Tracey Friesen Email & Phone Number

Tracey Friesen brings over 25 years’ experience in Canada’s cultural sector to her role as managing vice-president of the Canadian Media Producers Association, BC Branch. She is founder and board member of Story Money Impact, the non-profit that brought Good Pitch to Vancouver, and author of 'Story Money Impact: Funding Media for Social Change' (Routledge/ Focal Press). During over a decade at the National Film Board, she earned producer or exec credits on nearly 40 projects, including the award winning films 'Being Caribou', 'ScaredSacred' and 'Shameless: The ART of Disability'. She has done contracts with Mindset Foundation, Inspirit Foundation, DOC and Creative BC, plus was director of programming during the start-up phase of Roundhouse Radio 98.3 Vancouver. Most recently, Tracey served two years as director of communications and public engagement with the David Suzuki Foundation. Tracey has earned a BAA from Ryerson, a BA from UBC, and both an MA and an MBA from SFU. Other associations have included the Academy of Canadian Cinema & TV, Social Venture Partners, Abundance Community Farm, Minerva Foundation and Hollyhock Leadership Institute. In 2013 Women in Film & TV Vancouver named Tracey Friesen ‘Woman of the Year’.

Listed skills include Film, Documentaries, Video Production, Video, and 32 others.