{"id":282,"date":"2018-01-20T21:41:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T21:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2024-12-29T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T20:07:11","slug":"the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/about-us\/the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE TEAM<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1732155978372{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nFran\u00e7ois Truffart<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

After completing a Master degree in Economics and Politics in Paris (Dauphine University<\/em>), Fran\u00e7ois Truffart was Cultural Attach\u00e9 in charge of the promotion of French cinema and television programs at the French Embassy in Hungary (Budapest), Japan (Tokyo) and the United States (Los Angeles) from 1991 to 2001. In 2001, he joined the Cannes Film Festival to become Director of La\u00a0Cin\u00e9fondation.\u00a0<\/em>From 2003 to 2004, he was the U.S. representative of the\u00a0Cannes Film Market<\/em>. He has been in charge of programming for The American\u00a0French Film Festival<\/em> since 2004 and has been assigned Executive Producer of the event in 2007.
\nHe is the author of Le Guide des Televisions en Europe<\/em>, published by Bayard Press in 1991.
\n<\/span>Francois Truffart was honored by the French government with the order of\u00a0Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

DEPUTY DIRECTOR
\nAnouchka Van Riel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Anouchka grew up in a multicultural family in Alsace, a region which has belonged alternately to France and Germany throughout history. She is passionate about art and people of all kinds and loves to build connections and relationships between people, countries, and cultures using the universal language of art. She started her career in finance in Los Angeles at Vivendi Universal\u2019s gaming division where she was responsible for analyzing US movie franchises (Ice Age 2, Scarface, Eragon\u2026) and evaluating new publishing and distribution deals reporting to the French parent company Vivendi. She has worked at The American French Film Festival to promote French artists and their films in the United States since 2004. She also produces documentary films at the intersection of social justice and pop culture, including the BBC feature Kate Nash: Underestimate The Girl, and recently The Unmaking Of A College, a Zeitgeist\/Kino Lorber release.
\nShe graduated from ESCP Europe and studied at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as well as UCLA.
\nShe is a member of the PGA.<\/p>\n

CREATIVE DIRECTION
\nJ\u00e9r\u00f4me Curchod, The Bonus Room<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and living in Los Angeles since 1993, J\u00e9r\u00f4me Curchod worked for many years as creative director of a series of art and music publications (RayGun, Bikini, huH<\/em>). He then focused his design interests toward the field of event promotion, working with a number of music and film festivals, including\u00a0 The American\u00a0 French Film Festival<\/em> and HollyShorts<\/em>, in Los Angeles, as well as Cin\u00e9ma Tous Ecrans<\/em>, in Geneva. He is currently designing a book on Switzerland, documenting its history as a set for film productions, dating back to painted backdrops of the swiss Alps in Laurel and Hardy silent features.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1735502827349{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Director of Development
\nChristiane\u00a0 Kirsch White<\/strong><\/p>\n

Box Office
\nMelanie Poehner
\n<\/strong>Canelle Boughton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Theatre Management and Volunteers Coordinator
\nMatthew Clark<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Relations
\nPatricia Frith
\nClaire Vorger
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Film Department
\nLaurence Ma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Film Notes Writer
\nRosemary Ricchio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Website Design and Management
\nBruno Rony, <\/strong>Cybird.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Social Media Manager\/Talent Coordinator
\nJennifer Casadessus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Festival Coordinators
\nArthur Mc Millan<\/strong>
\nKseniia Zheleznykh<\/strong><\/p>\n

Theatre Management Melville Theatre
\nGordon Douglas<\/strong>
\nJenifer Yeuroukis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Festival Photographer
\nPhilip Guerette<\/strong><\/p>\n

TAFFF TV
\nEmilie Pesante<\/strong><\/p>\n

Video Production
\nMaria Corso<\/strong>
\nJoshua Argue<\/strong>
\nMarcus Herring<\/strong>
\nNathanael Hosseini<\/strong>
\nChristopher Kalil<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1735502809793{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Production Manager
\nRui Xu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art\/Technical Director
\nRen\u00e9 Rey Romero<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lighting Designer
\nPei-Yu Lai<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interpreters
\nYolanda Gilot
\nNanette Gobel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transportation
\nJordan Becker
\nMason Berkshire
\nHelena Heuser
\nJoel Hirshfield
\nSarah Niver
\nWade Sheeler
\nDean Wong<\/b><\/p>\n

ADVISORY PROGRAM COMMITTEE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter Debruge<\/strong>, Chief Critic Variety
\nGwen Deglise,<\/strong> American Cinematheque
\nAnne Takahashi<\/strong>, Unifrance US
\nAmy Nicholson<\/strong>, Chief\u00a0Critic\u00a0<\/span>(Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

THE FESTIVAL PARTNERS REPRESENTATIVES<\/strong>
\n(Franco-American Cultural Fund)
\nFran<\/b>\u00e7<\/b>ois Besson<\/b>, <\/span>SACEM
\nJulie Garcia<\/strong>, SACEM
\nJenny Hilscher<\/strong>, MPA
\nEglantine Langevin<\/strong>, SACEM
\nAndrea Scott<\/strong>, DGA
\nTiffany L. Slater<\/strong>, WGAW<\/p>\n

THE FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS<\/strong>
\nAdrien Frier<\/strong>, French Consul General in Los Angeles
\nOlivier Tournaud<\/b>,\u00a0French Embassy in the United States, Villa Albertine
\n<\/span>Lise de Sablet,\u00a0<\/b>French Embassy in the United States, Villa Albertine[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#004eef”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1659386170840{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] THE TEAM [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1732155978372{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Fran\u00e7ois Truffart After completing a Master degree in Economics and Politics in Paris (Dauphine University), Fran\u00e7ois Truffart was Cultural Attach\u00e9 in charge of the promotion of French cinema and television programs at the French Embassy in Hungary (Budapest), Japan (Tokyo) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-282","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20542,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions\/20542"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}