Camilla Tibbs to take helm of the Pacific Screenwriting Program in May
The nonprofit provides training and support to BC-based TV film and television writers at all levels
Camilla Tibbs
THE PACIFIC SCREENWRITING Program has announced the appointment of longtime Vancouver arts administrator Camilla Tibbs as its new executive director.
Stir recently reported that Tibbs would be leaving her position at the helm of Richmond’s Gateway Theatre.
Tibbs will begin her work at the PSP starting in May, supported by Kate Anderson, programming manager for the Scripted Series Lab, the organization’s flagship program that guides six up-and-coming BC-based screenwriters in a Writer’s Room as they develop an original series together.
The Vancouver-based, not-for-profit PSP provides training and support to BC-based TV film and television writers at all levels, with an emphasis on diversity and gender parity.
Tibbs joins the Pacific Screenwriting Program as it works to grow the screenwriting community and foster BC-based intellectual property.
It’s marking its fifth anniversary with the launch of the inaugural, invitation-only Vancouver Scripted Summit, which brings together the PSP’s alumni with broadcasters, streamers, and BC-based producers of fictional content for film and TV. The current Scripted Series Lab cohort will have a pitching spot at the start of the day and attendees will get a chance to meet the powerhouse commissioning editors from Amazon Studios, Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, Corus Entertainment, The CW Network, NBCUniversal Media and Paramount+ Canada, and hear from award-winning comedy writer and Break the Room founder Sameer Gardezi.
Tibbs’s career spans more than 25 years in cultural management in Metro Vancouver and the UK, including executive roles at the Vancouver Writers Fest and Touchstone Theatre. She has also worked in marketing roles at the Arts Club Theatre Company and the London Symphony Orchestra, among others. She is currently board chair at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival.
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