Cameron Bailey
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| Education | University of Western Ontario |
| Occupation | Film critic, festival programmer |
Cameron Bailey is a Canadian film critic and festival programmer, who is the CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Biography[]
Born in London, England to parents from Barbados,[1] he spent his early childhood in St. James, Barbados, before moving to Canada with his family at the age of eight.[1] Educated at the University of Western Ontario,[1] he worked as a film reviewer for Now, Canada AM, CBC Radio One, Take One and other publications before joining the Toronto International Film Festival as a programmer.[1]
He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film The Planet of Junior Brown with Clement Virgo,[1] and wrote and directed the short film Hotel Saudade.
In 2012, Bailey was named artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
He participated in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where he advocated for Kim Thúy's novel Ru.[3] Ru ultimately won the competition.[4]
In 2018, Bailey was promoted to the newly created position of artistic director and co-head of the Toronto International Film Festival.[5] In 2021, following the resignation of co-head Joana Vicente, Bailey was named the festival's executive director.[6]
On November 30, 2021 Bailey was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TIFF after a 25 year career with the festival.[7]
Selected publications[]
- Cameron Bailey (1999). Kay Armatage; Kass Banning; Brenda Longfellow; Janine Marchessault (eds.). A Cinema of Duty: The Films of Jennifer Hodge de Silva. Gendering the Nation: Canadian Women's Cinema. Toronto: University of Toronto. pp. 94–108.
- Cameron Bailey (1990). "A Cinema of Duty: The Films of Jennifer Hodge de Silva". CineAction. winter (23): 4–12. In this essay he honoured Jennifer Hodge de Silva.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Movie mogul Cameron Bailey". Canadian Immigrant, October 3, 2011.
- ^ "Cameron Bailey named artistic director of Toronto International Film Festival" Archived 2015-01-21 at archive.today. National Post, March 14, 2012.
- ^ "CBC announces Canada Reads finalists". Toronto Star, January 20, 2015.
- ^ "'Ru' by Montreal's Kim Thuy wins CBC's 'Canada Reads' competition". Brandon Sun, March 19, 2015.
- ^ Lang, Brent (2018-04-19). "Cameron Bailey Promoted to Co-Head of Toronto Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
- ^ "Cameron Bailey appointed CEO of Toronto International Film Festival". Toronto Star, November 30, 2021.
- ^ "TIFF appoints Cameron Bailey as CEO". TIFF. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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