Camelia Frieberg (born 1959) is a Canadian film producer and director. [1] She is a two-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Picture, as producer of Atom Egoyan's films Exotica [2] and The Sweet Hereafter. [3]
Originally from Toronto, she studied ethnomusicology at Bennington College in Vermont. [4] Returning to Toronto after her graduation, she wrote film reviews for various Toronto publications until taking a job as second assistant director on Charles Burnett's 1983 film My Brother's Wedding. [4] She then became a production manager on Egoyan's Next of Kin, working her way up to production on his later films Speaking Parts and The Adjuster. [4]
She also produced Jeremy Podeswa's films Eclipse [4] and The Five Senses, [5] Daniel MacIvor's Wilby Wonderful [6] and Amnon Buchbinder's The Fishing Trip [1] and Whole New Thing, [7] and was an executive producer of Deepa Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood.
In 1988, Frieberg directed the documentary film Crossing the River, a profile of a Salvadoran refugee living in Canada. [8] In 2006, she made her debut as a feature film director, with the film A Stone's Throw. [9]
She subsequently launched The Pollination Project, an environmentally sustainable creative retreat centre near Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. [10]
Camelia Frieberg (born 1959) is a Canadian film producer and director. [1] She is a two-time winner of the Genie Award for Best Picture, as producer of Atom Egoyan's films Exotica [2] and The Sweet Hereafter. [3]
Originally from Toronto, she studied ethnomusicology at Bennington College in Vermont. [4] Returning to Toronto after her graduation, she wrote film reviews for various Toronto publications until taking a job as second assistant director on Charles Burnett's 1983 film My Brother's Wedding. [4] She then became a production manager on Egoyan's Next of Kin, working her way up to production on his later films Speaking Parts and The Adjuster. [4]
She also produced Jeremy Podeswa's films Eclipse [4] and The Five Senses, [5] Daniel MacIvor's Wilby Wonderful [6] and Amnon Buchbinder's The Fishing Trip [1] and Whole New Thing, [7] and was an executive producer of Deepa Mehta's Bollywood/Hollywood.
In 1988, Frieberg directed the documentary film Crossing the River, a profile of a Salvadoran refugee living in Canada. [8] In 2006, she made her debut as a feature film director, with the film A Stone's Throw. [9]
She subsequently launched The Pollination Project, an environmentally sustainable creative retreat centre near Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. [10]