From Blink Pictures to m.e.a.t. and back again, David Wellington is a director on the move. Adam Massey, shuffling as well, has moved from The Players Film Company to m.e.a.t….
Jana Peck has joined the director roster at Avion Films, coming aboard from Cossette where she was a copywriter. A very respected copywriter. Avion executive producer Paola Lazzeri says when Avion received a script from Peck’s desk it was always welcome….
On day two of shooting Irwin Toys’ campaign for Dragonball z action figures, codirected by Navigator Films’ Harry Lake and Madi Piller, the set is everything one might imagine a toys shoot to be. The atmosphere is relaxed but excited, still…
Someone took all the pins out of Martial Vincent’s voodoo doll. Now, curse-free and cruising, Voodoo Arts is establishing itself as a choice destination for u.s. and Canadian productions alike….
The newest Toyota Dealers of Ontario spot from Radke Films director Martin Shewchuk and the creative team at Gee Jeffery & Partners, headed by Gee Jeffery vp and creative director Brett Channer, has garnered a great deal of praise lately. The…
*Whittall takes it to the Maxx…
When the Canadian Film and Television Production Association was formed in 1990 out of a merger of the two industry groups that had until then been uneasily splitting the territory between them, everyone knew the time had come for a united…
In an industry with many angles, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association covers a wide spectrum of issues. Providing government and industrial relations as well as member services, the cftpa works to maintain the bridge between government regulators and the…
Balance in a quest for stability: that was top of mind in the early years of the cftpa….
Breakthrough Film and Television’s Ira Levy, chair of the cftpa’s industrial relations committee, certainly has a crowded plate. However, the committee, charged with the delicate task of balancing industrial relations with a range of players, has the advantage of newly appointed…
The broadcast relations committee of the cftpa is charged with a wide brief, but perhaps the issue top of mind for committee chair and Ellis Entertainment Corporation president Stephen Ellis’ is the development of a terms of trade agreement with the…
While Stephen Stohn admits most people tend to glaze over when talk turns to copyright, it’s a topic he’s truly passionate about….