Patricia Finneran

Patricia Finneran serves as Senior Consultant to the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (DFP). Based in New York City, Finneran represents the DFP internationally at workshops, festivals and seminars, and supports DFP initiatives including the granting programs and the ‘Stories of Change’ partnership with the Skoll Foundation and the Good Pitch partnership with the Channel Four Foundation. From 2003-08, Finneran was Director of the SILVERDOCS Festival and Conference. Presented in Washington, DC by the American Film Institute and sponsored by Discovery Channel, it is the largest documentary festival in the US. She previously served as Artistic Director of the IFP Market, the leading US market for independent film projects in development. She has produced for organizations including the US State Department, the IMF and the History Channel. Finneran studied at the AFI conservatory and was also a creative executive in Hollywood.