Principals

NICHOLAS KINSEY
PRESIDENT
Nicholas Kinsey is a Canadian of English origin, born in Ontario and raised in England (UK national). With a scientific background and a capacity to write that he inherited from his mother, a short story writer, he began working in the film industry as a cameraman. His director credits include the features Short Change (1989), Women Without Wings (2002), Killing Ruth - the Snuff Dialogues (2010), Leatha Acidents (2010) and Fire Watch now in post-production. His TV drama credits include the TV pilot Cottage in America shot in October 2010.

Kinsey was executive producer, producer, and director of photography on Lakefront (2004), The Backup Man (2006), and Stray Dogs now in post-production. He has directed and photographed some 500 films and videos including his recent award-winning documentary Martin Frobisher and the Baffin Fraud (2004) that won a Gold Remi at the Houston Worldfest 2005.

Over his career Kinsey has written ten feature screenplays and worked as script-editor on two recent feature productions. Kinsey is a highly versatile and technically proficient filmmaker who has hosted European co-production seminars (The Minority Co-Producer & Deal Breaker Conference at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International film festival in November 2004) and has written technical articles on film editing (The Cut Film Interface for 35mm Movie Production) and on film production in foreign locations.

His knowledge of the industry is wide-ranging, having been a director of photography, a scriptwriter, a film editor and a feature film director. Although Kinsey is committed to drama, he still loves the documentary form and its challenges.

Check out a recent interview on Youtube with the director at TIFF 2011:

Youtube link

ANDREE TOUSIGNANT
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Andrée Tousignant started her career as a script person on numerous industrial and television productions where her phenomenal memory and power of observation were greatly appreciated. She soon moved to feature production management. Her credits include Short Change, Women Without Wings, Lakefront, The Backup Man, Killing Ruth - the Snuff Dialogues, Leatha Acidents, Fire Watch, Stray Dogs and Cottage in America.