1. SANDRA SINGH
Toronto, Ontario
(647) 229-9908
srskali@gmail.com
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HIGHLIGHTS
• Positions held: Office Administrator, Contracts Administrator, Business
Analyst, Project Officer, Loans Registrar, Legal Assistant
• Experience in Film and Television Business, Financing, Legal and
Administration
• Knowledge of budgets, audits, cost reports, labour expenditures
• Legal reviews of Production services, legal contracts, chain of title, CAVCO;
E&O
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HISTORY
KALI VINTAGE – Owner/Manager/ Supervisor 2010-2014
FILM AND TELEVISION 1990 - 2009
• Analyzed and investigated most Film and Television legal agreements; from music
and cast agreements, copyright to broadcast and distribution agreements on
Government Agency submission level up to producer level
• Contracts Administrator, Business and Legal Affairs, Tax Credits, Production and
Development Financing
• Reviewed, analyzed, investigated (OMDC application and Producer’s submission)
• Red-flag production services agreement
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WORK EXPERIENCE
INSIGHT PRODUCTION COMPANY – Contracts Administrator/Business Affairs
• Reviewed and investigated all broadcast and distribution agreements, addressed all
concerns with head of Business and Legal Affairs
• Prepared and collected all pre-production documents and applications for: Canadian
Copyright, Talent-ACTRA, CAVCO, DGC, SOCAN for submission to financiers
and unions
• Post production information collected from all production departments for
submission to financiers for draw-down as per specific production
• Raised all red flags to legal counsel and head of BA regarding distribution and
broadcast agreements, rights agreements, personnel contracts, union submission,
budgets, etc.
• Tracked, logged and updated all present and past production draw-downs owing and
the requested documents for submission to financiers
CANADIAN TELEVISION FUND (“CTF”) - BLA - Legal Contracting
Intake of CTF’s Analyst reviews; prepared contracts for producers according to guidelines
2. ONTARIO MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORP (“OMDC”) – BUSINESS ANALYST
• Reviewed, analyzed and investigated production applications for eligibility by
applying Federal and Provincial criteria from Regulations, Legislations and Tax
Credit Guidelines as per Tax Credit Act
• Raise concerns and written summaries of decline or eligibility of production
applications
• Certified and awarded tax credit certificates as per production application
• Knowledge of Federal and Provincial film and television guidelines
• Knowledge of labour calculation for Federal and Provincial tax credit programs
• Calculated and verified total tax credit amount by application
• Through review knowledge of production services agreement, chain of title, copy
right, acquisition of rights, private investment agreement, broadcast and distribution
agreements, audit reports, review engagements, final cost reports and budgets
OMDC - PROJECT OFFICER
• Reviewed all required production documents as per tax credit program checklist
• Logged and created new applicants’ files
• Reviewed incoming production applications for eligibility as per tax credit program
guidelines and criteria
• Department liaison for producer’s inquiries regarding tax credit programs
• Prepared policy reports for departmental reference for tax credit programs
• Prepared written inquiries regarding regulations and procedural policies
• Prepared written documents supporting the approval/rejection of tax credit
applications
• Held and taught on-site at Ryerson Re: Tax Credit Financing for Films
OMDC - LOANS AND INVESTMENT REGISTRAR
• Maintained and tracked spending/committed dollars as per program spending
• Through knowledge of Industry related financiers
• Coordinated departmental development and production meetings
• Reviewed and checked eligibility for all incoming development, production, special
projects and non-theatrical applications as per program guidelines
• Prepared files and logged incoming application documents
• Maintained and tracked all related incoming application documents
• Circulated and coded incoming documents for Development Officers as per their
assigned projects
• Primary liaison for program requirements/eligibility/submissions
• Prepared minutes and quarterly reports for annual report
OMDC - LEGAL ASSISTANT
• Assistant to Executive Coordinator of Business and Legal Affairs
• Responsible for revising and finalizing legal contracts, deal memos as per Executive
Coordinator’s instructions
• Finalized contracts and deal memos for clients
• Primary liaison for legal affairs contracting process
___________________________EDUCATION & STUDIES_____________________
Business Administration Graduate George Brown 1987