Cameron Bailey is a

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film critic and festival programmer, who is the

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of the

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(TIFF).

Biography

Born in

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to parents from

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,"Movie mogul Cameron Bailey"
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'', October 3, 2011. he spent his early childhood in St. James, Barbados, before moving to Canada with his family at the age of eight. Educated at the

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, he worked as a film reviewer for ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, '' Take One'' and other publications before joining the Toronto International Film Festival as a programmer. He also co-wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film '' The Planet of Junior Brown'' with

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, and wrote and directed the short film ''Hotel Saudade''. In 2012, Bailey was named artistic director of the Toronto International Film Festival. He participated in the 2015 edition of ''

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'', where he advocated for

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's novel '' Ru''. ''Ru'' ultimately won the competition. In 2018, Bailey was promoted to the newly created position of artistic director and co-head of the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2021, following the resignation of co-head

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, Bailey was named the festival's executive director. On November 30, 2021 Bailey was appointed Chief Executive Officer of TIFF after a 25 year career with the festival.

Selected publications

* * In this essay he honoured Jennifer Hodge de Silva.

References

External links

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