INDIEWIRE UNVEILS INAUGURAL INDIEWIRE INFLUENCERS
List contains 40 people and companies that are helping define the future of independent film
LOS ANGELES, CA (June 17, 2013) Indiewire announced today its inaugural list of Indiewire Influencers, a bicoastal celebration of the creators, distributors, producers, exhibitors and curators who are pointing the way forward for independent film.
Indiewire Influencers profiles 40 of the creative minds who are having an impact on the rapidly changing world of independent film, documenting them with a special section on the Indiewire site (www.indiewire.com/influencers) that includes profiles, statistics, video and original portraits.
The Influencers will kick off with a panel moderated by Dana Harris, Editor in Chief of Indiewire, at the Los Angeles Film Festival this evening at the DIRECTV Theater, followed by a private reception on the roof of L.A. Live. Panelists include Tugg co-founder Nicolas Gonda, Slated chairman Stephan Paternot, Seed&Spark founder Emily Best, Sundance Institute Artist Services director Chris Horton and “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” producer Jay Van Hoy.
DIRECTV is the online launch sponsor for Indiewire Influencers; Loyola Marymount University is sponsoring the LAFF event in partnership with DIRECTV.
Indiewire plans to make Indiewire Influencers an annual event to recognize many of the people who are seeking creative solutions to resolve issues that face the independent film world.
Indiewire asked representatives across the independent film industry for the people and companies they thought were influencing business now. The emphasis was not always the most successful or established entities, but the ones whose work they admired or made them pay attention to what they did next.
"Independent film is in a state of full-on upheaval," said Indiewire Editor in Chief Dana Harris. "It's never been easy, but now that's true for everyone. No movie star or genre can guarantee box-office and we're living in a time where a movie's viability may live or die by a title's placement in the alphabet. The good news is we're living in a time where disruption has become as desirable as good manners. So we're planning on making Indiewire Influencers an annual event, a bicoastal -- eventually, perhaps even global -- celebration of the people who are trying to get it right -- or even daring to get it wrong."
To view original portraits shot by photographer Daniel Bergeron in New York, Los Angeles and Austin go to
http://www.indiewire.com/article/welcome-to-the-2013-indiewire-infuencersThe 2013 Indiewire Influencers are:
THE BROKERS
Cinetic - John Sloss
Gravitas Ventures - Nolan Gallagher
Preferred Content - Kevin Iwashina
RADiUS-TWC - Jason Janego, Tom Quinn
Submarine - Dan Braun, Josh Braun
Tugg - Nicolas Gonda
VHX TV - Casey Pugh, Jamie Wilkinson
THE CREATORS
Annapurna - Megan Ellison
Court 13 - Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
The Duplass Brothers - Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
"Indie Game: The Movie" - Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky
Parts and Labor - Lars Knudson, Jay Van Hoy
Joe Swanberg
Vice - Eddy Moretti
Lance Weiler
THE CURATORS
Alamo Drafthouse - Tim League
Art House Convergence - Russ Collins
Cinefamily - Hadrian Belove
Cinereach - Philipp Engelhorn, Paul Mezey, Mike Raisler
LACMA/FIND - Stephanie Allain, Elvis Mitchell
Rooftop Films - Dan Nuxoll, Mark Elijah Rosenberg
SXSW Film Festival - Janet Pierson
True/False - Paul Sturtz and David Wilson
THE EARLY ADOPTERS
HitRECord - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Kickstarter - Elisabeth Holm
Laforet Visuals - Vincent Laforet
Seed&Spark - Emily Best
Slated - Duncan Cork, Stephan Paternot
Sundance Institute - Joe Beyer, Chris Horton, Keri Putnam
Tribeca Institute - Geoff Gilmore, Ingrid Kopp, Jon Patricof
“Veronica Mars” - Kristen Bell, Rob Thomas
Vimeo - Jeremy Boxer, Dea Mellencamp, Kerry Trainor
THE SHAPESHIFTERS
AFFRM/DVA - Ava DuVernay
BOND Strategy and Influence - Marc Schiller
Edward Burns
Michael Cuesta
El Rey - Robert Rodriguez
Mirada - Mathew Cullen, Guillermo del Toro, Javier Jimenez, Guillermo Navarro
San Francisco Film Society - Ted Hope
Forest Whitaker
For more on this FREE event, visit filmguide.lafilmfest.com.
About Indiewire
The Indiewire Blog Network is the leading news, information, and networking site for independent-minded filmmakers, the industry and moviegoers alike. Indiewire is a two-time Webby Award Winner for “Best Movie and Film Website.”
Indiewire is owned by SnagFilms, Inc. which also counts the SnagFilms social viewing platform and SnagReleasing among its integrated business units. Co-founded in 2008 by Ted Leonsis and Rick Allen, SnagFilms, Inc. was honored as one of Red Herring’s 2013 Top 100 Technology Companies in North America. SnagFilms, Inc. is headquartered in Washington, DC, and has offices in New York and Los Angeles.
About DIRECTV
DIRECTV is proud to be the presenting sponsor for Indiewire Influencers as it celebrates the people and companies who are bending technology to their creative wills and providing filmmakers and film lovers with the tools that allow the best content to be created and discovered in the 21st century.
DIRECTV Cinema's premium pay-per-view movie service for DIRECTV customers offers access to exclusive new releases before they premiere in theaters, a library with thousands of movies to watch instantly with DIRECTV On Demand, and the most movies available in 1080p HD. For more information on the wide variety of films available on DIRECTV Cinema please visit directv.com/cinema.
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