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Micheline Lanctôt Leads Seven-Member International Jury at BANFF 2001
(Banff, Alberta, May 11, 2001) The acclaimed Canadian actress,
writer, producer, and director Micheline Lanctôt leads this
year's seven-member International Jury for the 22nd Banff Rockie
Awards. The International Jury is scheduled to screen the nominees
for this year's Banff Rockie Awards beginning May 31, and will decide
the winners in 14 categories, two Special Jury Awards, the first-ever
$25,000 NHK President's Prize for the best HDTV entry, and the inaugural
$50,000 Global Television Grand Prize. In addition to the international
awards, there are two Telefilm Canada Prizes worth $20,000 each
for the best independent Canadian productions in English and French.
The jury's decisions will be announced at the Awards Gala on June
11 during the 22nd Banff Television Festival.
Micheline Lanctôt began her career in the film and
television industry as an animator at the National Film Board of
Canada and made her acting debut in 1972 in the film, The True
Nature of Bernadette. She later starred in the films Voyage
en Grande Tartarie and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz,
playing opposite Richard Dreyfuss. Some of her credits as writer
and director include the films, L'Homme a Tout Faire (1980),
Sonatine (1982), and La Vie d'un Heros (1995) of which
she directed. This year Ms. Lanctôt received one of Quebec's
highest cultural awards, the Prix Albert Tessier, in recognition
of career achievements to date.
Tania Chambers is currently acting chief executive of ScreenWest,
the Western Australian film and television agency. She has previously
worked as an executive producer and producer with RT Films Entertainment
and Wildfire Films International, and was director of business affairs
with Barron Entertainment and the Australian Film Finance Corporation,
and legal counsel at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Ms.
Chambers served on the Banff International Jury in 2000.
Giovanni Lombardo Radice, of Italy, is an actor, director,
translator and screenwriter, with extensive production, direction
and acting credits on stage and in television and films. His eclectic
background includes adaptations of English and American plays, from
Shakespeare to the modern repertoire. He has performances under
leading Italian directors, and has numerous acting and writing credits
in feature-length dramas and series.
Khim Loh is executive producer of The Moving Visuals Co.
in Singapore, which specializes in documentaries, lifestyle and
entertainment programming, and children's television. She is one
of Asia's most established producers, with a wealth of experience
across Asia-Pacific, and a wide range of credits including projects
for National Geographic Channel, documentary series, music videos,
corporate videos and television commercials.
Philip Jones is presently managing director of Philip M.
Jones Associates in the U.K., a company he recently formed to develop
coproductions, advising producers regarding rights, funding and
international partnerships. His was previously director of international
affairs for Carlton International and has held senior executive
positions with a number of other British television enterprises.
Fabrice Roux, from France, is one of Europe's most prolific
and successful actors and producers, a co-founder of Kalamazoo International
(with Dominique Bertrand) and Alamagordo Films and Spectacles. He
has numerous acting credits in cinema, stage and television; and
his production credits include Mozart, l'enigma K621B,
a Banff nominee in 2000, and Les leçons des ténèbres,
which won a Banff Rockie Award for Best Performance Program in 1999.
Diane Werts has been writing about television for the New
York daily newspaper Newsday since 1990. Her columns run
regularly in the Los Angeles Times, and her byline has appeared
in TV Guide, Seventeen, and many newspapers across
the U.S. and Canada. Ms. Werts was editor of Newsday's award-winning
TV Plus color magazine for three years, and was an arts critic
and editor at The Dallas Morning News.
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