Marguerite Pigott

Marguerite is consultant focusing on story development, project marketability and production financing. Recent clients include Alberta Filmworks, Amaze Film + TV, CBC, Cellar Door, Conquering Lion, CTV, Screen Sirens and Slanted Wheel. She is accepted by Telefilm Canada as a Market Expert with respect to Telefilm's 'Packaging' phase. For the Toronto International Film Festival, Marguerite is a Programmer on the Canadian Feature Film Selection Committee. Previously, Marguerite was Vice President of Development and Production for Odeon Films, an Alliance Atlantis Company. In this capacity, she oversaw the evaluation, selection, development and production of Canadian projects acquired for distribution. She Executive Produced 'Saint Ralph', 'Fubar', 'waydowntown', 'Flower and Garnet' and others.

In addition to co-teaching 'The Essential Questions of Script Development' across Canada with Carrie Paupst Shaughnessy, Marguerite has been a guest speaker at Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, the Canadian Film Centre, the National Screen Institute and has also sat on numerous juries. She sits on the Board of Directors for World Literacy of Canada, and formerly, for WIFT-T.

Two movies she story edited, Poor Boys Game (Clement Virgo) and CTV's Luna (Screen Sirens) shot this summer, and a television pilot she story edited for CBC, Left Coast (Michael McGowan) shot this fall.