Ongoing
- Grassroots // Producer, Transmedia (grassrootsthefilm.com)
- Cinema Speakeasy // Founder & General Manager (cinemaspeakeasy.com)
- Mr. and Mrs. Hahn (mrandmrshahn.com)
- Slamdance Film Festival // Producer-at-large, programmer, juror (slamdance.com)
Select Past Projects
- South By Southwest, Industry Mentor (Austin, 2011)
- Slamdance Film Festival, Short Film Judge (Park City, 2011)
- Women in Film’s Film Finishing Fund, Judge (Los Angeles, 2010)
- Bing Innovation Lab @ TED, with Pink Cloud Events (TEDActive, Palm Springs, 2010)
- Annual Slamdance, WorkBook Project & Open Video Alliance Filmmaker Summit, Producer (Park City, 2010 and 2011)
- DIY Days: LA, Producer (Los Angeles, 2009)
- The Mighty United for ‘United We Serve’ Campaign: Supporting Participant (Washington DC, 2009, link here)
- Current: TV network, Head of Filmmaker Outreach & Participatory Partnerships (2007-2009)
- Programmer/Jury: Gen Art Film Festival (NY), Slamdance Film Festival (Park City), Silver Lake Film Festival (Los Angeles), Real Ideas Studio (Park City), Filmmakers Alliance ‘Ultimate Filmmaker Competition’ (Los Angeles)
- Saints Design Lab, Trend Forecaster (London, 2007-2008)
- Silver Lake Film Festival, Festival Co-Director (Los Angeles, 2005-2007)
- MP4Fest, Founder & Programmer (Los Angeles, 2005-2007)
- Withoutabox, Marketing (Los Angeles, 2006-2007)
- Freelance art department (Los Angeles & London, 2000-2004)
- Nightline Suicide Hotline, Founding Member & Director (Berkeley, 1996-1998)
Select Past Panels
- ‘Distribution and Social Media for Filmmakers’, Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, 2011)
- ‘New Methods & Meaning in Curation’, Open Video Conference (New York, 2010)
- ‘Master Class on Crowdfunding for Indie Filmmakers’, Filmmakers’ Alliance (Los Angeles, 2010)
- ‘DIY Filmmaking From Crowd Funding to Distribution’, San Diego IndieFest (San Diego, 2010)
- ‘All About Short Film’, American Cinematheque @ Egyptian Theatre (Los Angeles, 2009)
- ‘Fundraising and Audience-Building for filmmakers’, Showbiz Expo (Los Angeles, 2009)
- ‘Multi Platform Panel: And Other Buzzwords’, ITVFest (Los Angeles, 2009)
- ‘Changes in Creative Collaboration’, DIY Days (Philadelphia, 2009)
- ‘Finding Investors, Raising Money & Structuring the Film Financing Deal’, Hollywood Black Film Festival (Los Angeles, 2009)
- ‘Tipping Point: Social Change Through Film’, GLAAD’s Queer Lounge at Sundance (Park City, UT, 2008)
- ‘New Distribution’, Slamdance (Park City, UT, 2008, 2009)
- Breakout Session Leader: Power to the Pixel (London, UK, 2008)
- ‘Film Festival & Distribution Strategies’, Silver Lake Film Festival Indie Boot Camp (Los Angeles, CA, 2008)
- ‘New digital media initiatives, tools and tactics for filmmakers’, BAWIFT (San Francisco, 2008)
- ‘Content is King but are the outlets and services listening?’, DIY Days (San Francisco, CA 2008)
- ‘When The Audience Takes Control’, DIY Days (Los Angeles, CA, 2008)
- ‘Leveraging User-generated Content to Reach Youth’, YPulse Mashup (San Francisco, CA, 2008)
- ‘New Distribution Models’, American Cinematheque Short Film Seminar (Los Angeles, CA, 2008)
- ‘Independent Filmmaker’s Guide to television and online distribution’, Sacramento Film Festival (Sacramento, CA, 2008)
- ‘When the audience takes control’, IFP & Indie GoGo at internet Week, (New York, NY, 2008)
- ‘Insider’s Day’, E’Xpressions College for New Media, (Emeryville, CA, 2007)
- ‘Online Content and New Distribution’, ConvergeSouth (Greensboro, NC, 2007)
- ‘New models in distribution’, Nevada City Film Festival (Nevada City, CA, 2007)
Curation
- Cinema Speakeasy (Los Angeles, ongoing)
- ‘Ultra Fabulous, Beyond Drag: Part Deux’ (with Austin Young, Downtown Independent Theatre, Los Angeles, 2009)
- ‘Some Filmmakers Walk into a Revolution: Cuban Film’, (Casa del Tunel,Tijuana, 2009)
- ‘Ultra Fabulous, Beyond Drag’ (with Austin Young, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center, 2007)
- ‘Music Docs and Mocks’ (Var. Theatres, Los Angeles, 2007)
- ‘Cuban Music in Film’ (with Adolfo Nodal, Var. Theatres, Los Angeles, 2007
- ‘New Genre Animation’ for ‘MP4Fest: New Media’ (Var. Theatres and online, Los Angeles, 2007): The medium of animation is being stretched to new heights daily with developments of digital programs and new technologies. This program will present the bleeding edge of international animation from countries as diverse as Canada, Japan and Norway.
- ‘Flash Focus’ for ‘MP4Fest: New Media’ (Var. Theatres and online, Los Angeles, 2007): The best of what is being created in this powerful new medium- traditionally used for web design, but being reinvented and readapted daily for artistic purposes.
- ‘MP4 Shorts’ for ‘MP4Fest: New Media’ (Var. Theatres and online, Los Angeles, 2007): Utilizing PlayStation Portable video game consoles, camera phones and iPods, MP4 Shorts is a showcase of digital movies and artpieces created by artists expressly for new distribution technologies.
- ‘The Lavish Work of Tawd b. Dorenfeld’ (Silver Lake Shorts, Los Angeles, 2006)
- ‘Open Architecture’ (with Dave Burns, LACE, Los Angeles, 2006)
- ‘High Gloss’ (Transition Gallery, London, 2003)
- ‘Untitled’ (Neon Gallery, London, 2003)
- ‘Screen Idle’ (CellSpace, San Francisco, 2000)
