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Film
Ernie Coombs pioneered Canadian kids TV
It’s March 6, 1994 and the Gemini Awards are in full swing in Toronto when backstage heads suddenly turn to a quiet man with horn-rimmed glasses entering the media room. Whispers become a murmur.
Chief Dan George: Changed Hollywood image of Native Peoples
Chief Dan George was a logger, a dockworker, a musician, a poet, and, at nearly 60 years of age, he became a movie star.
Paul Barkin – Producer
After years in the trenches of indie film, Paul Barkin has been keeping some heady company of late. Take Donald Sutherland, for example.
Nina Dobrev – Actor
It’s another case of a kid from Degrassi done good.
Xavier Dolan – Director/Writer/Producer/Actor
For Xavier Dolan, making films is a matter of survival.
Aaron Douglas – Actor
Aaron Douglas is not your typical leading man. But then The Bridge is not your typical cop show.
Ian Lauzon – Writer
Although he helped write her hit comedy De père en flic, producer Denise Robert sees Ian Lauzon as a very serious guy.
Allan Hawco – Writer/Producer/Actor
Forget what you’ve heard – Allan Hawco is the CBC’s real triple sensation.
Ruba Nadda – Writer/Director
‘I come from making short films that cost me $500,’ says Ruba Nadda, director of the romantic drama Cairo Time. ‘Now I’m making multimillion-dollar films.
Charles Officer – Writer/Director/Actor
When docmaker Ron Mann won the prize for best individual artist at the Premier’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts, he was tasked with choosing the winner of the $15,000 emerging artist prize. He chose Charles Officer.
Christin Simms – Writer
Crackerjack kids writer Christin Simms, a self-described ex-‘nerd-girl’, clearly understands what makes a story tick.
Jacob Tierney – Writer/Director
Twenty-nine-year-old Jacob Tierney has what it takes to push Canadian cinema ”where it needs to go.”
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