Cameron Bailey is a
Canadian
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film critic and festival programmer, who is the
CEO of the
Toronto International Film Festival
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(TIFF).
Biography
Born in
London
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,
England
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to parents from
Barbados
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,
["Movie mogul Cameron Bailey"]
. '' Canadian Immigrant'', October 3, 2011. he spent his early childhood in
St. James, Barbados, before moving to Canada with his family at the age of eight.
[ Educated at the ]University of Western Ontario
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,[ and wrote and directed the short film ''Hotel Saudade''.
In 2012, Bailey was named artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival.
He participated in the 2015 edition of '']Canada Reads
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'', where he advocated for Kim Thúy's novel '' Ru''. ''Ru'' ultimately won the competition.
In 2018, Bailey was promoted to the newly created position of artistic director and co-head of the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2021, following the resignation of co-head Joana Vicente, Bailey was named the festival's executive director.
On November 30, 2021 Bailey was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TIFF after a 25 year career with the festival.
In 2024 he was named as a recipient of the Black Legacy Awards for distinguished cultural achievements by Black Canadians."TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey among 2024 Legacy Awards honourees"
''Toronto Star
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'', September 19, 2024.
Selected publications
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* In this essay he honoured Jennifer Hodge de Silva.
References
External links
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Canadian film critics
Film directors from Toronto
Film producers from Ontario
20th-century Canadian screenwriters
Black Canadian screenwriters
Barbadian emigrants to Canada
University of Western Ontario alumni
Screenwriters from Toronto
Toronto International Film Festival people
Living people
20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers
Film festival directors
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian male screenwriters
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