Elizabeth Klinck is an archival producer, visual researcher and clearance specialist and has worked on hundreds of international films and television programs that have garnered Emmy, FOCAL, Peabody and Oscar awards. She is known for her work on Into The Inferno, Surgeon's Cut, Cheating Hitler, Anthropocene, Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words, How To Change The World, and Stories We Tell.
A graduate of Queen's University, she has taught at Metropolitan University in Toronto and led research and rights clearance workshops at film festivals and markets, universities, colleges, and international conferences including Berlinale, IDFA, Sunnyside of the Doc, Realscreen, Sheffield DocFest, Documentary Campus, The World Congress of Science & Factual Producers, and Banff Media Summit.
Nominated for an Emmy in the Craft of Research and three times for Best Visual Researcher at the FOCAL Awards in the UK, Elizabeth has won six Best Visual Research Awards at the Canadian Screen Awards, 2015 Gemeaux, a Yorkton Golden Sheaf award, and the 2009 FOCAL International Lifetime Achievement Award. She was the inaugural honouree of the Documentary Organization of Canada’s DOC Luminary Award. In 2019 Elizabeth was awarded the Canadian Screen Awards Board of Director's tribute for her contribution to Canadian film and television. In 2023, Elizabeth was honoured at Hot Docs as their 30th Anniversary “Focus On” and the recipient of the Alda Award at the Gimli International Film Festival.
Elizabeth served on the board of WIFT Toronto, Impact Media Summit and is the founding chairperson of the Visual Researchers' Society of Canada. She is on Executive Committee for FOCAL International in the UK and is a member of BAFTA, WIFT, AMCUP, and DOC Toronto.
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Contacts
Credits/nominations
The Colour of Ink
(2022) , Visual Researcher
The Queen and Canada
(2022) , Visual Researcher
Nelly & Nadine
(2022) , Visual Researcher
The River Between Us
(2021) , Archive Researcher
The Lost Leonardo
(2021) , Archive Researcher
I Get Knocked Down
(2021) , Visual Researcher
Company Town
(2020) , Visual Researcher
Meat the Future
(2020) , Consulting Visual Researcher
Only the Devil Lives Without Hope
(2020) , Archive Consultant
Cheating Hitler: Surviving the Holocaust
(2019) , Archive Producer
Everyday Heroes
(2019) , Visual Researcher
Watson
(2019) , Researcher
Shooting the Mafia
(2019) , Archive Researcher
You Are Here: A Come from Away Story
(2018) , Visual Researcher
What is Democracy?
(2018) , Visual Researcher
The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secrets
(2018) , Visual Researcher
Rivolta
(2017) , Visual Researcher
Dirty Money
(2017) , Visual Researcher
Hope
(2017) , Visual Researcher
Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini
(2016) , Archive Researcher
The Devil's Horn
(2016) , Visual Researcher
The Apology
(2016) , Visual Research
The Last Dalai Lama
(2016) , Archive Research
Giants of Africa
(2016) , Research and Clearances
Amanda Knox
(2016) , Visual Researcher
Killing for Love
(2016) , Visual Research
Ninth Floor
National Film Board of Canada (2015) , Visual Researcher
Bikes vs. Cars
SVT (2015) , Visual Researcher
How To Change The World
Met Films and Insight Productions (2015) , Archive Producer
Apocalypse World War One
Ideacom/CC&C (2014) , Visual Researcher
Our Man In Tehran
Rhombus Media (2014) , Visual Researcher
Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
The Movie Network Inside Comedy (2013) , Visual Researcher
Arctic Defender
John Walker Productions (2013) , Visual Researcher
Stories We Tell
National Film Board of Canada (2013) , Visual Researcher
Disco: The Secret Revolution
Cave 7 (2012) , Visual Researcher / Music Clearances
Payback
National Film Board (2012) , Visual Researcher
Mama Africa
Starhaus (2011) , Visual Researcher
Wildlife
National Film Board of Canada (2011) , Visual Researcher
Beauty Day
Primitive Entertainment (2011) , Visual Researcher/Music Clearances
Reel Injun
Rezolution Films / CBC (2011) , Visual Researcher
A Drummer’s Dream
John Walker Productions / NFB (2010) , Visual Researcher
Waterlife
NGI/History Television (2009) , Researcher
The Jazz Baroness
BBC/HBO (2009) , Archive Researcher
Paris 1919
ARTE, TVOntario, NFB (2008) , Archive Supervisor
The Qu’ran
C4/National Geographic (2008) , Researcher
100 Films and a Funeral
Sundance/DOC (2007) , Archive Supervisor
Music Rising
CTV (2007) , Archival Researcher
Tank Man
PBS/Channel4 (2006) , Researcher
Devil’s Brigade
History Television (2006) , Archive Supervisor
Pucker Up
HBO (2005) , Archival Researcher and Music Clearances
Middle Sexes
Carlton/HBO (2005) , Researcher
The Last Round:Ali vs Chuvalo
National Film Board of Canada/CBC (2004) , Associate Producer
The Peacekeepers
National Film Board of Canada (2004) , Visual Researcher
Rompin Ronnie Hawkins
Real to Reel Productions/CTV (2004) , Visual and music clearances
Flesh and the Devil
Carlton/HBO/CBC (2003) , Researcher
Offstage:Onstage Stratford Festival
National Film Board of Canada/CBC (2002) , Researcher
Ted Allan
National Film Board of Canada/Galafilms/CBC (2001) , Producer
Miracles
Carlton/HBO/CBC (2001) , Researcher
Fat
Carlton/HBO/CBC (1999) , Researcher
The Man Who Might Have Been
National Film Board of Canada/CBC (1998) , Associate Producer
Twins
Carlton/HBO/CBC (1998) , Researcher
Sound and Fury
CBC (1996) , Associate Producer
First Stop China
National Film Board/CBC/Radio Canada (1986) , Associate Producer