BFCA Member Profile

Jesse Wente

Primary Outlet:: Formerly CBC Toronto CBC Radio
Additional Outlets:: MAY
Biography:: Jesse Wente has been the weekly film critic for CBC Radio in Toronto for nearly a decade. He also appears weekly on "Q", CBC Radio's national arts and culture show, along with 20 other CBC affiliates across Canada. He can be seen regularly on television as part of "Saturday Night at the Movies" on TVO. Jesse is also a programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival and the ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival. He is president of Native Earth Performing Arts, Canada's oldest Aboriginal theater company. Jesse lives in Toronto with his wife Julie and their dog Nimoosh.

Frozen	20
Edge of Darkness	50
When In Rome	10
Legion	30
Extraordinary Measures	60
Creation	70
It's Complicated	50
The Young Victoria	50
A Single Man	80
The Lovely Bones	70
Up In The Air	80
Brothers	50
Amelia	50
Astro Boy	70
Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince	70
State Of Play	60
17 Again	60