Art House Convergence 2019: Directory

Samantha Abrams

March On Washington Film Festival

Executive Director

Brian Ackerman

Jacob Burns Film Center

Founding Programming Director

Theo Ackerson

Row House Cinema

General Manager

Jean de St. Aubin

Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Executive Director

CB

Cameron Bailey

Toronto International Film Festival

Artistic Director

MB

Miriam Bale

Dilcia Barrera

Sundance Film Festival

Programmer

Beth Barrett

SIFF

Artistic Director

Alan Black

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema

Brett Bossard

Cinemapolis

Executive Director

René Bouchard

Cinema Arts Centre

Director of Development

Clint Bowie

New Orleans Film Festival

Artistic Director

Caitlin Boyle

Film Sprout

Founder

Christian Bräuer

Yorck Kinogruppe

Managing Director

Dan Brawley

Cucalorus Festival

Chief Instigating Officer

Linda Broker

Rocky Mountain Women's Film Institute

Executive Director

Jemma Buckley

Independent Cinema Office

Senior Partnerships Manager

AC

Anne Chaisson

Hamptons Int'l Film Festival

Executive Director

Taylour Chang

Honolulu Museum of Art

Director, Doris Duke Theatre

GC

Gabe Chicoine

Allison Coffelt

True/False Film Fest & Ragtag Cinema

Education & Outreach Director

Evelyn Colbert

Montclair Film

Board President

Chris Collier

Renew Theaters

Executive Director

Russ Collins

Art House Convergence

Founding Director

Collette Costa

Gold Town Theater

Owner/Manager

BC

Ben Crossley-Marra

Logan Crow

The Frida Cinema

Founder, Executive Director

Gina Cuomo

Denver Film Society

Director of Operations

Chapin Cutler

JD

Jax Deluca

Ira Deutchman

Deutchman Company Inc / Columbia University

TD

Trevor Dillon

The Frida Cinema

Ariana Dorshkind

Dor Dotson

Genuine Article

Marketing consultant for film fests & distributors

Andrew Douglas

Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Director of Education

Gina Duncan

Brooklyn Academy of Music

President

Meleisha Edwards

Wesley Emblidge

Coolidge Corner Theatre

Marketing & Education Coordinator

Alison Emilio

ReFrame/Sundance WIF

Director

Barak Epstein

The Texas Theatre

Sarah Escalante

Cinetopia Film Festival

Festival Director

Sarah Fang

Honolulu Museum of Art

Program Coordinator, Doris Duke Theatre

Anna Feder

Bright Lights Film Series at Emerson

Director of Programming

EF

Elissa Federoff

NEON

Bob Feinberg

Montclair Film

Board Chair

Isabel Fondevilla

Roxie Theatre

Director of Programming

Rebecca Fons

The Iowa Theater; FilmScene

Development and Programming Director (The Iowa Theater); Programming...

AF

Adam Fox

Charlie Frankel

Art House Cinema Solutions

Founder

Brittany D. Friesner

Indiana University Cinema

Associate Director

Tara Furiani

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Chief People Officer

Porshé Garner

Erik Gensler

Capacity Interactive

President

Lindsey Gerhard

Pickford Film Center

Marketing Manager

Beth Gilligan

Coolidge Corner Theatre

Director of Development & Marketing

Deborah Girdwood

Walker Art Center

Moving Image Program Manager

Arnold Gorlick

Madison Art Cinemas

Owner

Dan Halsted

Hollywood Theatre

Head Film Programmer

Rachel Hart

Amherst Cinema

Outreach Manager

Kathryn Hecht

Alexander Valley Film Society

Founder/Executive Director

Louise Henderson

Windsor Park Arts Theatre & Crested Butte Film Festival

Audrey Henley

Olympia Film Society

Executive Director

Eugene Hernandez

Film Society of Lincoln Center

Deputy Director

Steve Herring

Living Room Theaters

CEO

Lori Hile

Gene Siskel Film Center

Outreach and Media Coordinator

Adam Howell

Heartland Film

Director of Operations

Jana Hulvejova

Eventival

Sales and Marketing Manager

Allison Inman

Belcourt Theatre

Education and engagement director

JJ

Jonathan Jackson

Milwaukee Film

CEO, Artistic Director

Frank Jaffe

Altered Innocence

Head of Altering

Curtis Caesar John

The Luminal Theater

Exec. Director

DJ

Damon Jones

WK

Wade Kavanaugh

Emily Keating

Jacob Burns Film Center

Director of Education

Nicholas Kemp

Kino Lorber

Director of Theatrical Marketing

Andrea Kennedy

Coolidge Corner Theatre

Science on Screen program manager

Moikgantsi Kgama

ImageNation/Soul Cinema Cafe

Founder / President

CK

Connor Kirkwood

Hollywood Theatre

Director of Theatre Operations

Alison Kozberg

Art House Convergence

Managing Director

Stuart Landon

Midtown Cinema

Director of Community Engagement

Kiwi Lanier

Sidewalk Film Festival

Judy Laster

Woods Hole Film Festival

Executive Director

Hrvoje Laurenta

Zagreb Film Festival / Kino Europa

General Manager

Tim League

Alamo Drafthouse

CEO/Founder

TL

Toby Leonard

EL

Eileen Level

WL

Wendy Lidell

AM

Aiko Masubuchi

Lance McDaniel

deadCenter Film

Executive Director

Lela Meadow-Conner

Film Festival Alliance

Executive Director

Brian Mendelssohn

Row House Cinema

Gary Meyer

EatDrinkFilms

Select Dual

Tom Meyers

Barrymore Film Center

Executive Director

Suzanne Montgomery

Utah Film Center

Presenter

Adeline Monzier

Unifrance

US Representative

Sarah Mosses

Together Films

CEO & Founder

Sarah Mueller

SM

Stephany Murguia

Rape Recovery Center

Director of Education and Outreach

Andrew Murphy

Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

Director of Programming

George William Myers

Celine Adrianna Negrete

Onyx Theatre

Manager

Cara Ogburn

Milwaukee Film

Programming & Education Director

KO

Kent Ono

Joanne Parsont

California Film Institute

Director of Education

Kevin Patterson

PatronManager

Senior Account Executive

Tomas Prasek

Eventival

Founder and CEO

Madeleine Probst

Watershed

Managing Cinema Producer

SP

Sarah Projansky

Clay Pruitt

Seed&Spark

Head of Acquisitions & Programming

Tracy Rector

Longhouse Media

Executive Director

Shakira Refos

KR

KJ Relth

Julia Ricci

Heartland Film

Film Programming Coordinator

ER

Ernesto Rimoch

Andrew Rodgers

Denver Film Society

Executive Director

Miguel Rodriguez

Horrible Imaginings Film Festival

Founder and Director

Jessica Rosner

BR

Bird Runningwater

Sundance Institute

KS

Kevin Sampson

CS

Courtney Sheehan

Patrick Shepherd

Cleveland International Film Festival

Associate Director

AS

Adam Sherlock

Stephanie Silverman

DS

Dylan Skolnick

Cinema Arts Centre

Co-Director

Lex Sloan

Roxie Theater

Executive Director

Woody Smith

Avenue ISR

President

Arin Sullivan

SMU DataArts

Deputy Director

Brittany Sylvester

Granite School District- Cyprus High School

Teacher

Jessica Tagg

Indiana University Cinema

Events and Operations Dirctor

Savannah Taylor

Indie Grits Labs, Nickelodeon Theatre

Project Manager, Designer

Denise Treco

Jacob Burns Film Center

Director of Communications & Marketing

Shontina Vernon

Visionary Justice StoryLab

Creative Director

LV

Leslie Vuchot

Adam Walker

Film Forum

Director of Communications

KW

Keith Watanabe

BW

Beth Weisberger

BW

Bethany Weisberger

Bart Weiss

Dallas VideoFest

Artistic Director

BW

Benjamin Wert

Shay Wescott

Dairy Arts Center

KW

Kyle Westphal

Connie White

Balcony Booking

President/Film Buyer

Orly Yadin

Vermont International Film Foundation

Executive Director

Fallon Young

New Orleans Film Festival

Executive Director

Zaf Yumru

New Orleans Film Society

Marketing and Communications Manager

Isaac Zablocki

ReelAbilities Film Festival

Director and Founder

Vee Hua 華婷婷

REDEFINE Media LLC

Writer, Director, Organizer

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