Kate Ladyshewsky
Executive Director
Kate (she/her) provides senior leadership and advocacy for The Cinematheque and is responsible for defining and implementing strategic initiatives to ensure its continued vitality. She has been with The Cinematheque since 2012, most recently serving as the managing director for seven years before becoming the executive director in 2022. She holds a BA in History from Simon Fraser University and has a background working with nonprofit and for-profit creative organizations, as well as a deep appreciation of cinema. Kate, her husband, and their two young children live on the unceded core traditional territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation, which lies within the shared territories of the Tsleil-Waututh, Katzie, Musqueam, Squamish, and Sto:lo Nations.
Currently watching: RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars
Currently reading: Working my way through a stack of The New Yorker magazines
kate@thecinematheque.ca
Shaun Inouye
Artistic Director
Shaun (he/him) is responsible for the artistic leadership of The Cinematheque and the curation of its year-round program of film exhibitions. A fourth-generation Japanese Canadian (Yonsei), he grew up on the Saanich Peninsula of Vancouver Island and holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Victoria and an MA in Film Studies from the University of British Columbia. He joined The Cinematheque in 2012, was made the programming associate in 2016, and assumed the role of artistic director in 2022. Shaun has published essays on Canadian and international film and filmmakers, and served on festival juries for VIFF and DOXA, among others. He lives with his wife and cat on the unceded, ancestral homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
Currently watching: TIFF
Currently reading: Collected Stories by Raymond Carver
shaun@thecinematheque.ca
Chelsea Birks
Learning & Outreach Director
Chelsea manages on and off-site learning programs for The Cinematheque. She has collaborated on a range of programs and events aimed at engaging her community with all aspects of film culture. Chelsea holds a PhD from the University of Glasgow and has over eight years of experience teaching film studies in the UK and across the Lower Mainland. She was the recipient of the 2017 SCMS Student Writing Award and her winning essay, “Objectivity, Speculative Realism, and the Cinematic Apparatus,” was published in Cinema Journal. Her first book, Limit Cinema: Transgression and the Nonhuman in Contemporary Global Film, was published in 2021.
Currently watching: Couples Therapy
Currently reading: Shirley Jackson
chelsea@thecinematheque.ca
Gerilee McBride
Communication & Marketing Manager
Gerilee (she/her) creates engaging materials and messages to promote and market The Cinematheque’s public programming. She has fifteen years' experience as a publication designer and production manager, spanning different parts of the publishing industry, including association work, and trade, custom, and academic publishing. Her best days are spent riding her bike under a blue sky and warm sun and thinks there’s nothing better than live music, reading a good book on a rainy day, and watching movies in a theatre.
Currently watching: NYPD Blue (1993 tv series)
Currently reading: Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
gerilee@thecinematheque.ca
Linton Murphy
Venue Operations Manager
Linton (he/him) holds a BFA in Visual Art from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. He oversees all daily front of house operations, including, but not limited to; supervising and coordinating our team of exceptional theatre managers and volunteers; facilitating venue rental requests; and general upkeep and maintenance of our lobby and theatre spaces. Linton has been with The Cinematheque since 2012.
Currently watching: Arch Oboler's The Twonky
Currently reading: The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
linton@thecinematheque.ca
Al Reid
Technical Manager & Head Projectionist
Al (he/him) has a background in mechanical engineering and became involved with film projection and production through the UBC Film Society. His projection background runs the gamut from a 16 screen Cineplex to the challenges of the old 3D IMAX cinema at Canada Place. At The Cinematheque, Al is responsible for everything hitting the screen right side up, in the correct shape, in focus, and hopefully at just the right volume. While enjoying the ease and flexibility of digital, there is still nothing like a nice sharp 35mm print; and Al revels in passing on film handling skills to new generations of projectionists.
Currently watching: The British Youtube series Taskmaster is my latest obsession.
Currently reading: Prelude by Rachel Maddow (on audiobook)
projection@thecinematheque.ca
Emma Pollard
Operations Coordinator
Emma (she/her) has been working with The Cinematheque since 2017, and helps with the coordination of print-traffic, marketing, and office management. Outside of the cinema, she is a director whose body of work includes music videos and documentaries (featured by platforms such as Spotify, GQ, and FLOOD), award-winning web series, and narrative short films. Her work has been featured in festivals in Canada and the USA. She holds a BA honours in Film and English Studies from the University of East Anglia in the UK.
Currently watching: My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
Currently reading: Down The Drain by Julia Fox
emma@thecinematheque.ca
Thea Loo
Learning & Outreach Coordinator
Thea (she/her) is a filmmaker, photographer, and producer with a focus on Asian-Canadianism and religion. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BFA in Film Production in the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts. Thea facilitates a variety of filmmaking workshops and educational projects in the Learning & Outreach program at The Cinematheque, and works to garner a growing sense of film appreciation in Vancouver.
Currently watching: 90 Day Fiancé
Currently reading: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
thea@thecinematheque.ca
Sam Mason
Learning & Outreach Coordinator
Sam (he/him) is a filmmaker and writer. He graduated from Simon Fraser University with a BFA in Film Production in the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts. His projects frequently engage with theatre, dance, and the possibilities of film beyond the static cinema screen. His films and film productions have screened at the FORM Film Festival, the Polygon Gallery, and the Chilliwack International Film Festival. As a coordinator in the Learning & Outreach program at The Cinematheque, Sam facilitates the teaching of filmmaking in a variety of workshops, and hopes to encourage an exploration of interdisciplinary cinema and a general love of film in future generations.
Currently watching: Blade Runner 2049, Denis Villeneuve (dir.)
Currently reading: Neuromancer by William Gibson
sam@thecinematheque.ca
Michael Scoular
Programming Associate
Michael assists with film bookings, program notes, and research. He also programs Film Club, a monthly series for younger audiences and their families. Before joining The Cinematheque, he worked as a venue manager and box office cashier at other cinemas (VIFF, Cineplex), and as a secondary English teacher in the Surrey school district, having completed his BA at the University of the Fraser Valley and BEd at Simon Fraser University. Additionally, he has contributed, as a freelance writer, to the Georgia Straight, Montecristo Magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room, and Screen Slate.
Currently reading: Jean Genet
michael.scoular@thecinematheque.ca
David Jeric Avelino
Theatre Manager
David (he/they) is a first-generation Canadian queer media artist. While David’s main practice is as a filmmaker, photographer, and curator, he works as a part-time theatre manager at The Cinematheque. David hopes to create welcoming and safe spaces for community, media enjoyment, and cultural creation along intersectional lines. David has worked with various festivals including the Vancouver Asian Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival. As a strong advocate of physical media, theatrical exhibition, and analog filmmaking, David has worked in promoting media literacy and cultural communities since his graduation in 2018 from SFU with a BFA in Film Production.
Currently watching: Star Trek: The Original Series.
Currently reading: Maurice by E. M. Forster
Dama Correch
Projectionist
Dama (they/them) is a UBC Cognitive Systems graduate and Argentinean immigrant who found a home away from home in the Normand Bouchard Memorial Theatre's projection booth in 2015, and fell in love with the behind-the-scenes of the cinema experience. Since then, Dama has been picking up whatever knowledge they can on digital and analog projection, and has been projecting at the Cinematheque since 2022.
Currently watching: Park Chan-wook and Ted Lasso
Currently reading: Circe and The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Lukas Henne
Projectionist
Lukas holds a BA in Cognitive Science and Philosophy from Simon Fraser University. He has a decade of experience in the mechanical trades and has a lifelong passion for film and the arts.
Currently reading: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Eirinn McHattie
Projectionist
Eirinn (he/they) is a musician, technician, and general-purpose bricoleur. He received a BA in English and Music from SFU, and spent seven years in the downtown eastside as a social worker. Eirinn's technical experience began in 2012 with live audio engineering and now includes studio recording, film festival print traffic, live-streaming, and cinema projection.
Currently watching: Paterson (2016)
Currently reading: Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes