Toronto Life – December 2018

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Screen Stars

hollywood

north

Film and tV’s

movers and

shakers

when gentle was announced as the

new editor of the Star in June, the newsroom

erupted in cheers. The first female editor-in-

chief in the paper’s 126-year history oversees

a large staff (23 report directly to her) and

bears the responsibility of managing the

most widely read newspaper in Ontario.

Under her leadership, the paper is pushing

for more hard news than ever, with a

renewed focus on local. up next: Gauging the

results of the Star’s new-old paywall, an

initiative that flopped the first time around.

I r e n e

Gentle

Editor-in-chief,

the Toronto Star

J. Miles Dale

Producer

Dale, a Toronto native, produced

Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of

Water, which won Best Picture at the

Academy Awards.

alfreDo roMano

Owner, Pinewood Studios

Romano recently broke ground on a

200,000-square-foot expansion to help

Pinewood become Canada’s largest

production studio.

Joana Vicente

Executive director, TIFF

The former director of the Independent

Filmmaker Project takes over as TIFF’s

executive director, sharing the co-head

role with Cameron Bailey.

frank sicoli

Co-founder, First Studio City

When it opens, First Studio City in

Markham will feature North America’s

largest soundstage. Sicoli has already

secured $100 million in investments.

alex kurtzMan

Showrunner

Kurtzman is the new showrunner for

Star Trek: Discovery, which shoots at

Pinewood. His former projects include

Sleepy Hollow and Hawaii Five-O.

anDy Muschietti

Director

He directed It, which earned $896 mil-

lion worldwide. It: Chapter Two, starring

Jessica Chastain, filmed in Toronto

this summer.

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