Elizabeth Klinck studied English literature and history at Queen’s University. It was here that she was first introduced to the field of research. She answered an advertisement to be a casual cook and reader for a historian named Dr. Arthur Lower. She would do little assignments for him; fact checking, running errands to the library, simple research tasks. After graduation, Elizabeth parlayed her experience with Dr. Lower into a job in Winnipeg working at the Winnipeg Film Group. Next stop was the National Film Board in Montreal where she worked as a researcher for the five years with directors Paul Cowan, John N. Smith, and Donald Brittain. She then worked at Cinar as their vice president for two years before relocating to Ontario.
After taking a short maternity leave, Elizabeth started her own research company in 1991. She slowly built up a roster of clients from across Canada and around the world. A love of archive programming led her to concentrate in the field of visual research and music clearances, as well as editorial research.
Six years ago she helped found the Visual Researchers Society of Canada. It now boasts a membership of 65. Elizabeth has worked as a board member for the Yorkton Film Festival, the Audio Visual Trust, FOCAL (UK), and History Makers. Her research and clearance workshops are in popular demand internationally. In her spare time she works with DOC and WIFT in the field of training. Elizabeth won the inaugural Gemini Award for Best Visual Research, was nominated for an Emmy Award, and recently was honoured with the FOCAL Lifetime Achievement Award. Married with two adult children, Elizabeth now lives on the shores of Georgian Bay, north of Toronto.
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