Saskia is a consultant for creative enterprises with a background in content development, film and television programming, production, marketing and distribution for independent film. You can find her profile on LinkedIn by clicking here.
Areas of Expertise:
- Independent Film Marketing & Distribution
- Community Outreach
- Crowdfunding
- Video Production
- Curation / Programming
- Event Production
- Partnerships
- Launching Organizations
Most recent clients include:
- IB5K
- Assemble
- Sister Cities of Los Angeles
- L.A. Mart & Atwater Crossing
- VODO.net
- Luckyscent
- TEDActive
Personal Projects
Select Past Work
- Slamdance Film Festival, Producer-at-large, feature doc programmer (Park City 2007-2012)
- Atwater Crossing & LA Mart, Consulting Dir. of Programming and Partnerships (Los Angeles, 2012-2013)
- VODO, Dir. of Acquisitions (Berlin, 2012)
- Grassroots. dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal, Transmedia Producer (Los Angeles, 2011-12)
- 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)
- Current: TV network, Head of Filmmaker Outreach & Participatory Partnerships (2007-2010)
- Saints Design Lab, Trend Forecaster (London, 2007-2008)
- Silver Lake Film Festival, Festival Co-Director (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
- ‘Curation and Protest’, Curatorial Summit, Goethe Institut (Bogotá, 2012)
- ‘What Programmers Want’, No Budget Film Festival (Los Angeles, 2012)
- SXSW, Industry Mentor (Austin, 2011)
- ‘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)
- Programmer/Jury: Gen Art Film Festival (NY), Slamdance Film Festival (Park City), Women in Film (Los Angeles), Silver Lake Film Festival (Los Angeles), Real Ideas Studio (Park City), Filmmakers Alliance ‘Ultimate Filmmaker Competition’ (Los Angeles), LA Music Video Festival (Los Angeles)
