ACTRA Toronto names new director of independent, broadcast production

TORONTO – Former Bell Media exec Laurie McAllister has been appointed director of ACTRA Toronto’s independent and broadcast production department, effective immediately.McAllister left Bell Media where she was the director, business affairs of in-house production to succeed ACTRA Toronto’s outgoing director of independent and broadcast production, Mimi Wolch, who has stepped in to the role of interim managing director at Film Ontario.“We are thrilled to welcome Laurie to ACTRA Toronto,” said ACTRA Toronto executive director Sue Milling, in the announcement. “Her extensive experience with Bell Media in Business and Legal Affairs and her background in independent production, including as former...