Tom Perlmutter

Mr. Perlmutter enjoyed a prestigious career in the Canadian film industry before becoming a member of the National Film Board of Canada team. 

He has worked as a writer and reporter and is the former editor-in-chief of the Toronto bureau of the trade magazine Cinema Canada. He was Director of Creative Development for CineNova Productions and Executive Director of Alliance for Children and Television. Mr. Perlmutter previously partnered with one of Canada's most noted documentarists, John Walker, on several award-winning documentaries. He is the founder of Barna-Alper Productions, today one of Canada's top production houses. Mr. Perlmutter joined the NFB in 2001 as Director General, English Program and since June 2007, he has been Government Film Commissioner and Chair of the National Film Board.   Under his aegis, the NFB has won many prestigious nominations and awards, including its first Emmy nomination as well as four Oscar nominations and two Oscar wins.