Jacques Bensimon was Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada from 2001 to 2006.

Since October 2000, Jacques Bensimon was the Executive Vice-President of the Banff Television Foundation (BTVF) and its Chief Operating Officer. The Foundation is a charitable organization that organizes a variety of broadcasting, television and new media events. The flagship event is the Banff TV Festival, which is held every year in June and welcomes 2000 participants from the Canadian and international audiovisual industry.

The BTVF also manages other events all over the world such as The World Congress of Science Producers and the The World Congress of History Producers, and twice yearly training sessions, through the Alliance-Atlantis Executive Program for upcoming leaders of the broadcasting and production industry.

From 1986 to 2000, Jacques Bensimon worked at TFO, the French network of TVOntario, that broadcasts over six thousand hours per year, with a staff of over 120 employees. He started as Program Director of the Adult sector, and in 1989 became its Managing Director. Open to co-productions and partnerships, he helped to develop partnerships with Arte, France Television, La Cinquième, WGBH, BBC, etc. Among other responsibilities, he was in charge of acquiring feature films, and acted as the on-air host for all film presentations on the network. In 1994, La Chaîne was awarded the prestigious Prix du 3-juillet-1608 by the Government of Quebec, for its unique contribution to the North American French-speaking communities.

From 1967 to 1986 he worked at the National Film Board of Canada in various functions. He has credits on over thirty NFB films either as screenwriter, editor, director or producer. He was, inter alia, responsible for an NFB production unit in Africa for the United Nations and CIDA. Between 1981 and 1986 he was director of the French Program's programming committee and subsequently director of International Distribution.

In 1998, he was appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in Letters from York University, Toronto.
Jacques Bensimon is also:
Vice-President of AITED (International Association of Education and Discovery Television Companies)
Associate Member of the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) N.Y.
Board Member of TV5 USA
Honorary Board Member of the Toronto Cercle Canadien
Jacques Bensimon was born in Morocco, grew up in Montreal, and completed his film studies in New York.
 
Jacques Bensimon's mandate as Commissioner ended December 17, 2006.