Cameron Bailey

Cameron Bailey
Cameron Bailey
	Bailey in 2017
Born	London, England
Education	University 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

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Movie mogul Cameron Bailey" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. 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" Archived 2015-02-09 at archive.today. Toronto Star, January 20, 2015.
^ "'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.
^ 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.
^ "Cameron Bailey appointed CEO of Toronto International Film Festival" Archived 2022-01-25 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, November 30, 2021.
^ "TIFF appoints Cameron Bailey as CEO". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2021-12-03.

External links

Cameron Bailey at IMDb

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[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.

[mogul-3] "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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