
2019 Decision Makers
Below is a list of the attending decision makers for the 2019 Hot Docs Festival. The list will continue to be updated in the weeks leading up to the Festival.
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Australia
- Australian International Documentary Conference, Danielle McCarthy
- Australian International Documentary Conference, Alice Burgin
Austria
- Autlook Filmsales, Ania Trzebiatowska
Canada
- AMI-tv, Andrew Morris
- Bell Media, Tina Apostolopoulos
- Bell Media - Canal D, Jean-Pierre Laurendeau
- Bell New Media Fund, Nancy Chapelle
- Blue Ice Films, Robin Smith
- CBC, Lesley Birchard
- CBC, Jennifer Dettman
- CBC, Jenna Bourdeau
- CBC, Charlotte Engel
- CBC, Sandra Kleinfeld
- CBC - documentary, Jordana Ross
- CBC The Nature of Things, Sue Dando
- Corus Entertainment, Kathleen Meek
- Corus Entertainment, Andrew Johnson
- Discovery Channel Canada, Edwina Follows
- Filmoption International, Lizanne Rouillard
- Films Transit International, Jan Rofekamp
- Gimili Festival, Aaron Zeghers
- Gimili Festival, Vivian Belick
- Gimili Festival, David Knipe
- Indiecan Entertainment Inc./Federgreen Entertainment Inc., Avi Federgreen
- Knowledge Network, Murray Battle
- Knowledge Network, Rudy Buttignol
- Mongrel Media, Tom Alexander
- Ouat Media, Sabrina Spence
- RIDM, Selin Murat
- SRC Société Radio Canada , Georges Amar
- TVO, Naomi Boxer
- TVO, Jane Jankovic
- TVO, Linda Fong
China
- bilibili, Leah Zhang
- bilibili, Bo Zhang
- bilibili, Yolanda Fang
Denmark
- European Documentary Network, Ove Jensen
Finland
- YLE - Human Passion, Jenny Westergard
- YLE - TV1 and Thema, Nina Tuominen
France
- ARTE G.E.I.E., Philippe Muller
- Doc & Film, Gorka Gallier
- France Télévisions - France Ô , Béatrice Nivois
- Java Films, Rebecca Nicholls
Germany
- ARTE ARD - SWR, Dr. Gudrun Hanke-El Ghomri
- MONODUO, Ben Bassauer
- ZDF, Wolfgang Bergmann
- ZDF, Michael Gries
Iran
- Press TV, Roohollah Rezaei
Ireland
- TG4, Proinsias Ní Ghráinne
Israel
- Channel 8, Edit Pinkas
- yesDocu, Avital Lavi
Italy
- Filmatique, Lorenzo Fiuzzi
Japan
- NHK, Yoshihiko Ichiya
- NHK, Takahiro Hamano
- NHK, Yoko Imai
- NHK Enterprises, Yukari Harada
Netherlands
- SND Films, Sydney Neter
Norway
- VGTV - Norway, Hans Andreas Fay
Poland
- TVP, Marta Dużbabel
Singapore
- iWonder, James Bridges
Switzerland
- RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, Gaspard Lamuniere
Turkey
- TRT World, Choy Lin Mok
United Kingdom
- BBC Storyville, Mandy Chang
- Dogwoof, Oli Harbottle
- MetFilm Sales, Vesna Cudic
- Scorpion TV, David Cornwall
United States
- National Geographic, Ryan Harrington
USA
- 7th Art Releasing, Udy Epstein
- ABC Documentaries, Jeanmarie Condon
- ABC News Magazines, Terri Lichstein
- Amazon Original Movies, Ally Pennebaker
- Brainstorm Media, Meyer Shwarzstein
- Bridge Independent, Bill Straus
- CAA, Amanda Lebow
- Cargo Film & Releasing, David Piperni
- Cinereach, Meredith Duff
- Cinetic Media, Jason Ishikawa
- Creative Capital, Suzy Delvalle
- DOCNYC, Basil Tsiokos
- Field of Vision, Charlotte Cook
- Film Independent, Lisa Hasko
- Film Movement, Jimmy Weaver
- Film Sprout, Caitlin Boyle
- First Run Features, Marc Mauceri
- Gravitas Ventures, Nolan Gallagher
- Gravitas Ventures, Nick Royak
- International Documentary Association, Toni Bell
- International Documentary Association, Claire Aguilar
- Kew Media, John Schmidt
- Kickstarter, Liz Cook Mowe
- MIT Open Doc Lab, Katerina Cizek
- MIT Open Doc Lab, Sarah Wolozin
- Music Box Films, Lisa Holmes
- NBC Universal, Nina Weinstein
- NEON, Darcy Heusel
- NETFLIX Originals, Sarafina DiFelice
- Participant Media, Kristi Whisler
- Passion River Films, Mat Levy
- PBS - American Documentary l POV, Chris White
- PBS - ITVS, Noland Walker
- PBS International, Tom Koch
- Points North Institute, Samara Chadwick
- Points North Institute, Sean Flynn
- Shoreline Entertainment, Sam Eigen
- Submarine, Dan Braun
- Submarine, Josh Braun
- Sundance Film Festival, Harry Vaughn
- Sundance Film Festival, Caroline Libresco
- The Film Collaborative, Lynette Gryseels
- The Film Sales Company, Andrew Herwitz
- The Film Sales Company, Lucas Verga
- The Redford Center, Jonathan White
- Tugg, Inc., Brian Parsons
- Vulcan Productions, Jannat Gargi
- WGBH TV, Denise Diianni
- WNET, Lesley Norman
- WNET, Stephen Segaller
- WORLD Channel WGBH/PBS, Emily Abi-Kheirs
- WORLD Channel WGBH/PBS, Christopher Hastings


