David Bertrand Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Head of film/music/event programming series and arts collective, hosting 60+ events at the Revue Cinema, Royal Cinema, Paradise Theatre & pop-up Toronto locations since 2016.
• Writing successful grants from the Canada Council, Toronto Arts Council, and Ontario Arts Council to support diverse film/music events celebrating Toronto musicians, filmmakers, and creatives. Managing all licensing.
• Curating package programs for booking Canada-wide, including the Mayfair Theatre (Ottawa), the Calgary Underground Film Festival, the Winnipeg Cinematheque, the Metro Theatre (Edmonton).

Toronto, Canada Area

• Business Affairs Manager for film production company (a 2020 Realscreen Global 100 Company), handling all federal and provincial tax credit applications, funding application to Canadian funding bodies: Telefilm, CMF.
• Shepherding projects from early development, through production, post, marketing, broadcast and distribution, for an internationally acclaimed slate of documentary and feature film titles.
• Sales Reports and Distribution reporting for 20+ year library of Markham Street titles, creating exploitation reports for CMF, Telefilm, Ontario Creates, producers, financiers.
• Creating and managing budgets, cashflows, finance plans, tax credit calculations per industry standard templates. Writing applications and reports for yearly Global Market Development Fund.
• Overseeing production staff, drafting WGC contracts, ACTRA contracts, Director & Producer contracts and all other crew deal memos, location and interview releases, SOCAN music cue sheets.

Toronto

• Responsible for programming and marketing the month-to-month calendar of events at independent repertory cinema, including film screenings, concerts, festivals, workshops and live comedy events. Managed a team of 10.
• Managed event sponsorship, established partnerships with arts & culture institutions, and special event logistics with venue staff.

• Hazlitt, Toronto, Canada.
• Shock Till You Drop, Los Angeles, USA.
• Fangoria Magazine, New York, USA.
• Cashiers du Cinemart, Detroit, USA.
• Spectacular Optical, Montreal, Canada.
• Color Magazine, Vancouver, Canada.

• Treatment writer for film and commercial production companies;
• Writing & editing promotional pitch packages for film & marketing projects;
• Hiring and working in conjunction with graphic designers;
• Branded advertising campaigns include: AT&T/Yellow Pages, Nissan X-Trail, McDonald's, Head & Shoulders, Kraft Cheese, Chevy, Benadryl;
• Client companies: Bueno Films, Brown, Sons & Daughters, Partizan, Django Films, Interrogate.

• Industry conference & event coordinator at TIFF 2015;
• Administering events at CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio & Industry Centre, overseeing talent arrival, flow of panel and speaker events.

Montreal, Quebec

• Primary on-site manager for a 22-day film festival (100,000+ attendees);
• Overseeing set-up of venues, offices and conference areas, supervising technical set-up, equipment and vehicle rentals;
• Directing festival volunteer team;
• Arranging promotional signage throughout festival grounds;
• Liaison between festival departments and venue managers;
• Security and logistics, crowd control and patron hospitality.

Montreal & Toronto

• Transcribing, proofing, editing and timing subtitles & closed captions for international film & television clients, including Sony, Fox, BBC, Universal, Disney, Paramount, and many more;
• Technical set up and projection of live subtitles for the Montreal World Film Festival, 2012.

Montreal, Quebec

• In charge of a micro-cinema, film archive, and multi-use venue, including all day-to-day operations;
• Booking screenings and events with filmmakers, festivals, and artists;
• Overseeing technical audio/video requirements;
• Writing content for website, program guide and social networking sites;
• Video editing of weekly trailer reel using Final Cut;
• Hosting filmmaking contests and other community outreach events;

Montreal, Quebec

• Coordinating conference panels, film screenings, gala awards show, and other special events;
• Overseeing content & layout for official conference program guide;
• Writing event descriptions and artist bios;
• Editing film trailers, drafting schedules, liaison for awards show guests.

Toronto, Ontario

• Member of writing team for hour-long CBC TV drama series;
• Breaking new stories, formatting scripts, handling copyright clearances, writing episode synopses, extensive fact-checking and research;
• Organizing cast readings, hiring translators and cultural advisors;
• Direct assistant to producers and showrunners;
• Writer of twelve webisodes (“Psych Sessions”), produced for the CBC as exclusive content for The Border website and Season 3 DVD set.

Vancouver, BC

• Drafting film budget, schedules, and daily call sheets;
• Hiring and overseeing crew;
• Script breakdown for location, cast, crew, prop, equipment needs;
• Insurance arrangements and gear rentals;
• Liaison with owners/managers of shooting locations;
• Maintaining daily shooting schedule.

Vancouver, BC

• Overseeing sales and distribution of tickets & passes;
• In charge of multiple staff & volunteers;
• Primary liaison with exhibitions managers;
• Point person for all customer concerns.

Vancouver, BC

• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Radical Entertainment) – Dialogue Writer
• Prototype (Radical Entertainment) - Dialogue Writer
• Crash Bandicoot: Crash of the Titans (Radical Entertainment) – Promotional trailer

Vancouver, BC

• Direct assistant to show producers;
• Formatting scripts, breaking and revising stories;
• Minute taker at all production meetings;
• Handling copyright clearances and product placement;
• Primary liaison with writing team in LA.

Film Arts, Graduated With Distinction

Film Arts - Screenwriting

Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities