Louie Leger

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Genies warm to Histoires d’hiver

Despite placing in Canada’s top 10 films at the box office in the past year, Histoires d’hiver producer Claude Gagnon of Aska Films says he is somewhat disappointed by the film’s performance….

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Trying to hit the moving target

‘It’s a competitive business and all the more so because the target is always moving,’ Jean Bureau, executive vp, international distribution at Motion International, observes of the world of international distribution from a Canadian’s perspective. ‘The amount of product being produced…

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‘A good soul, good at business’

‘I’ve never, ever been ambitious,’ insists Trina McQueen. ‘My whole career has been a failed attempt to have weekends off.’…

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johnny

Producer/writer/director: Carl Bessai…

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rollercoaster

Director/writer: Scott Smith * Producers: Scott Smith, Connie Dolphin * Director of photography: Bob Aschmann * Cameraman: Michael Wale * Diary by: Louise Leger…

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Touched

Director/producer/writer: Mort Ransen…

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New AFM agreement in tune with Canadian musicians

The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada is in the midst of several initiatives aimed at stimulating the recording of music for film and television. One of its key initiatives is promoting its Canadian Film Production Agreement,…

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The Academy looks back on 20 years

In the 20 years since the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television was born, remarkably the objectives of the organization have not changed – but pretty much everything else has….

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Barry Parrell: the man from Climax

It was an early childhood love of stills photography that led dop Barry Parrell to his place of prominence in Canada’s commercial industry today. That youthful passion, he says, is what continues to inspire him and have an impact on his…

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Top exec producer Liane Thomas

Time was when Liane Thomas was placed firmly in the center of the Canadian art world. The executive producer got her start by studying art history at McGill University in Montreal and then, upon her return to Toronto, working in sales…

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Exec producer Scott Mackenzie

Scott Mackenzie brings a wide-ranging base of media experience to his role at Radke Films – a role that includes executive producer, head of production and now partner….

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YTV Celebrates 10 years by keeping it weird

YTV has come a long way since Sept. 1, 1988, when then Minister of Communications Flora MacDonald ‘flipped the switch’ and approximately 4 million subscribers tuned in to John Candy introducing Canada to the first ever kids television network….