Janet Pierson on Clubhouse

Bio

SXSW Director of Film
SXSW Online March 16-20, 2021

Daily SXSW Film Club Hangouts
Tue 3/16 - Sat 3/20 @ 7-8pm CT

Daily SXSW Conference Hangouts
Tue 3/16 - Sat 3/20 @ 5-7pm CT


Responsible for the vision, programming, and
execution of the SXSW Film Festival and the film and episodic
focused content within the SXSW Conference. Before joining
SXSW for the 2009 event, Janet spent over 30 years championing
independent films and filmmakers in a variety of roles including
exhibitor, producer’s rep, executive producer, and segment
director of the IFC cable TV series Split Screen. She appears in
Steve James's Documentary, Reel Paradise, and Andrew
Bujaski’s Beeswax. She loved curating In The Dark: Filmmakers
Illuminate, Stories from the Film World for The Moth in 2001.
Pierson made The Guardian’s Film Power 100 list in 2010 and
2013’s Indiewire Influencers. She regularly serves on panels and
juries for other festivals and agencies such as the NEA, ITVS, BFI,
and Creative Capital. She is currently a member of the Austin Film
Society Advisory Board and UT Press Advisory Board.
Many of the films and careers nurtured by Pierson are highlighted
here:https://www.sxsw.com/tag/sxsw-film-25/ and
here: https://www.sxsw.com/tag/film-alumni-stories/


Tuesday, March 16-Sat March 20
7-8pm: SXSW Film Club Hangout