Cameron Bailey is the Chief Executive Officer of TIFF and the Toronto International Film Festival. He directs the vision, strategy and overall management of one of Canada’s premier cultural brands, responsible for presenting the world’s largest public film festival each September.

Born in London, Bailey grew up in England and Barbados before migrating to Canada. He began his career as a film critic, then joined TIFF in 1990 as a seasonal programmer. He headed the Festival's Perspective Canada program and founded its Planet Africa section, before returning to TIFF as Co-Director of the Festival, then Artistic Director of TIFF.

Bailey is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscars, and a Chevalier in France's Order of Arts and Letters. Toronto Life magazine has named him one of Toronto’s 50 Most Influential People on multiple occasions.

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