Annie Ning is a filmmaker and programmer with a deep love for documentary, experimental storytelling, and public media. Currently, she co-leads the programming team at the Asian American International Film Festival, where she previously served as a Documentary and Shorts Programmer. She has worked as part of programming operations at Tribeca Festival, and also as […]
Jaie joined the DOC NYC team in June, 2022. Prior to that, Jaie served for 12 years as the Miami Film Festival’s Executive Director and Co-Director of Programming, where his achievements included greatly expanding that festival’s documentary selections, as well as launching successful initiatives such as a digital screening platform, the GEMS festival, and the […]
Tammy Chu is a producer and archival producer. She has worked on documentaries for HBO, PBS, ESPN Films, Vice TV, and Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific. As a producer, Tammy worked on independent documentaries Resilience (Busan International Film Festival), which she also directed, and Play Money. She was also a producer on feature documentaries Too Soon: Comedy […]
Kira Simon-Kennedy is the co-founder and co-director of China Residencies, a multifaceted arts nonprofit that has supported more than 100 different international creative exchanges between China and the rest of the world since its inception in 2013. She is also an Academy Award nominated independent film producer on Jessica Kingdon’s first feature film Ascension 登楼叹 and […]
Keri Archer Brown is the Director of Content and Initiatives for ITVS. She is responsible for oversight and management of ITVS’ Open Call Funding Initiatives and team while also informing strategy and implementation for ITVS’ Diversity Development Fund Initiative and Short-Form Open Call. In addition to her role managing Initiatives, Keri maintains a portfolio of […]
Tracy Heather Strain, a two-time Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaker, explores stories about the ways diverse peoples have experienced life in the United States. A recipient of this year’s Chicken & Egg Award, Tracy won an NAACP Image Award for Motion Picture Directing for Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto […]
Rachel Gordon has been working in documentary distribution for over 20 years. After working at the National Film Board of Canada, she collaborated with independent documentarians and did grassroots audience building for the International Monetary Fund. She has also worked as an independent filmmaker, directing and helping produce five short films screened at festivals across […]
Rob is the Executive Director of Wheelhouse Creative, a full service production and marketing company that specializes in producing and marketing for documentary features and series.
Chanda Chevannes is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and educator. She has made over a dozen documentary films that seek to amplify women’s voices, including two award-winning features, Living Downstream and Unfractured. After releasing Living Downstream in 2010, Chanda launched a successful creative distribution project. This ultimately ensured that the film was broadcast on six continents, […]
James-Michael has spent the last 6 years in the educational distribution space, working collaboratively with filmmakers to produce robust educational and non-theatrical campaigns. He serves on the board of directors for the VideoTrust organization, has spoken at ArtHouse Education, the UFVA, presented on a variety of documentary distribution panels, and led distribution focused workshops and […]