Cineworks Board of Directors
The Cineworks Board of Directors comprises seven members elected by the membership at large at the Annual General Meetings, and three appointed positions to bring in people with particular expertise in a given subject area (i.e. law, accounting, staff development, etc). The elected board positions are for terms of two years. The terms are staggered, with four positions being elected in even numbered years and three in odd numbered years. The board in turn elects the executive positions.
At the Annual General Meeting of July 14, 2009, the membership re-elected Jason Karman and Rob Simpson to the board, and also elected Stephen Wichuk to the board to fill the vacancy left by outgoing President Justine Bizzocchi. The board would like to thank Justine for her service as President and welcome Stephen to the board. The board will be electing the executive positions at its next meeting.
Kathleen Hepburn - President
Kathleen, a recent graduate from Simon Fraser’s School for Contemporary Arts, and founding member of The Suspension of Disbelief Film Society, is an emerging filmmaker and new media artist. She is currently in the works on several short projects, including one shot on Cineworks’ own Arri SR2. She is also the co-founder of the independent production company “Glass Curtain Pictures” whose mandate is to produce excellence in film while avoiding at all costs the sometimes-tyrannical nature of the film industry.
Jack Beatty - Vice President
Jack Beatty has been an experimental photographer for almost thirty years and has extensive knowledge of analog technology. As the control analyst for Technicolor (formerly Alpha Cine) he has known Cineworks since its early days and assisted many members with their work. He is Vice President and as Chair of the Facilities and Equipment Advisory Committee he has been instrumental in the development of the planned analogue film workshop facilities.
Peter Hebert - Secretary
Peter Hebert is a web developer, independent filmmaker, videographer and graphic designer. He is a graduate of the Television Broadcasting program at Algonquin College in Ottawa, and has been involved with moving pictures and interactive media for almost 15 years. Peter’s first short film, Lucky - or Not?, was completed in 2005 and is available online. Peter has worked on several independent films and experimented with 16 mm, Super 8 mm and digital filmmaking. He is a supporter of open source technology and open and free media, and has made his films available on-line under a Creative Commons license which allows non-commercial redistribution and remixing. Peter has been involved in the arts community for several years, as a member of SAW Video Coop, the Independent Filmmakers Cooperative of Ottawa and volunteering with both the Ottawa and Montreal Fringe Festivals. He was a founding partner in the independent music site thesetunes.com, a leading promoter of the independent music scene in Canada from 2001-2003.
Jonathan Fogg - Treasurer
Mr. Fogg brings more than 10 years of post qualification experience as a Chartered Accountant to Cineworks. Mr. Fogg has significant experience with public company accounting and financial reporting. He currently is the Corporate Controller of a mid-sized publically listed company in both Canada and the U.S. and has previously worked as the Chief Financial Officer for a small Canadian public Company. He formerly worked as a senior manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he consulted on initial public offerings, corporate re-organizations and business advisory assignments for both domestic and international clients. He has also performed audit engagements for several not-for-profit organizations.
He received his Bachelor of Administration from the University of Regina, Saskatchewan and achieved his C.A. designation in 1997. Mr. Fogg began his career in the Office of the Provincial Auditor, Province of Saskatchewan and then joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1997. During his time with the firm Mr. Fogg held increasingly senior positions including that of Senior Manager/Director, Assurance and Business Advisory Services.
Johanne Gregory - Director
After having spent many years working and travelling overseas, Johanne Gregory is now a resident of West Vancouver British Columbia. She is an Honours graduate of the Faculty of Arts at Carleton University (Ottawa, Ontario) and the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, B.C.). On the legal side, she has been a consultant, a business development officer, a university and college instructor and a legal text editor. Her eclectic and varied resume also includes experience as a free-lance journalist in general, with a particular emphasis on non-fiction law and economics related articles, in particular. With an eye to translating a passion for film into a lucrative and rewarding career, Johanne completed (with distinction) Langara College’s Film Arts certificate program in 2008. Her filmography includes having written and produced 4 short films. She is presently active as ‘co- producer’ on the feature film ‘Rain Down’ and was appointed to Cineworks’ board of directors in June 2009.
Robert Simpson - Director
Rob is an IATSE member working in the camera department. He has been an active member of Cineworks since 1986 assisting our technical staff and serving on the former Equipment Committee. His technical expertise and grasp of members needs has been invaluable in the creation of Cineworks equipment base.
Stephen Wichuk - Director
John A. Woods - Director
A life long British Columbian, John has been a member of Cineworks since 2003. In 2001 he picked up a Super 8 camera at a garage sale and began experimenting with amateur media formats resulting in the evocative 10min.Super 8 film ‘Buffalo Farm’ in 2007. John is a lighting technician with IATSE 891.