Molly Thompson 2016 Visionaries Tribute Leading Light Award

Molly Thompson is senior vice president of Feature Films at A+E Studios. In 2005, she founded A+E Studios’ feature documentary production arm, A&E IndieFilms, which under her leadership has gained an unprecedented track record, garnering three Academy Award nominations for Cartel Land, Jesus Camp, and Murderball, Sundance wins in several categories for Life, Animated, Cartel Land, The September Issue, and American Teen, along with hundreds of other awards and nominations.

Thompson also serves as executive producer for documentaries produced under A+E Studios’ HISTORY Films banner, including Drunk Stones Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon, The Unknown Known, No Place on Earth, and Cave of Forgotten Dreams.

[Biography from 2016]