Daniel Frank Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Daniel Frank (he/him/zie/zir) is a seasoned cultural professional with 22 years experience in both the commercial and non-profit charitable arts and audiovisual sector. He/Zie has built a career on reciprocal passion for positive change in the industry and for audiences, championing partners and people with similar goals and passions.At Isuma Distribution International, he oversaw a new five-year strategic plan, launched their new website for the company, the company's new “eligible distributor” for Telefilm and Canada Media Fund - a first for an Indigenous distributor in Canada, and rollout of the TIFF ‘23 award winning TAUTUKTAVUK (WHAT WE SEE) which has screened over 60 times since its premiere from festivals to streamers to remote Indigenous communities.Daniel’s additional experience also includes management or director roles at commercial companies such as Technicolor (now Picture Shop), Fae Pictures, and non-profit leading festivals such TIFF, Hot Docs, and imagineNATIVE.During his time imagineNATIVE, he oversaw all aspects of year-round professional development programming including the imagineNATIVE Festival’s Industry Days , the NATIVe - Indigenous Cinema initiative with the Berlinale / European Film Market and managing a portfolio of over 25 industry partnerships for fiscal/in-kind sponsorship support with the development team. Daniel developed and executed both creative and market initiatives, including the ground-breaking 2167: Indigenous Storytelling in VR, the first Indigenous Feature Futures Forum and aggregated development, funding support and managed execution-to-dissemination of the On Screen Protocols & Pathways Guide.He/Zie has worked in community on the board of Work in Culture, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers (LIFT), sat on the board of Pleasure Dome, and juried for Telefilm, Canada Media Fund + TIFF Talent Lab.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Oversees the larger goals/direction for growth of IDI including revenue, partnerships and operational development. Also oversees the collaboration for film releases and strategies, and the point person for festival strategy, sales, and distribution.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Consultant Daniel Northway-Frank is a seasoned cultural professional with 20 years experience in both the commercial and non-profit charitable arts sector. Active in the queer and Indigenous screen industry, he has built a career on reciprocal passion for positive change in the industry and for audiences, championing partners and people who want the same. Daniel’s experience includes coordination and management of both commercial and non-profit companies such as Technicolor, Hot Docs, TIFF and most recently as Institute Director at imagineNATIVE. In his 10+ years at the imagineNATIVE, he oversaw all aspects of year-round professional development programming including the imagineNATIVE Festival’s Industry Days and managing a portfolio of over 25 industry partnerships for funding/in-kind support. He has developed and executed both creative and market initiatives, most recently the ground-breaking 2167: Indigenous Storytelling in VR, the first Indigenous Feature Futures Forum and aggregated support and execution of two industry reports including On Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with Indigenous Canadian Communities, Cultures, Concepts & Stories, a ground-breaking new initiative that is a touchstone for informed and collaborative media production practices with Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadian creators and communities.He is a former board member of Work in Culture, Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and Pleasure Dome, and juried for CMF, Telefilm, TIFF Talent Lab, CBC’s Short Film Face Off and Worldwide Shorts Film Festival.He is also a father, a husband and short film producer with a BAA in Film Studies from Ryerson’s School of Image Arts.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Welcome to the launch of Decision Tree, an audiovisual consultation company, born out of the good work I have done since 2020 via Northway-Frank Consulting, but moving forward, post-divorce and present reinvention of personal life and the professional industry at this pivotal time. I

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Facilitate meaningful and strategic connection and opportunities for new business and audience retention for our robust slate of 2SLGBTQIA+ and BIPOC screen work. Branding, marketing, impact initiatives and more.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RainbowConnect.ca is a small business with a social purpose – to help support and connect Canada’s LGBTQ+ community by providing a directory of LGBTQ+ friendly businesses and organizations. As the new Business Development Specialist for RainbowConnect.ca, in addition to strategic direction and marketing & communications advisement, I am focused on the attraction and retention of new 2SLGBTQIA+ friendly businesses to the platform, their promotion, and a future merchandising strategy.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

RainbowConnect.ca is a small business with a social purpose – to help support and connect Canada’s LGBTQ+ community by providing a directory of LGBTQ+ friendly businesses and organizations. As the new Business Development Specialist for RainbowConnect.ca, in addition to strategic direction and marketing & communications advisement, I am focused on the attraction and retention of new 2SLGBTQIA+ friendly businesses to the platform, their promotion, and a future merchandising strategy.

Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada

The Water Walker (14min, doc/animation). Premiere at TIFF 2020, DOC NYC 2020.Social media support for premiere. Festival strategy and management.https://seeingred6nations.com/projects/

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Los Angeles, California, United States

Investor opportunities Consultant for the Becket Film Fund, a startup company founded and committed to including women and underrepresented people in writer, director, and actor roles in independent feature films.Becket Film Fund will use their data-driven proprietary methodology - the Diversity Revenue Model - to significantly increase feature film revenue. They currently have a project pipeline, producer alliances, longstanding connections to talent, a board of advisors, studio and streaming distributor partners, and access to international markets.Becket Film Fund is committed to funding 2-3 commercially viable, mid-market films per year that reflect the ethnic and gender diversity of the movie-watching audience across the globe. Learn more at: becketfilmfund.com

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Queen of the Morning Calm (feature drama, 2020) Supporting the development and launch of digital campaign for 2020 Festivals, screenings, theatrical and VOD launch. Social media management. Ad placement.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Public and private sector grant writing (New Media Ventures, Canada Council for the Arts: Digital Strategy Fund.)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

POV Fund. Creative expert evaluation of feature documentary projects to annual public film fund.

401 Richmond Street West, Suite 446

The imagineNATIVE Institute is a new organizational department and activation component the organization’s professional development and training programs in a year-round production cycle. Activated through the realization of a new permanent, publicly accessible facility for the organization in the historic 401 Richmond Building. The Institute will incorporate the imagineNATIVE’s Festival Industry Series and special current annual initiatives, build capacity for existing and new programs for which there is currently a gap in the industry, and open up select programs for international intake.The imagineNATIVE Institute is strategically designed towards the advancement of business and creative opportunities for Indigenous artists and professionals at any career level in the film/video, television, audio and digital media realm. The Institute will be Canada’s and debatably the world’s epicentre for the development and promotion of Indigenous-created, screen and media based content for a national and global marketplace.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, now celebrating its 15th year, is the world’s largest international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media. Each fall, the festival presents a selection of over 120 of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe. The festival's screenings, parties, panel discussions, and cultural events attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media. This year’s 15th anniversary festival runs Oct. 22-26, 2014.

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, now in its 13th year, is world’s largest international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media. Each fall, the festival presents a selection of over 100 of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe. The festival's screenings, parties, panel discussions, and cultural events attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media. This year’s festival runs Oct. 17-21, 2012

Coordinate and disseminate all submissions to programming teamAssociate Programmer duties, including notesCoordinate Jury dubs and award disseminationCoordinate all Industry Panels, including Doc and Drama Pitch Competitions, and Micro-Meetings and NFB Animation workshopCoordinate closing ceremony video montages and interviews for 10th anniversary congrats reel

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Certificate - Seo Integration, Search Engine Optimization (Seo)

Wordpress integration, backlink, local and national SEO.

Bfa, Fine Arts

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Digital Marketing, Marketing