Andrew Rodgers became the Executive Director of the Denver Film Society in 2016. The organization owns and operates the Sie FilmCenter, which shows art house films year-round, and runs the Denver Film Festival, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2017. Previously, Andrew served for 11 years as the Executive and Artistic Director of the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, NC. Prior to that, he worked as a publicist for the Sundance Film Festival and as the Publicity Director of the Chicago International Film Festival. He started he career as a journalist with the Chicago Tribune. He received his undergraduate degree in Journalism from Eastern Illinois University and an MBA from Wake Forest University. In his spare time, Andrew directs documentary films and chases after his two young daughters.