Slawko Klymkiw

Slawko Klymkiw
NationalityCanadian

Slawko Klymkiw is a Canadian philanthropist who has been the long-running CEO of the Canadian Film Centre.[1][2] He was an executive at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in 2005, when he became CED of the CFC.[3]

Klymkiw joined the CBC in 1980, rising to assume the executive directorship of network programming in 1996.[4][5]

Ke imkiw is also an ex-officio member of the Toronto International Film Festival's Board of Directors.[6]

References

  1. ^ Jennie Punter (2018-09-09). "Netflix, Canadian Film Centre Cement Partnership". Variety magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  2. ^ "SLAWKO KLYMKIW: Biography". Canadian Film Centre. Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  3. ^ Jennie Punter (2013-03-18). "Four That Soar for the Canadian Film Centre". Variety magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21. Since 2005 the former CBC-TV exec has shaped the strategic vision of the center's initiatives, led the charge to grow its annual budget from $7 million to $13 million (60% from private investors), overseen several program launches and stoked the board of directors with industry and finance leaders keen to chime in.
  4. ^ "Klymkiw leaving CBC". The Globe and Mail. 2005-08-17. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Klymkiw began his CBC career in 1980 in Winnipeg where he produced award-winning supper-hour news shows there and in Toronto before joining CBC Newsworld in its early years.
  5. ^ "CBC program director leaves for Canadian Film Centre". CBC News. 2005-08-18. Archived from the original on 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  6. ^ "TIFF Announces Two New Appointments to Its Board of Directors". webwire. 2018-10-19. Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-12-21.


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