In Conversation With… With Geoffrey Gilmore, Rose Kuo and Keri Putnam
by Website Update on January 11, 2012 in Distribution
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Join Geoffrey Gilmore of Tribeca Enterprises, Rose Kuo of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Keri Putnam of the Sundance Institute for a candid exploration of the state of indie film distribution and exhibition – and the ways in which festivals and institutions are playing a key role in providing opportunity to the next generation of emerging filmmakers.
Geoffrey Gilmore, Chief Creative Officer, Tribeca Enterprises
GEOFFREY GILMORE joined Tribeca Enterprises in 2009 as Chief Creative Officer. He is responsible for Tribeca’s global content strategy and leads creative development initiatives and expansion of the brand. Gilmore also joined the Board of Directors of Tribeca Enterprises. He came to Tribeca from the Sundance Institute where he served as the Director of the Sundance Film Festival. He was responsible for film selection and the overall direction of programming from 1990 through 2009. In addition, Gilmore was a consultant for the Sundance Channel and also served as consultant to the Sundance Cinemas. He directed the Sundance Institute’s Annual Independent Producers Conference for 18 years and worked with the Institute on numerous international and national projects and symposia. For 14 years, he served as head of the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s programming. Geoff has also taught a course in the UCLA Department of Film and Television on independent production and has also lectured in Paris, Germany, Japan, and China. He served on the board of the Independent Feature Project/West and the advisory board of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and he has served on the council for the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other organizations and committees. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and did his post-graduate work at UCLA.
Rose Kuo
Keri Putnam, Executive Director, Sundance Institute
Keri Putnam oversees all Sundance Institute programs, including the Feature Film Program, Documentary Film Program, Sundance Film Festival, Film Music Program, Theatre Program, and Native American and Indigenous Program. She is also responsible for expanding the Institute’s international work, initiating strategic partnerships, cultivating relationships with foundations and corporate sponsors, and growing the Institute’s annual operating budget.
Before joining Sundance Institute, Putnam served as president of production for Miramax Films, the Walt Disney Company’s specialty film division. Prior to joining Miramax, Putnam was executive vice president, HBO Films, responsible for the development and production of films for both the cable network and for theatrical release.
A graduate of Harvard, Putnam studied theatre and began her career working for Williamstown Theater Festival, McCarter Theater, Arena Stage, the ART, and others. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two children.