Canadian Film Digest Year Book (1981)

UNIONS, GUILDS & ASSOCIATIONS eR COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA, LIMITED (CAPAC) 1240 Bay St. Toronto, Ont. M5R 2C2 (416) 924-4427 General Manager: John V. Mills, o.c., q.c. Licensing Manager: Arthur Dodd Quebec Office: 1245 Sherbrooke St. W., Ste. 1470 Montreal, Que. H3G 1G2 (514) 288-4755 Manager: Michel Pare Vancouver Office: 1 Alexander St., Ste. 401 Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1B2 (604) 689-8871 Manager: Kent Sturgeon Motion picture theatres throughout Canada have paid annual licence fees to CAPAC for more than 50 years. The right to charge music performance fees on behalf of composers, authors and publishers of music is a right that is provided for in the Copyright Act of Canada. This right has been upheld by the courts. The current licence fees which CAPAC may lawfully sue for or collect are approved annually by the Copyright Appeal Board. This Board is appointed by the Government of Canada under the authority of the Copyright Act. The fees that are payable are set out in the Canada Gazette, a copy of which can be obtained from the Queen’s Printer, Ottawa or from the CAPAC offices. COUNCIL OF CANADIAN FILMMAKERS (CCFM) Box 1003, Station A Toronto, Ont. M5W 1G5 (416) 869-0716 Officers: Chairperson: Robert Verrall Vice-Chairperson: Margaret Collier Secretary-Treasurer: William Dunn Executive Director: Audrey SpenceThomas Member Organizations: ACTRA, British Columbia Film Industry Association, Canadian Society of Cinematographers, IATSE 644C, IATSE 873, NABET Syndicat General du Cinema et Television (ONF) NFB Union, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, The Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople. Executive Committee Members: Jane Gutteridge, CFMDC Dorothy Henaut, SGCT Kirwan Cox, General membership Sandra Gathercole, General membership Jack Gray, ACTRA Penelope Hynam, General membership Jim Keatings, IATSE 644C 130 Jim Kelly, General membership Bill Wood, IATSE William Dunn, CSC Peter Bryant, BCFIA Ken Steel, NABET Suzanne DePoe, ACFC Aims and Objectives: The Council of Canadian Filmmakers is an umbrella organization which represents, through its individual and organization members, 14,000 film directors, writers, actors, technicians, and production personnel in the English Canadian film and television industry. CCEM was formed in March, 1973 in response to the growing problems of the film industry. Speaking on behalf of its members, CCFM has presented numerous briefs and interventions to all three levels of government in Canada, and has spoken out in public and private forums on the need to improve the situation of the English Canadian film industry. In the past year, CCFM has continued to press for legislated quota and levy systems to ensure that Canadian films have reasonable access to Canadian theatres, and to ensure that a reasonable percentage of Canadian box office earnings are returned to Canadian production. The Council has also undertaken extensive research in the area of Pay-TV. The objective of the Council of Canadian Filmmakers is to promote the development of an indigenous English Canadian film industry by: (1) informing government and the public of the situation in the film industry in English Canada; (2) presenting a unified industry voice in negotiations with government, in public forums and in the press; (3) lobbying for the conditions which will make an indigenous film industry viable in Canada. DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA/ LA GUILDE CANADIENNE DES REALISATEURS National Office: 3 Church St. Toronto, Ont. M5E 1M2 (416) 364-0122/364-4280 744 W. Hastings St., Ste. 119 Vancouver, B.C. V6G 1A5 (604) 688-2976 432 Place Jacques Cartier Vieux Montreal, Que. H2Y 3B3 (514) 866-2640 Officers and Executive: President: Syd Banks Vice-President: Bob Linnell 2nd Vice-President: Jim Kaufman Secretary: Gwen Iveson Treasurer: Marilyn Stonehouse Vancouver Rep: Michael Steele Montreal Rep: Jim Kaufman E FEDERATION OF CANADIAN TESUILDS AND UNIONS IN FILM AND TELEVISION 105 Carlton St. Toronto, Ont. M5B 1M2 (416) 977-6335 Chairman: Paul Siren Treasurer: John Fryd A Federation of representatives from the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), the Directors Guild of Canada, the Canadian Film Editors Guild, the Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople and the Association des Professionnels du Cinema du Quebec. Aims and Objectives: (a) To unite the member Guilds and Unions in combined bargaining with common engagers of the members represented by the Guilds and Unions for the purpose of negotiating collective agreements. (b) To co-ordinate the activity of the Guilds and Unions in seeking improved legislation and regulations that support the strengthening of a Canadian cultural industry and protect the job interests of the members of the Guilds and Unions in the Federation. (c) To co-ordinate and unify mutually agreed upon specific organizational activity and services to members. (d) To raise the standards of training and professional competence of the skills and talents of the categories of work represented by the Guilds and Unions in the Federations. THE GUILD OF CANADIAN FILM COMPOSERS/LA GUILDE DE COMPOSITEURS DE FILM CANADIEN 1263 Bay St. Toronto, Ont. M5R 2C1 (416) 961-6601 President: Harry Freedman Directors: Robert Hahn, Glenn Morley, Phil Nimmons, Milton Barnes, Ron Harrison IATSE — INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES AND MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERATORS OF THE U.S. AND CANADA 1515 Broadway New York, N.Y. 10036 (212) 730-1770 International Officers: President: Walter F. Diehl General Secretary-Treasurer: James J Riley Publicity: Alfred W. DiTolla Vice-Presidents: Frank Hobbs, Steve D'Inzillo, Adrian Short dJr., John J. Nolan J.E. Johnson, John J. Ryan, Hugh W Usher, Edward C. Powell, Michael W. Proscia, Alex B. Parizer