Film Weekly 1962-63 year book : Canadian motion picture industry with television section (1962)

National Film Board IN the 1961-62 fiscal year ended March 31 the National Film Board was given $5,143,773 by the Government, added $877,073 in rentals and royalties and $15,062 from miscellaneous sources to this for an income of $6,035,908, the annual report of the Government film agency shows. The NFB is Ottawa’s official agent for the making of films and departments and agencies of the Government paid it $1,041,471, while it got $463,497 from others. The NFB also calls this income, so that its total was $7,540,876. The excess of income over expense, which it returns, was $50,424, so that it spent $7,490,452. The previ¬ ous year it spent $6,974,311. Flow did it spend this $7,490,452? Its main production program of films and other visual materials cost $3,007,480, production for government depart¬ ments and others took respectively $976,606 and $270,715, a total of $1,247,321. Distribution cost $2,203,342, admin¬ istration and general services $860,200, and acquisition of equipment $172,109. The figures do not include rent, main¬ tenance, etc. The Board completed 400 produc¬ tions — 295 for itself and 105 sponsored. Its regular staff totalled 642 and those on a contract or terms basis were 108. In the motion picture laboratories film processed totalled 20,143,163 feet, which was made up of both color and black-and-white. NATIONAL FILM BOARD Ottawa, Canada (Phone CEntral 2-8211) Minister Responsible — Hon. Richard A. Bell, PC, QC, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. BOARD OF GOVERNORS Guy Roberge, QC — Government Film Commission¬ er and Chairman of the Board, Ottawa. R. Gordon Robertson — Deputy Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Ottawa. Marcel Cadieux — Assistant Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs, Ottawa. George V. Haythorne, Deputy Minister of Labour, Ottawa. Charles S. Band — Toronto. Lieut. -Col. C. C. I. Merritt, VC, ED — Vancouver. Mrs. Margaret Stevens — Flin Flon, Manitoba. Arthur Dansereau, QC — Montreal. Mrs. Keith Rand, Port Williams, NS. HEADQUARTERS STAFF 150 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ont. (Phone CEntral 2-8211) Government Film Commissioner Guy Roberge, QC Head of Ottawa Office & Chief, Liaison Division H. B. Chandler Administrative Officer A. A. Keyes MONTREAL 3255 Cote de Liesse Road, Villa! St. Laurent, Que. (Postal Address: P.O. Box 6100, Montreal 3) (Phone Riverside 7-5511) SENIOR OFFICERS Government Film Commissioner Guy Roberge, QC Senior Assistant to the Commissioner and Executive Director Pierre Juneau Senior Assistant to the Commissioner and Director of Production Grant McLean Director of Administration E. S. Coristine Director of Distribution J. W. Cosman Director of Technical Operations Gerald Graham Director of Planning Michael Spencer ADMINISTRATION Chief, Accounting Division C. A. Miller Chief, General Services D. B. E. Greenway Personnel Manager Peter Rainboth Purchasing Agent R. S. Rekert PRODUCTION Executive Producers Nicholas Balia, Jacques Bobet, Tom Daly. Fernand Dansereau, (Asst. Dir. of Prod'n), Guy Glover, Peter Jones, Hans Moller, Frank Spiller, Mrs. Lorraine Monk Production Manager Desmond Dew Production Research Officers Miss M. McKay, Andre Belleau TECHNICAL OPERATIONS Senior Technical Officer R. W. Payne Supt. Motion Picture Lab. George Bova Chief, Sound Division Rolf Epstein Director of Photography Denis Gillson Chief, Animation & Title Photo D. M. Roberts Supervisor, Stills Lab. A. E. Shearer Chief, Engineering Division Ambrose Vachon DISTRIBUTION Chief, Canadian Division G. L. Donovan Asst. Chief, Canadian Division Irenee Bonnier Chief, I nternational Division Jean Cote Asst. Chief, International Division R. Monteith Chief Information Division Tom Johnston French Information Officer J. P. Vanasse Chief, Promotion Division A. Kaltenback Chief, Research & Reports Division R Morissette Exec. Asst, to Dir. of Distrib’n R Ladouceur REGIONAL & DISTRICT OFFICES ST. JOHN'S, NFLD. Bruce Pilgrim. Regional Supervisor, Centre Bldg., Church Hill, P.O. Box 1206. CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI. John Martin, District Officer, Confederation Bldg., P.O. Box 1180, HALIFAX, NS. D. A. McLean, District Officer, 97 Dresden Row. FREDERICTON, NB. R. J. Hickey, Maritime Regional Supervisor, New Federal Bldg., P.O. Box 216. MONCTON, NB. E. A. Arsenault, District Officer, 144 Highfield St. MONTREAL, QUE. Jean-Jacques Chagnon, Regional Supervisor, R. de Belief euille , Asst. Regional Supervisor, Joachim Cornellier, Commercial Rep., 685 Cathcart St., P.O. Box 998, Station B. QUEBEC CITY Rolland McKinnon, District Representative, Room 24, Palais Montcalm. 108