ELIZABETH KLINCK

Elizabeth has worked as a producer, editorial and visual researcher, and clearance specialist on numerous award-winning international documentary films and interactive projects that have garnered Emmy, Gemini, CSA, Peabody and Oscar awards.

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A graduate of Queen's University, she has taught documentary research and development at Toronto Metropolitan University and has led research and rights clearance workshops at numerous international conferences and broadcasters. These conferences include Berlinale, Realscreen, The World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, Sheffield Docfest, DOK Leipzig, Sunnyside of the Doc, Documentary Campus, EDN, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Tehran Documentary Festival, Archidoc (Femis), Banff World Media Festival, Hot Docs, the National Film Board of Canada, ImagineNative, WIFT International Summit, and the Atlantic and Vancouver International Film Festivals.

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Throughout her career, Elizabeth has worked for HBO, PBS, the National Film Board of Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Discovery, History Television, CTV, Channel 4, Arte, ZDF, among other international broadcasters and independent production companies.

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She has been nominated for an Emmy in the Craft of Research and three times for Best Visual Researcher at the FOCAL Awards in the UK. Elizabeth has been nominated for several Canadian Screen Awards and has won the 2021, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2010 Canadian Screen Award for best visual research. Additionally she has won the 2015 Gemeaux Award.

Elizabeth has also won honorary awards such as the Yorkton Golden Sheaf award as well as the FOCAL International Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, the Documentary Organization of Canada honoured her with the star award. In 2019 Elizabeth was honoured with the Canadian Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television’s Board of Director’s Tribute Award for her body of archive producing work and her volunteerism both in Canada and abroad. In 2023, Elizabeth was honoured with the Hot Docs Focus on Award for her work in archive. 

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Elizabeth has served on the board of WIFT Toronto, Impact Media Summit, and was the founding chairperson for ten years for the Visual Researchers' Society of Canada. She is on International Executive Committee for FOCAL International in the UK and is a member of DOC Toronto and WIFT.