Elizabeth Klinck
Elizabeth Klinck is a visual researcher and clearance specialist in the Canadian and international documentary film industry. Some of the notable projects she has worked on include Werner Herzog's Into the Inferno,[1] Thorsten Schütte's Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words,[2] Barry Arvich's Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story,[3] Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell,[4] Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir's Innsaei[5] and Neil Diamond's Reel Injun.[6]
She was nominated for an Emmy Award in the craft of research, and three times for Best Visual Researcher at the FOCAL Awards in the United Kingdom.[7] She has also won the 2014, 2015 and 2017 Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research from the Canadian Screen Awards. In 2021, Elizabeth won her fourth Barbara Sears Award for her work on Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust.[8] In 2015 she won a Prix Gemeaux for her work on Apocalypse World One and in 2010 she won a Gemini for Best Visual Research for her work on Reel Injun. She has also won a Yorkton Golden Sheaf award and was honored with the FOCAL International Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. She is the founding chairperson of the Visual Researchers' Society of Canada.[9]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Film/Television Program | Co-Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | FOCAL Lifetime Achievement Award[10] | ||
| 2008 | Yorkton Golden Sheaf for Best Research[11] | The Nature of Things: "The Science of the Senses - Touch" | |
| 2010 | Gemini for Best Visual Research[12] | Reel Injun | Laura Blaney |
| 2011 | FOCAL Award for Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production ][13] | Reel Injun | Laura Blaney |
| 2014 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research[14] | Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story | |
| 2014 | DOC Star Award Documentary Organization of Canada[15] | ||
| 2015 | Gémeaux for Best Research | Apocalypse World War One | Valerie Combard |
| 2015 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | Apocalypse World War One | Valerie Combard |
| 2017 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research[16] | How to Change the World | Elizabeth Etherington |
| 2017 | FOCAL Award for Best Use of Footage in an Arts Production | Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words | |
| 2019 | Canadian Screen Award - Academy Board of Director's Tribute | ||
| 2021 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust | Elspeth Domville, Monica Penner |
Nominations
[edit]| Year | Award | Film/Television Program | Co-Researcher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Gemini Award for Best Biographical Documentary Program | Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the Twentieth Century | |
| 2005 | FOCAL Award Nominated for Footage Researcher of the Year[17] | ||
| 2006 | Emmy Award Nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Craft: Research[18] | Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She | |
| 2010 | Gemini for Best Visual Research[19] | Reel Injun | Laura Blaney |
| 2011 | Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production[20] | Reel Injun | Laura Blaney |
| 2011 | FOCAL Award Nominated for Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year[21] | ||
| 2014 | FOCAL Award Nominated for Best Use of Footage in an Entertainment Production[22] | Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story | |
| 2014 | FOCAL Award Nominated for Best Use of Footage in a Factual Production[23] | Arctic Defenders | |
| 2014 | FOCAL Award Nominated for Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year[24] | ||
| 2014 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story | |
| 2015 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | The Secret Disco Revolution | |
| 2015 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | Apocalypse World War One | Valerie Combard |
| 2015 | Gémeaux for Best Research Current Affairs[25] | Apocalypse World War One | Valerie Combard |
| 2017 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research[26] | How to Change the World | Elizabeth Etherington |
| 2017 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research[27] | Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah | Adam Benzine, Leslie Swift, Lindsay Zarwell |
| 2017 | FOCAL Award for Best Use of Footage in an Arts Production | Eat That Question - Frank Zappa in His Own Words | |
| 2017 | FOCAL Award for Best Use of Footage in a Cinema Release | Eat That Question - Frank Zappa in His Own Words | |
| 2017 | FOCAL Award for Best Use of Footage about the Natural World | Into the Inferno | |
| 2018 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | Quebec My Country Mon Pays | |
| 2018 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | The Devil's Horn | Elspeth Domville |
| 2019 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | You are Here: A Come From Away Story | |
| 2021 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust | Elspeth Domville, Monica Penner |
| 2021 | Barbara Sears Canadian Screen Award for Best Visual Research | Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind |
References
[edit]- ^ Into the Inferno at IMDb
- ^ Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words at IMDb
- ^ Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story at IMDb
- ^ "Stories We Tell". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Innsaei at IMDb
- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, National Film Board of. "National Film Board of Canada". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Klinck, Elizabeth - Footage Skills & Services - FOCAL International". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Rachel West, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’, ‘Property Brothers’, Jann Arden Among Canadian Screen Awards Lifestyle And Reality Winners". ET Canada, May 17, 2021.
- ^ "Elizabeth Klinck and the "Tingle Principle"". Point of View. 10 August 2015.
- ^ "FOCAL International Awards Celebrate Winners - FOCAL International News - News & Journal - FOCAL International". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "CANADA'S GOLDEN SHEAF AWARD WINNERS 2008" (PDF). Yorkton Film Festival. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
- ^ "Reel Injun wins five Geminis!". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Reel Injun Wins Five Geminis".
- ^ "Academy Announces Canadian Screen Awards Winners - Sportscaster Magazine". 5 March 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "DOC Institute taps Klinck, Story for inaugural awards". Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television Winner's List". 7 March 2017.
- ^ "The FOCAL International Awards 2005 - FOCAL International Awards - FOCAL International". www.focalint.org.
- ^ "NOMINEES FOR THE NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY Emmy® AWARDS ANNOUNCED BY THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "26th Annual Gemini Awards 2011". geminiawards.tribute.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
- ^ "The FOCAL International Awards 2011 - FOCAL International Awards - FOCAL International". www.focalint.org.
- ^ "The FOCAL International Awards 2011 - FOCAL International Awards - FOCAL International". www.focalint.org.
- ^ "The FOCAL International Awards 2014 - FOCAL International Awards - FOCAL International". www.focalint.org.
- ^ "The FOCAL International Awards 2014 - FOCAL International Awards - FOCAL International". www.focalint.org.
- ^ "The FOCAL International Awards 2014 - FOCAL International Awards - FOCAL International". www.focalint.org.
- ^ http://www.acct.ca/medias/files/pdf/Site%20prix%20G%C3%A9meaux/Gagnants/gem2015-gagnants-liste-artisansdocumentaire.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "How To Change The World | Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research | Canadian Screen Awards". January 9, 2017.
- ^ "Adam Benzine, Leslie Swift, Lindsay Zarwell, Elizabeth Klinck | Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research Nominee | Canadian Screen Awards". January 12, 2017.