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Jennifer Adams
Senior Program Associate, Primetime Programming, PBS
Jennifer Adams has been at PBS for 10 years and in the Programming Department for seven. As a Senior Program Associate in the Primetime Programming Department, she is responsible for reviewing Arts and Cultural ... More...
Anne Aghion
Anne Aghion’s films on Rwanda include GACACA, LIVING TOGETHER AGAIN IN RWANDA? and 2005 Emmy winner IN RWANDA WE SAY…THE FAMILY THAT DOES NOT SPEAK DIES, both of which have aired on television networks worldwide. She just completed THE NOTEBOOKS ... More...
Joaquin Alvarado
Joaquín Alvarado Senior Vice President for Innovation and Diversity at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Previously he was the Founding Director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet at San Francisco State University. In 2004 he began architecting the ... More...
Michael Angus
Michael Angus launched his career as a documentary filmmaker with THE FIGHT GAME, spending four years recording world-champion boxer Danny Green’s journey from obscurity to sporting hero. He wrote and directed the documentary OOLDEA, working with the West Australian Symphony ... More...
Jody Arlington
PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER
Jody Arlington is a communications strategist specializing in festival, entertainment and public education PR. She has managed publicity for SILVERDOCS for the last four years and for Sundance for the last two, focusing on their 25th anniversary ... More...
Ben Arnon
Ben Arnon, Director of Business Development Ben brings eleven years of media experience to Blue State Digital, including three years specifically in the digital media space. Prior to joining BSD's Washington, DC office, Ben worked in Business Development for Yahoo! ... More...
Barbara Attie
Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater have worked collaboratively since 1990, making widely acclaimed documentaries that have been broadcast nationally and internationally. In 2005 they were awarded the prestigious Pew Fellowship in the Arts. Their works include the SILVERDOCS film ROSITA ... More...
Jennifer Baichwal
Jennifer Baichwal’s films have played at film festivals such as Toronto, Hot Docs and Sundance. She has received awards such as the International Emmy for Best Arts Documentary and the Genie Award. Her films have been internationally distributed and include ... More...
Lucy Bailey
Lucy Bailey is a director whose films include Lorenzo’s Oil—Miracle or Myth, SAVING PLANET EARTH—SAVING TURTLES and FOR COMIC RELIEF: RED NOSE DAY. More...
Damani Baker
Damani Baker’s work includes documentaries, music videos and advertisements. His films include Grenada: A Dream Deferred, which revisits the events and circumstances of the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada, and Return, an award-winning film that explores the genius of traditional ... More...
David Barba
David Barba was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and raised in Mexico City. He received a BA in Feminist Studies from Stanford University. After working in film in New York, London and Mexico City, he attended Columbia University and received an ... More...
Ray Barry
Director, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Ray Barry has spearheaded AFI’s initiative for the rehabilitation of the Silver Theatre and creation of the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center—a state-of-the-art center for the moving image arts. For many years, ... More...
Bristol Baughan
Bristol Baughan is an award-winning film producer and freelance film consultant. Baughan produced RACING DREAMS, directed by Marshall Curry and winner of the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival 2009. Baughan is also currently Executive Producing ... More...
Bradley Beesley
Bradley Beesley made his first movie, HILL STOMP HOLLAR, in 1999. He has since directed eight feature-length films: six documentaries, a concert film and a sci-fi narrative. He is the producer and director of the backwoods cult classic OKIE NOODLING, ... More...
Kristopher Belman
Kristopher Belman began principal photography on More Than A Game to fulfill an introduction to documentary course requirement at Loyola Marymount University. His senior thesis project included a short-form version of the film, as well as the structural development of ... More...
Joe Berlinger
Joe Berlinger is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist and photographer whose films include BROTHER’S KEEPER, PARADISE LOST and METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER. In 1989 he made his first independent film, OUTRAGEOUS TAXI STORIES, a documentary short that became a cult ... More...
Tom Bernard
Tom Bernard is the co-President and co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics (with Michael Barker) since January 1992. Sony Pictures Classics distributes, produces, and acquires independent films from the United States and around the world. Bernard was previously the co-founder of ... More...
Sarah Bidnick
Industry Manager, AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS
This is Sarah’s second year with SILVERDOCS, and she couldn’t be happier to be part of such an exciting event. As Industry Manager for the International Documentary Conference, she assists in the production of ... More...
Elizabeth Blair
Elizabeth Blair is a senior producer/reporter in the Arts Information Unit of NPR News. She produces, edits, and reports arts and cultural segments that air on NPR News magazines including Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She is currently gearing ... More...
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