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POSTPONED TO FALL 2020 — Geralyn Dreyfous: The Entrepreneurial Film Producer (Roundtable Discussion)
March 10, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Event postponed to Fall 2020. More info to come.
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Join us for a conversation with Geralyn Dreyfous, producer and co-founder of Impact Partners Film Fund and Gamechanger Films, on the unique model of equity investing she launched to empower and disrupt the documentary film community. Geralyn’s independent executive producing and producing credits include the Academy Award-winning Born Into Brothels; Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning, The Square, and multiple film festival winners such as Miss Representation, Anita, and The Hunting Ground.
She will be joined by The Great Hack co-producer and Brown alum Elizabeth Woodward ’15, and Karina Rotenstreich ’20, Director of Ivy Film Festival.
Hosted by the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Registration is required (limited to 20). Lunch will be provided.
About the speaker:
Geralyn Dreyfous has a wide, distinguished background in the arts, extensive experience in consulting in the philanthropic sector, and participates on numerous boards and initiatives. She spent an early part of her career at the Philanthropic Initiative in Boston, which guides families of wealth in strategic giving opportunities, and taught Documentary and Narrative writing with Dr. Robert Coles at Harvard University. Geralyn is the Founder and Board Chair of the Utah Film Center, a non-profit that curates free screenings and outreach programs for communities throughout Utah.
In 2007, she co-founded Impact Partners Film Fund with Dan Cogan, bringing together financiers and filmmakers so that they can create great films that entertain audiences, enrich lives, and ignite social change. Since its inception, IP has been involved in the financing of over 70 films, including: THE COVE (2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature); THE GARDEN (2009 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature); FREEHELD (2008 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film); and HELL AND BACK AGAIN (2012 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature) and multiple film festival award winning films such as E-TEAM (2014 Sundance Film Festival Cinematography Award, US Documentary), THE OVERNIGHTERS (2014 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize), and ALIVE INSIDE: A STORY OF MUSIC & MEMORY (2014 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, US Documentary). In 2013, Geralyn became a founding member of Gamechanger, the first for-profit film fund dedicated exclusively to financing narrative features directed by women. Their first film, LAND HO!, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Geralyn’s independent executive producing and producing credits include the Academy Award winning BORN INTO BROTHELS; Emmy nominated THE DAY MY GOD DIED, Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning THE SQUARE, Academy Award nominated and Peabody Award winning THE INVISIBLE WAR, and multiple film festival winners such as MISS REPRESENTATION, MEET THE PATELS, ANITA, IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST, THE HUNTING GROUND, DREAMCATCHER AND ALIVE INSIDE. Her works in production include: WAIT FOR ME and BE NATURAL. Geralyn was honored by the International Documentary Association with the Amicus Award in 2013 for her significant contribution to documentary filmmaking. Variety recognized Geralyn in their 2014 Women’s Impact Report highlighting her work in the entertainment industry.
