Who we are

Susan Smoluchowski

Executive Director
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Jesse Bishop

Programming Director
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Maury Steinman

Business Manager
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Craig Laurence Rice

Senior Programmer

Tanner Deml

Ticketing & Membership Manager
[email protected]

Tony Brown

Brownhaus Design
Webmaster/Ad Creative/Graphics

Kelly Nathe

Programmer & PR Manager
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Ethan Vander Broek

Graphic Designer

Programming Coordinator
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Andy Windels

Manager, The Main Cinema
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Bryce Warren

Technical Director
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Jasmine Townsend

Events Projectionist

Kendall Murphy

Community Engagement Coordinator
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Sean Taubenberger

Office Coordinator

Megan Feeney

Cinema Club Moderator

Deb Girdwood

Programmer, Nextwave
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Alissa Simon

Programmer, MSPIFF

Kathie Smith

Programmer, MSPIFF
[email protected]

Hebe Tabachnik

Artistic Director,
Cine Latino

KNOCK, Inc.

Branding

Kelly Rietow

Roo Solutions,
Human Resources

Melissa Miller

Bookkeeper

Jessica Zumeta

Volunteer Coordinator

Paola
Nuñez-Obetz

Board Chair

Artist/Community Leader

Melodie Bahan

Executive Director,
MN Film & TV

Chris Barry

Senior Director,
Yellow Tag, Best Buy

Dianne Brennan

Writer

François Ecclesiaste

Partner, Lewis Brisbois Law

Jacob Frey

Mayor of the City of Minneapolis

Jim Gerlich

Board Treasurer

Principal, Cedarwoods Foundation

Lili Hall

Founder & CEO,
KNOCK inc.

Zach McMillan

Film & Music Producer

Abdi Mohamed

Journalist

Kelly Palmer

Community Leader

Christopher Schout

Theater Producer

Rob Silberman

Professor of Art History, University of Minnesota

Susan Smoluchowski

Executive Director,
MSP Film Society

Roma Calatayud Stocks

Community Leader/Writer

Marcelo Valdes

Architect,
Professor of Architecture,
University of Minnesota

Al Milgrom

Founder,

U Film Society, 1962

Tim Grady

Founder,

Minneapolis Film Festival, 1981

Paola Nuñez-Obetz

Abdi Roble

Abdu Tuku

Adrienne Diercks

Alberto Fierro

Alondra Cano

Ana Paula Ferreira

Andres Parra

Anne Carayon

Anne-Marie Gronhovd

Aswar Rahman

Barbara Muller

Bharat Parekh

Britt Ardakani

Bruce Karstadt

Carlos Mario Mejia Suarez

Carol Byrne

Carolina Maranon

Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo

Charles Sugnet

Cherif Keita

Chris Fisher

Christina Selander Bouzouina

Colin McLeod

Craig L. Rice

Csilla Grauser

Dani Fisher

Daniela Briones de Angel

Deb Girdwood

Eivind Heiberg

Eric Beck

Eusebio Perez

Fernando Arenas

Firou Mostashari

Franklin Curbelo

Gerardo Guerrero

Ginny Arthur

Graeme Stout

Gregory Yang

Gustavo Mancilla

Hamid Mohtadi

Hebe Tabachnik

Iliana Rossell

Isaias Zamarripa

Ivan Sierra

Jan Bauer

Jason McGrath

Jay Beck

Jay Shahidi

Jenny Gomez

Jeremy Bandow

Jeremy Iggers

Joe Haro

Joe Minjares

Joëlle Vitiello

John Marc Valencia

John Schott

John Wright

JoJo Ndege

K. Marianne Wargelin

Karen Cooley

Lana S. Barkawi

Lucia Castaneda Medina

Luis Fitch

Lynn Lukkas

Marcelo Valdes

Marco Pavoloni

Maria Antonia Calvo

María Emilce López

Marisa Kalbermatten

Marit Lee Kucera

Marlina Gonzalez

Melissa Camarena

Miguel Ramos

Miro Medved

Mong Vang

Monica Panizo

Patrick Ledray

Rafaela Salido

Ricardo Bennett

Richard Stahl

Rico Paul

Rikke Dierssen-Morice

Robert Scarlett

Roma Calatayud Stocks

Robyne Robinson

Rudi Gutmann

Silvia Ontaneda

Stephan Kistler

Susan Smoluchowski

Teresa Olson

Timea Takacs

Tom Trow

Uri Camarena

Vokee Lee

William Franklin