partner in the Entertainment and Business Law, Heenan Blaikie LLP |
| Valerie Fox |
Director of Ryerson's Digital Media Zone |
| Sarah Kerr-Hornell |
Executive Director & CEO, FilmOntario |
| Mehernaz Lentin |
Producer, Industry Pictures |
| Roger Nair |
CEO |
| Shelly Eriksen |
Screenwriter |
| Louis Major |
Vice President & General Manager, Technicolor Creative Services Toronto |
| Gigi Morin |
Board of Directors, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre |
| Mimi Wolch |
Acting Executive Director of Directors Guild of Canada-Ontario (DGC Ontario) |
Council members
- Councillor Gary Crawford / Mayor's designate and co-chair
- Councillor Shelly Carroll
- Councillor Paula Fletcher
- Councillor Doug Ford
- Councillor Norman Kelly
- Councillor John Parker
Film Board background
During the past six years the Board has worked on many local issues and was one of the stakeholders that successfully lobbied Queen's Park to change the tax credit; spoke to Canadian content issues at the CRTC; and continues to work to ensure that an anti-Toronto bias at the Canadian Media Fund does not become a reality.
Members appointed sit as individuals and not as representatives of any one organization. Their combined skills, qualifications and experience demonstrate the following:
- Detailed knowledge of the screen-based industries (film, TV, interactive, commercials);
- Links to key industry stakeholders;
- Awareness of research, trends and projected changes in the industry;
- Understanding of industry issues and risks for Toronto-based companies and work force;
- Familiarity with by-laws, legislation and regulations governing the screen-based industries;
- Connections to national organizations and agencies recommending policy and regulating the industry;
- Success in marketing and promotion;
- Experience with business management, labour relations; strategic planning;
The term of office coincides with the term of Council (ends fall of 2014). The board meets quarterly.
 Toronto Film & Television Office
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