Podcast appearances and mentions of keri putnam

There is an impressive list of female creatives on this year's Oscar nominees list – actors, producers, costume designers - but no female directors. In fact, in the Academy's 94-year-history, only seven women have ever been nominated. Why is that? And what is getting in the way of achieving gender parity in filmmaking? Kim Chakanetsa travels to the heart of Hollywood to find out more. Keri Putnam is a film executive and producer and the founder of Putnam Pictures. She served for 11 years as the CEO of the Sundance Institute which runs the Sundance Film Festival. Prior to that worked as a senior executive at Miramax and HBO. She is also the co-founder of Re-frame, an organisation providing mentorship and training to help women making it into the industry, and served 3 terms on the Women in Film Board of directors. Stephanie Allain is a film Producer and writer and the newly-elected co-President of the Producers Guild of America, the first woman of colour to serve as PGA president. Stephanie was one of the original ReFrame ambassadors and served 3 terms on the WIF Board of Directors including 9 years as Vice President. Stephanie was also the first Black woman to produce the Academy Awards in 2020. She runs her own company, Homegrown Pictures, which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of colour. Producers: Alice Gioia, Jane Thurlow, Hetal Bapodra Sound recording: Devin Pinckard Production assistant: Abbie Bulbulian (Image: (L) Stephanie Allain (R) Keri Putnam. Credit: Devin Pinckard)

Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Sundance Film Festival will be entirely virtual. But what exactly does a virtual film festival look like? Glenn sits down with Keri Putnam, CEO of the Sundance Institute, Tabitha Jackson, the brand new director of the Sundance Film Festival, and Michelle Satter, director of the Sundance Labs, to answer all these questions and more. It’s a fascinating conversation about not just the challenges of hosting the Sundance Film Festival in 2021, but also the new opportunities this situation may have uncovered. Indeed, this year could become the road map for the future of The Institute, The Labs, and The Sundance Film Festival itself. “It was such a privilege to be trusted with this incredible thing that is the festival. And so I approached it like holding this precious metal. And I must not break it. I'm going to carry it with two hands. I must not break it. [Then] the pandemic hit. And it was clear that, oh, I've got to breawk it. I've got to break it into pieces so that we can rebuild something to meet the moment.” - Tabitha Jackson, Sundance Film Festival director Buy tickets to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. https://festival.sundance.org Please subscribe to Sound + Vision Lab: The Dolby Institute Podcast wherever you get your podcasts: https://linktr.ee/dolbyinstitute Learn more about the Dolby Institute and check out Dolby.com: www.dolby.com/institute www.dolby.com

Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Sundance Film Festival is entirely virtual. But what exactly does a virtual film festival look like? Glenn sits down with Keri Putnam, CEO of the Sundance Institute, Tabitha Jackson, the brand new director of the Sundance Film Festival, and Michelle Satter, director of the Sundance Labs, to answer all these questions and more. It’s a fascinating conversation about not just the challenges of hosting the Sundance Film Festival in 2021, but also the new opportunities this situation may have uncovered. Indeed, this year could become the road map for the future of The Institute, The Labs, and The Sundance Film Festival itself. “It was such a privilege to be trusted with this incredible thing that is the festival. And so I approached it like holding this precious metal. And I must not break it. I'm going to carry it with two hands. I must not break it. [Then] the pandemic hit. And it was clear that, oh, I've got to break it. I've got to break it into pieces so that we can rebuild something to meet the moment.” - Tabitha Jackson, Sundance Film Festival director Buy tickets to the https://festival.sundance.org/ (2021 Sundance Film Festival). Please subscribe to Sound + Image Lab: The Dolby Institute Podcast https://linktr.ee/dolbyinstitute (wherever you get your podcasts). You can also check out the https://youtu.be/7EZTfA3GamA (video) for this episode. Learn more about the https://www.dolby.com/institute/ (Dolby Institute) and check out https://www.dolby.com/ (Dolby.com). Connect with Dolby on https://www.instagram.com/dolbylabs/ (Instagram), https://twitter.com/Dolby (Twitter), https://www.facebook.com/Dolby/ (Facebook), or https://www.linkedin.com/company/6229/ (LinkedIn). Movie buff? Follow Dolby Cinema on https://www.instagram.com/dolbycinema/?hl=en (Instagram).

In the weeks ahead we will be taking you back to press conferences, panels, as well as movie premiere filmmaker and cast Q&A discussions from previous Sundance Film Festivals leading up to Sundance Film Festival 2021, beginning with the Sundance Film Festival 2016 Official Opening Day Press Conference, featuring John Cooper 2016 Director of Sundance Film Festival, Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, as well as Actor, Director, Producer and Founder of Sundance Institute, Robert Redford. The seven-day Sundance Film Festival, which runs January 28 through February 3, 2021, will be offered digitally via a custom-designed online platform at (festival.sundance.org) and will occur alongside drive-ins, independent arthouses, and a network of local community partnerships. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Keri Putnam is the Executive Director of Sundance Institute -- a non-profit that yes, runs the Sundance Film Festival, but also serves to support, champion, and promote independent artists in film, theater, and ever expanding medias. Keri and I discussed everything from how she got her career in media started, to what representation means for her, and the future of organizations like hers.

Hear from Sundance's Executive Director Keri Putnam why the freedom to fail is one of the core pillars of the Institute's ethos - and why it is so important to get the power of data into the hands of independent creators.

The popcorn and movies show: Keri Putnam of Sundance on the latest stats about women and film; Melissa Silverstein on the Athena Festival; Jane Fonda on sexism in Hollywood and the Oscars, and Kathy Bates on feminism around the world—plus Robin tips her hat to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she ends her tenure as a great Secretary of State.

Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in its second year, the program aims to enhance cross-cultural understanding, collaboration and dialogue through film. [25:49]

Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in its second year, the program aims to enhance cross-cultural understanding, collaboration and dialogue through film. [25:49]

Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in its second year, the program aims to enhance cross-cultural understanding, collaboration and dialogue through film. [25:49]

Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in its second year, the program aims to enhance cross-cultural understanding, collaboration and dialogue through film. [25:49]