Camelia Frieberg
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]
Career[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Egoyan and Exotica dominate Genies". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 1994.
- ^ "Egoyan film wins 8 Genies". The Globe and Mail, December 15, 1997.
- ^ a b c d "Crusading producer passionate about film: She isn't afraid to confront the mandarins and accountants". Toronto Star, June 19, 1994.
- ^ "Sensing Success: Canada at Cannes: Jeremy Podeswa prepares for the festival". National Post, May 15, 1999.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Whole New Thing for Webber". Halifax Daily News, September 15, 2005.
- ^ "Salvadorean refugee film premiers tonight". Kingston Whig-Standard, February 27, 1989.
- ^ "Camelia Frieberg's 'mid-life opening' behind the camera" Archived 2016-02-03 at the Wayback Machine. canada.com, August 11, 2007.
- ^ "Camelia Frieberg's cross-pollination project". The Coast, September 3, 2009.
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- 1949 births
- Film producers from Ontario
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Living people
- Bennington College alumni
- Film directors from Toronto
- Canadian film critics
- Canadian women film critics
- Writers from Toronto
- Canadian women film producers
- Canadian women non-fiction writers
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Producers of Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners