Cameron Bailey
Bailey in 2017
Born
London, England
EducationUniversity of Western Ontario
Occupation(s)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).[1][2]

Biography

Born in London, England to parents from Barbados,[3] he spent his early childhood in St. James, Barbados, before moving to Canada with his family at the age of eight.[3] Educated at the University of Western Ontario,[3] 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.[3]

He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film The Planet of Junior Brown with Clement Virgo,[3] and wrote and directed the short film Hotel Saudade.

In 2012, Bailey was named artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

He participated in the 2015 edition of Canada Reads, where he advocated for Kim Thúy's novel Ru.[5] Ru ultimately won the competition.[6]

In 2018, Bailey was promoted to the newly created position of artistic director and co-head of the Toronto International Film Festival.[7] In 2021, following the resignation of co-head Joana Vicente, Bailey was named the festival's executive director.[8]

On November 30, 2021 Bailey was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TIFF after a 25 year career with the festival.[9]

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

  1. ↑ "A day in Toronto with film-festival chief Cameron Bailey". Financial Times. 14 September 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (8 September 2022). "As TIFF Returns to an In-Person Event, CEO Cameron Bailey Talks Getting Ready for Hollywood Stars and Screaming Fans". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Movie mogul Cameron Bailey" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Canadian Immigrant, October 3, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Cameron Bailey named artistic director of Toronto International Film Festival" Archived 2015-01-21 at archive.today. National Post, March 14, 2012.
  5. ↑ "CBC announces Canada Reads finalists" Archived 2015-02-09 at archive.today. Toronto Star, January 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Ru' by Montreal's Kim Thuy wins CBC's 'Canada Reads' competition" Archived 2015-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Brandon Sun, March 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lang, Brent (2018-04-19). "Cameron Bailey Promoted to Co-Head of Toronto Film Festival". Variety. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Cameron Bailey appointed CEO of Toronto International Film Festival" Archived 2022-01-25 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, November 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ "TIFF appoints Cameron Bailey as CEO". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2021-12-03.


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