Camelia Frieberg

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Camelia Frieberg (born 1959) is a

Genie Award for Best Picture, as producer of Atom Egoyan's films Exotica[2] and The Sweet Hereafter.[3]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d "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. Halifax Daily News
    , March 22, 2003.
  7. Halifax Daily News
    , September 15, 2005.
  8. Kingston Whig-Standard
    , February 27, 1989.
  9. canada.com
    , August 11, 2007.
  10. ^ "Camelia Frieberg's cross-pollination project". The Coast, September 3, 2009.

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