Camelia Frieberg

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Camelia Frieberg (born 1959) is a Canadian film producer and director. [1] She is a two-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Picture, as producer of Atom Egoyan's films Exotica [2] and The Sweet Hereafter . [3]

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Career

Originally from Toronto, she studied ethnomusicology at Bennington College in Vermont. [4] Returning to Toronto after her graduation, she wrote film reviews for various Toronto publications until taking a job as second assistant director on Charles Burnett's 1983 film My Brother's Wedding . [4] She then became a production manager on Egoyan's Next of Kin , working her way up to production on his later films Speaking Parts and The Adjuster . [4]

She also produced Jeremy Podeswa's films Eclipse [4] and The Five Senses , [5] Daniel MacIvor's Wilby Wonderful [6] and Amnon Buchbinder's The Fishing Trip [1] and Whole New Thing , [7] and was an executive producer of Deepa Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood .

Direction

In 1988, Frieberg directed the documentary film Crossing the River, a profile of a Salvadoran refugee living in Canada. [8] In 2006, she made her debut as a feature film director, with the film A Stone's Throw . [9]

She subsequently launched The Pollination Project, an environmentally sustainable creative retreat centre near Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Champion of Canadian film gets her salute: Sweet Hereafter producer Camelia Frieberg is Vancouver Women in Film and Video's woman of the year". Vancouver Sun , February 26, 1999.
  2. ↑ "Egoyan and Exotica dominate Genies". The Globe and Mail , December 8, 1994.
  3. ↑ "Egoyan film wins 8 Genies". The Globe and Mail , December 15, 1997.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Crusading producer passionate about film: She isn't afraid to confront the mandarins and accountants". Toronto Star , June 19, 1994.
  5. ↑ "Sensing Success: Canada at Cannes: Jeremy Podeswa prepares for the festival". National Post , May 15, 1999.
  6. ↑ "Antidote to chaos: Doing his best to avoid news coverage, playwright Daniel MacIvor says his latest play offers respite for the war weary". Halifax Daily News , March 22, 2003.
  7. ↑ "Whole New Thing for Webber". Halifax Daily News , September 15, 2005.
  8. ↑ "Salvadorean refugee film premiers tonight". Kingston Whig-Standard , February 27, 1989.
  9. ↑ "Camelia Frieberg's 'mid-life opening' behind the camera" Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine . canada.com, August 11, 2007.
  10. ↑ "Camelia Frieberg's cross-pollination project". The Coast , September 3, 2009.
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