David Legault
Chair, Board of Directors
David has been a film and television professional for twenty-five years. Now in his fourth year serving on the board, he is working to foster greater bonds between Vancouver’s film industry and The Cinematheque, especially in the realm of education and youth mentorship.
Rudy Bootsma
Vice Chair & Treasurer, Board of Directors
Rudy joined The Cinematheque board after many years of being an avid art film supporter and then discovering the creative development work that The Cinematheque does for the enrichment of both film artists and enthusiasts. He is the founder and principal of Compendia, an accounting firm specializing in the Arts and Entertainment industry. He holds a BA in English Literature from SFU, an advanced intellectual property management certificate from WIPO, and a PBA accounting designation.
Tim Reeve
Secretary, Board of Directors
Tim is a sustainability advisor and President of Reeve Consulting, one of Canada’s leading consulting firms specializing in responsible sourcing and sustainable supply chains. Tim is considered a Canadian thought-leader in helping organizations think about the social and environmental risks associated with what they buy, where it comes from, and the labour conditions under which it was made. His desire to contribute his planning and communication skills to good causes, combined with his love of documentary and foreign films, brought him to The Cinematheque, where he has been a Board Member since 2016.
Jim Bindon
Member, Board of Directors
Jim has been working as a professional fundraiser for more than twenty-five years. Over the course of his career, he has raised funds for a variety of charitable organizations in the healthcare, education, and cultural sectors across Canada. Currently, he is the Director of Philanthropy for the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation in White Rock, BC. Jim has served on the Board of The Cinematheque since 2012, including two terms as Chair. He is a life-long cinephile and feels fortunate that he is in a position to volunteer for an organization that he is passionate about.
Leah Mallen
Member, Board of Directors
Leah helms the Vancouver-based company All In Pictures. She has produced feature films, documentaries, series, and interactive content for multiple distribution platforms. Credits include the documentary Coast Modern, which sold to Hulu and Sundance, and the acclaimed feature film Camera Shy with Cannes-award winning director Mark Sawers that garnered international and Canadian awards for Best Feature Film. She attended the Binger Film Lab in Amsterdam, is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre, and has sat on many boards, including Hot Docs International Film Festival, DOCBC, and Canada’s First Weekend Club.
Erin Mussolum
Member, Board of Directors
Erin has been working in the film and television industry for over twenty years — from running her own award-winning documentary production company to producing and developing for many of the top television and radio companies in Vancouver. Her work has been seen on CBC, Bravo!, CTV, Vision TV, Global, Knowledge Network, Corus, and PBS. She is currently the Co-Executive Director of Vancouver’s award-winning film program Crazy8s and president of Chickadee Creative, a marketing and communications company specializing in film and television industry.
Wynford Owen
Member, Board of Directors
A retired accountant, Wynford has enjoyed his years working with a live theatre company and a professional sports organization here in Vancouver. In retirement, he is pleased to serve on the board of The Cinematheque, another organization that shows passion and commitment — this time to a mandate of showcasing film and moving images. He is especially proud of The Cinematheque`s recent education initiatives around media literacy and fake news issues.
Nicole Prior
Member, Board of Directors
Nicole is in-house counsel with BC Hydro, with a focus on employment, labour, governance, and safety law. She took a break from law in 2017/2018 to take on an eight-month temporary role as Director of Human Resources for BC Hydro. Nicole graduated from UBC with a Bachelor of Laws, and before law school attended McGill University. It was in Montreal that Nicole discovered a love of film. Working with The Cinematheque has given Nicole a rare opportunity to combine her interest in film with her professional experience.
Eric Wyness
Member, Board of Directors
A satirist, novelist, pianist, and philanthropist, Eric is active in Early Music Vancouver and Friends of Chamber Music. Since an early age, Eric has played in many pop/rock/jazz groups such as Erik Settee & His Giant Coniferous Brain-Toupée, Greg Smith & the Cavaliers, Sid Warner & the Teabags (with Ross Douglas), The Flying Undercups (recording with Eugene Chadbourne), and parody bands such as The Flunkees ("Hey hey we're the Flunkees!"). He studied piano with Bob Rogers, theory and composition with Cortland Hultberg and Peter Maxwell Davies, poetry with Robin Blaser, literature with Patrick O’Neill, and harpsichord with Elisabeth Wright (who was a student of Leonhardt).