- Nicknames
- Buffalo Niagara Film Office
- Western New York Film Commissioner
- Tim Clark was named Executive Director of the Buffalo Niagara Film Office in 2006. He serves as Film Commissioner for the Western Region of New York State including the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. In that role he is responsible for marketing the region to the worldwide film, television and commercial production industry.
He has assisted in bringing some of the biggest movie studios to the area including film productions from Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney and many others. In addition, he has helped to draw numerous independent feature movies with stars such as Bradley Cooper, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Keanu Reeves, Kate Hudson, Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, and the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Clark has also aided in bringing hundreds of television shows to Western New York including NBC's "The Office," History Channel's "Top Gear" and ABC Television's "Mega stunt" program featuring Nik Wallenda walking live over Niagara Falls to a global TV audience.
In January 2020, he was elected Chairman of the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI) a worldwide organization representing over 300 film offices on 6 different continents. In that role he works closely with movie studio executives, screen sector professionals and colleagues around the world to develop global policy used in the making of motion pictures.
Prior to Tim Clark's appointment as Film Commissioner, he served the late New York State Governor Mario Cuomo as the Governor's Regional Representative and he worked for two Erie County Executives in the role of Press Secretary.
Before working in government, Clark had a career in the television news business as Managing Editor at WGRZ-TV (NBC) and Director of News Operations at WKBW-TV (ABC) in Buffalo.
Clark holds a BA in Communications from Canisius College and he graduated from Canisius High School in Buffalo.
He was awarded the degree of "Certified Film Commissioner" from AFCI University signifying achievement of the highest level of accomplishment in the profession.
He is also a board member of Mercy Flight of Western New York, a non-profit emergency medical helicopter service and life member of the National Eagle Scout Association, Boy Scouts of America.
As a lifelong Western New Yorker, Tim Clark relies on a deep network of contacts to assist in servicing the numerous productions that shoot in this large New York State region.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- In 2019 Tim Clark and the Buffalo Niagara Film Office were nominated for most outstanding film commission in the world at the 6th annual Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
- In 2020, Tim Clark was elected Chairman of the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI). The organization represents over 300 film offices throughout the world.
- In the movie Cold Brook (2018), Director/Writer William Fichtner named the character of a local TV news anchor "Kit Clark," which he says is a nod to Tim Clark, the Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner.
- In the 1980's Tim Clark worked as a news executive at the ABC-TV affiliate in Buffalo, WKBW Eyewitness News. While there, he asked the late actor John Candy to do be interviewed by the station while the actor was shooting the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) in Buffalo. Candy was a big fan of Eyewitness News which he watched while growing up in nearby Toronto and agreed to the interview if he could talk on the phone to longtime local anchorman Irv Weinstein whom Candy loved. Clark arranged the call and Candy made good on his promise of an exclusive interview.
- In June of 2021, Tim Clark was recognized by the Hispanic Heritage Council of Western New York for bringing Univision Network's international morning show "Despierta America Live" to Niagara Falls. He received their prestigious "Friend of Hispanic Heritage Awareness" award at thee organizations annual breakfast.
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