Argentine filmmaker living in New York, chair of NYU Tisch Grad Film. She directed the feature films Hermanas, The Last Summer of la Boyita and Nobody’s Watching, the doc series Parana, biography of a river and Aerocene, sustainable utopia and the upcoming fictional series Minimum Wage for Paramount+.
Amanda Spain is the Vice President of Longform Acquisitions for MSNBC Films. Revitalized under MSNBC President Rashida Jones and Amanda Spain, MSNBC Films, distributes a slate of dynamic documentaries, including PERIODICAL, LOVE & THE CONSTITUTION, THE TURNING POINT series, Executive Produced by Trevor Noah, and the award-winning PAPER & GLUE, a project by acclaimed French […]
Giselle “Hush” Bailey is a Jamaican-American director whose work is explosively visual and metaphorical. She has been awarded the William Greaves Grant from Firelight Media, a fellowship with Concordia Studios and was featured on DOC NYC’s 2022 40 under 40 list. Her directorial portfolio includes work for Netflix, Hulu & HBO.
Irena Kovarova is a film programmer, producer and writer with a focus on European and independent cinema. Reaching from New York to the entire North America and the Czech Republic, she’s been curating and producing touring and festival programs for nearly 25 years, since 2013 for her own outfit, Comeback Company.
José F Rodriguez is a Senior Film Programmer at the Tribeca Festival, overseeing the festival’s Documentary Screening Committee and helping to determine the feature documentaries and fiction features that are pre-screened, shortlisted and invited for the festival. He has also directed the short films ADOLESCENCIA (2017 DOC NYC), Mama,mama (2018) and JUNGLE X (2022).
Lynne Sachs is a filmmaker and poet living in Brooklyn. Her work explores the intricate relationship between personal observations and broader historical experiences. Lynne embraces hybrid forms in her essay films, experimental documentaries, and performances. With each project, she investigates the connection between the body, the camera, and the materiality of film itself.
David Siev is an emerging Cambodian-Mexican-American filmmaker celebrated for his debut film, BAD AXE. Set in his family’s Michigan restaurant, the film addresses the pandemic, racial injustice, and generational trauma, winning awards at SXSW, from the Critics Choice Association, and a spot on the shortlist for the 95th Academy Awards. Siev’s unique perspective in blending […]
Ruchi has been producing documentaries for over a decade and is the foundress of Solani Media. Works include Emmy winning We Could Be King; The Case Against Adnan Syed; hybrid doc This World is Not My Own (SXSW 2023); and Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow (DOCNYC 2023). Ruchi was a member of DOCNYC’s 40 Under 40 list […]
Michael Graversen is an award winning danish director and graduate from the UK’s National Film and TV School. He has for a decade made noumerous documentaries dealing with exile, identity and migration and has been screened and won awards at a.o. CPH:DOX, IDFA, DocPoint, Clermont-Ferrand, Thessaloniki and DOC NYC.
Violet is an Emmy winning filmmaker, a doc branch member of AMPAS and an adjunct professor at Columbia University. She has directed, produced and executive produced 13 documentaries including the Oscar Shortlisted HIDDEN LETTERS with broadcast in 15 countries. Her producing credits include DEAR MOTHER, I MEANT TO WRITE ABOUT DEATH, SINGING IN THE WILDERNESS, […]