NFB - About the NFB

Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada

Tom Perlmutter

Assistant Commissioner
Director, Business Affairs and Legal Services
Secretary to the Board of Trustees

Director: Claude Joli-Coeur
Phone: 514-283-2905

• Business affairs
• Legal services
• Rights management

English Program

Acting Director General: Sayedali Rawji
Phone: 514-283-9501

Production of documentaries, animation, children's and multimedia materials at Montreal Headquarters and regional centres across Canada (Halifax, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver)

• Post-production and marketing of these productions
• Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP)

French Program

Director General: Claudette Viau
Phone: 514-283-9285

Production of documentaries, animation, children's and multimedia materials at Montreal Headquarters and three regional centres across Canada: Ontario and West Studio (Toronto), Acadia Studio (Moncton).

• Postproduction and marketing of these productions
• Aide au cinéma indépendant - Canada (ACIC)

Technical Innovation and Resources

Acting Director: Johanne Carrière
Phone: 514-283-9258

• Equipment and maintenance services
• Editing and related services
• Sound post-production
• Image post-production
• Technical coordination
• DVD Unit
• Digital imaging
• Innovation and development

Marketing and Communications

Director General: Nathalie Courville
Phone: 514-496-6380

• CineRobotheque - Montreal
• Communications
• Festivals and Sponsorships
• Interactive Services
• Marketing - Collection and Distribution products
• Marketing - English and French programming
• Mediatheque - Toronto
• Partnerships
• Publishing Services

Administration

Director: Luisa Frate
Phone: 514-283-9051

• Financial administration
• Management of accommodations
• Material resources
• Information technologies

Distribution

Director General: Johanne St-Arnauld Phone: 514-283-9450

• Commercial exploitation of the audiovisual catalogue, acquisitions and stock shots
• Acquisition of audiovisual productions
• Representation of foreign archival collections
• Other commercial initiatives

Human Resources

Director: Robert Paquette
Phone: 514-283-9109

• Planning, staffing and management of human resources


• Organizational development
  • Training and development
  • Change management
  • Internal communications
  • Work organization / structure
• Relations with employees and artists
  • Negotiation and administration of collective agreements and framework agreements
  • Health and safety
  • Benefits administration
  • Mediation
  • Protection of personal information

Strategic Planning and Government Relations

Acting Director General: Deborah Drisdell

Director: Audrey Doyle
Phone: 514-283-9254

• Strategic, operational and budgetary planning for the NFB as a whole
• Application of the program evaluation policy
• Reports on section 41 of the Official Languages Act and on multiculturalism
• Internal audit

Business Affairs and Legal Services

Director: Claude Joli-Coeur
(also Secretary to the Board of Trustees)
Phone: 514-283-2905

• Business affairs
• Legal services
• Rights management