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WIFTV is pleased to present the WILLIAM F. WHITE |
The successful applicant has been selected and WIFTV is delighted to announce that Lucy MacLeod is this year's mentorship recipient.
“Lucy stood out as someone who has had a proven work track record in the industry. Her experience as a production coordinator and her current position as Studio Manager with the “Mr. Young” TV Series, made her an ideal candidate to move forward with this mentorship. We feel she is at a perfect place in her career to best utilize this award.” Robyn Weiner, chair of the William F. White Mentorship committee.
“I would like to say a very big thank you to the jury for picking me as I am absolutely thrilled to have this amazing opportunity at such an early stage in my PM career. The one on one time I’ll get to spend with Ed, Tia and Yvonne will be absolutely invaluable and I can’t thank WIFTV and William F. White enough. This will be an incredible learning experience and I’m super keen to get started!” Lucy MacLeod
“We’re very pleased to partner with William F. White Int’l to offer this unique mentorship,” says Mary Bissell, WIFTV President. “WIFTV continues to explore avenues for professional development to inspire, nurture talent, and promote diversity in the industry. This partnership has allowed us to fill a crucial gap by addressing the need for production training at the emerging level.”__
"We’re thrilled to be partnering with WIFTV on this important new initiative,” says Paul Bronfman, William F. White Chairman and CEO. “It’s a great opportunity to provide mentorship and advancement for Canadian women in our industry while reinforcing our long-time commitment to supporting the next generation of production professionals.”“This mentorship provides a one-of-a-kind hands-on learning experience in all aspects of production planning,” adds Lowell Schrieder, Director of Marketing & Communications for William F. White. “It will ultimately help emerging talent build confidence and relationships, while opening up doors for a career in production management.”
The William F. White Production Manager Mentorship (West) provides one emerging Canadian female production manager with hands-on training. The successful applicant will join William F. White as an intern to learn about production equipment for digital projects, television and film equipment planning, resource management, and budget planning. The winner will spend a total of ten days on site participating in the intensive training program. In addition, the winner will be partnered with two experienced female production managers (Tia
Buhl and Yvonne Melville) for individualized mentorship sessions.
The successful William F. White Production Manager Mentorship (West) recipient receives: a ten-day internship at William F. White in Vancouver, and direct mentorship with two experienced Production Managers: a session with Tia Buhl on "low budget" productions, and a session with Yvonne Melville on "high budget" productions.
Yvonne Melville is a well-established Production Manager who has worked on a variety of television and feature films over the last 25 years, including: Falling Skies (Series, Dreamworks/TNT), Harper's Island (13 episodes, CBS), The Mummy 3 (Feature), and Shooter (Feature, Paramount Pictures).
Established in 1989, Women In Film + Television Vancouver Society (WIFTV) is an internationally-affiliated non-profit society committed to advancing and celebrating women in screen-based media. We are the Vancouver chapter of Women in Film + Television International (WIFTI), which counts more than 10,000 members world-wide.
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