In the newly-created role, Pavoni will help increase capacity and resources for the B.C. industry.
Meridian Artists founder Glenn Cockburn calls for more “noise” to be made about the bill’s wording on who creates and produces Canadian content.
Katharine Pavoni will work in the key creative and directors division for the B.C. office, adding to the agency’s principal offices in Toronto and L.A.
The Toronto and L.A.-based agency now represents some of Canada’s top showrunners, including Wynonna Earp‘s Emily Andras, Coroner‘s Morwyn Brebner and The Porter‘s Marsha Greene.
‘Our hope with this apprenticeship program is to start making the talent agency field more inclusive and diverse,’ said Meridian Artists’ Glenn Cockburn in a statement.
Crime drama Goner, set to shoot in Ontario in spring 2019, is produced by Carousel Pictures’ Tyler Levine (pictured).
The eight-part miniseries, created by Robert C. Cooper, will star Sarah Wayne Callies and Shawn Doyle (pictured).
Nancy LeFeaver and Colleen Loucks join the Toronto film and TV agency.
The Toronto film and TV agency has appointed Courtenay Bainbridge to lead the new department.
Tovah Small and Derek Carkner (pictured) will be based at the literary agency’s Toronto office.
The agency has hired veteran book agent Amy Moore-Benson (pictured) to help build its new division.
The one-hour drama series from Canadian creators Jocelyn Cornforth and Al Magee, originally in development at the CBC, has moved to the U.S. net.