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