2012 Advisory Boards
What are the Banff World Media Festival Advisory Boards?
Our Advisory Boards are comprised of key professionals - TV and Interactive Producers, Executive Producers, Broadcast Executives, Technology Providers, Mobile Operators and Service Providers, Agencies and Brands – who each offer their opinions on key issues facing the television and digital media industries. These are executives who represent the voice of the international media community.
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BANFF Non-Fiction |
| BANFF Kids & Animation |
BANFF Comedy |
BANFF Francophone |
| BANFF Showrunners Alumni Board |
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Christine Shipton (CHAIR) |
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Harold Gronenthal |
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Thomas von Hennet |
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Joey Plager |
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Angela Stephenson |
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| Glen Cockburn Literary Agent Meridian Artists |
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Greg Moyer |
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| George Burger Senior Media and Broadcast Executive |
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Jesse Albert (CHAIR) |
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Lydia Antonini Digital Media Executive |
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Dominique-Sebastien Forest |
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Joe Casale President and CEO Casale Media |
| Sara Diamond President Ontario College of Art & Design |
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Mel D'Souza President,Executive Producer SILO Entertainment |
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Matt Di Paola Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer Mediacom Canada |
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Nader Elm Vice President Enfortus |
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Phil Frappier |
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Raja Khanna Co-CEO & Co-President Glassbox |
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Evan Jones Partner Stitch Media |
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Jim Louderback |
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Mike Kasprow |
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Anthony Lilley Founder Magic Lantern |
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Marina Mann |
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Alon Marcovici Marketing & Communications Professional |
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Susan Nation President Hop to It Productions |
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Simon Nelson Advisor Digital & Business Strategy |
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James Prudhomme |
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Tony Novia |
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Jonathan Ford |
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Joanna Webb (CHAIR) |
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Julie Bristow Studio and Unscripted Programming CBC Television |
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Elaine Frontain Bryant |
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Simon Lloyd CEO Cineflix Programming |
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Justin Scroggie |
Vibika Bianchi VP, Original Programming Lifestyle, Reality & Factual Entertainment Corus Television |
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John Ritchie |
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Carole Bonneau |
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Suzanne French Vice-President, Children's and Family Shaftesbury Films |
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Jocelyn Hamilton |
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Matt Hornburg Executive Producer, Partner & Co-Founder marblemedia |
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David Levine |
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Ira Levy Executive Producer Breakthrough Entertainment |
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Frank Saperstein SVP, Animation and Children's Programming Entertainment One Entertainment |
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Sander Schwartz |
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Kenny Hotz (CHAIR) |
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David Himelfarb Corporate Commerical Lawyer |
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Jenny Hacker |
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Mike Scully Co-Creator, Producer, Napoleon Dynamite |
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Lou Wallach |
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Suzane Gouin - CEO, TV5 Québec Canada | Judith Brosseau - Senior VP, Programming, Communications & Digital Media, Canal D, Historia, Séries +, Les Chaines Télé Astral |
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| Erika Denis - Audiovisual Attaché French Embassy Cultural Service |
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Tom Perlmutter - Film Commissioner and Chair, National Film Board of Canada | |
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Georges Leclère - Founder and President of LGMA Inc. | ![]() |
Marc Beaudet - President and producer at Turbulent Media Inc. |
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Mathieu Béjot - Executive Director of TV France International | ![]() |
Claire Samson - President and CEO, APFTQ |
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Natalie McNeil - Directrice générale, Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada | ![]() |
Marie Côté - Executive Director of the Specialty channels for CBC/Radio-Canada French Services |
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Jack Bender - Lost | ![]() |
Greg Daniels - The Office |
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Hart Hanson - Bones | ![]() |
Jason Katims - Friday Night Lights |
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Richard Lewis - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | ![]() |
Carol Mendelsohn - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
| Peter Murrieta - Wizards of Waverly Place | Bill Prady - The Big Bang Theory | ||
| Arnold Shapiro - President, Arnold Shapiro Productions | David Shore - House | ||
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David Zucker - The Good Wife |





















































