She attended Smith College, and graduated from Vassar College in 1991. Fake is a Founder Partner at Founder Collective, advises startups and new businesses, and has served on the Boards of Directors of many non-profits and startups, including Creative Commons and Creative Live, as well as on the Advisory Board of the UC Berkeley School of Information. She was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people, and received the Aenne Burda Award for Creative Leadership. For eight years she served as Director and Chairman of the Board of Etsy, the marketplace of unique goods. She is founder and CEO of Findery, a mobile app about places for social and local sharing. They were acquired by Yahoo and eBay respectively. Fake was cofounder of Flickr, the seminal social photo sharing site and Hunch, which created the ‘taste graph of the internet’. Additionally, he has worked extensively as a consultant for several nonprofits, written for major print and online publications, and annually participates in the international film festival circuit as a panelist and juror.Ĭaterina Fake is an American entrepreneur and social media innovator. He is a Member-at-Large of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and serves on the board of advisors for SXSW, SeriesFest, and Art House Convergence, which Sundance has supported. Before joining the FLC, Hernandez was the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of IndieWire, which he helped build over 15 years into the leading editorial publication for independent and international films, filmmakers, industry, and audiences. He joined Film at Lincoln Center in 2010 as the Director of Digital Strategy and, in 2014, became the Deputy Director, where he led strategy and special programs for the organization. He began the position in 2020 and brought NYFF back to cinemas at Lincoln Center and around New York during COVID. He also leads the Institute’s year-round public programming globally, championing the social and cultural role of artists while developing programs to foster dialogue and community with Sundance-supported work at the center.īefore Sundance, Eugene led the New York Film Festival as the Festival Director. Going into the Festival’s 40th edition, he is responsible for guiding and overseeing the Festival’s overall vision and strategy while collaborating with the programming and leadership team to further the inspiring artistic impact of the Sundance Film Festival. and around the world to connect artists with audiences to present original voices, inspire new ideas, and create community around independent storytelling.Įugene Hernandez is the Director of the Sundance Film Festival and head of public programming. In addition to the Festival, the Sundance Institute hosts many public programs in the U.S. Each January, the Sundance Film Festival introduces a global audience to groundbreaking work and emerging talent in independent film. Today, our staff of 180 employees works year-round to offer 16 labs and intensives, grants exceeding $3 million, and ongoing mentorships that support more than 1000 artists each year. That year, 10 emerging filmmakers were invited to the Sundance Resort in the mountains of Utah, where they worked with leading writers, directors, and actors to develop their original independent projects. Robert Redford founded the Institute in 1981 to foster independence, risk-taking, and new voices in American film. Additionally, you can sign up for our Daily or Weekly newsletters to receive these top-ranked articles right in your inbox, or you can sign up to be notified when new resources like webinars or ebooks are available.As a champion and curator of independent stories, the nonprofit Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists in film and episodic storytelling to create and thrive. We use reader data to auto-curate the articles, meaning that the most valuable resources move to the top.
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