Marc Smolowitz is a multi-award-winning director, producer, executive producer, and consulting producer who has been significantly involved in 50+ successful independent films. The combined footprint of his works has touched 250+ film festivals and markets on 5 continents, yielding substantial worldwide sales to theatrical, television, and VOD outlets, notable box office receipts, and numerous awards and nominations. His credits include films that have screened at top-tier festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Venice, SXSW, Tribeca, Locarno, Chicago, Palm Springs, SFFILM, AFI Docs, IDFA, DOC NYC, CPH: DOX, Tokyo, Melbourne, Sydney, Viennale, Jerusalem, among others.In 2009, Marc founded 13th Gen, a San Francisco-based boutique entertainment company that works with a dynamic range of independent film and television partners globally to oversee the financing, production, post-production, marketing, sales, and distribution efforts of a vibrant portfolio of films and filmmakers. With talent development as its focus, the company is typically involved in some 10-15 projects concurrently and has successfully advanced Marc's career-long commitment to powerful social issue filmmaking across all genres.In 2016, Marc received one of the prestigious Gotham Fellowships to attend the Cannes Film Festival's Producers Network marking him as one of the USA's most influential independent producers.