Thom Powers Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny

Pure Nonfiction is a podcast interviewing documentary filmmakers.

New York, Ny

Co-host weekly radio spot on WNYC, highlighting the documentary of the week.

Toronto, Canada Area

Selecting ~20 titles from 700+ submissions, managing team of pre-screeners. Each year’s lineup combines veteran filmmakers with newcomers, representing a global spectrum of subject matter spanning investigations, activism, character studies, history, pop culture and more. Work with staff of 200+, closely interacting with departments of publications, marketing, communications, and sponsorship.- Secured world or North American premieres by filmmakers such as Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Michael Moore, Lucy Walker, Shola Lynch, Jehane Noujaim, Cameron Crowe, Jonathan Demme, Davis Guggenheim, Alex Gibney, Barbara Kopple and Frederick Wiseman. - Curated selections that became Oscar winners: Free Solo, Undefeated and Inside Job; and films that became nominees including Attica, Flee, Collective, The Cave, Abacus, Winter on Fire, The Look of Silence, Finding Vivian Maier, The Square, The Act of Killing, Paradise Lost 3, Food Inc, The Most Dangerous Man in America and Encounters at the End of the World. - Programmed world premieres of music films with renowned talent in person: From the Sky Down (with U2), The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town (with Bruce Springsteen), It Might Get Loud (with Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White), Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (with Youssou Ndour), Pearl Jam Twenty (with Eddie Vedder), and Shut Up and Sing! (with the Dixie Chicks).• Mavericks discussion series programmer and host, conducting on-stage conversations with David Geffen, Bill Gates, Johnny Depp, Neil Young, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, Chris Rock, Bill Maher, Don Cheadle, Howard Zinn, Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, and Marisa Tomei.

New York, Ny

• Founder, programmer and host of weekly documentary screening series at Manhattan’s IFC Center. Each screening features a documentary, new or old, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker and post-show gathering at a nearby bar.- Cited by Time Out magazine for “Best Documentary Programming” in New York City (2012).- Hosted guests including John Turturro, Danny Glover, Ira Glass, Steven Soderbergh, Laurie Andersen, Ken Loach, Barbara Kopple, William Greaves, Jonathan Demme, Michael Moore, Peter Davis, Alan Berliner, Albert Maysles, and others.

Miami, Fl

• Programmer, selecting films that vie for $10,000 prize in Knight Documentary Competition. Guests include Morgan Neville and Darlene Love (20 Feet from Stardom), Dawn Porter (Gideon’s Army), Marta Cunningham (Valentine Road), Sebastian Junger (Which Way is the Front Line From Here?), Bart Layton (The Imposter), James Marsh (Project Nim), Liz Garbus (Bobby Fischer Against the World), Morgan Spurlock (The Greatest Movie Ever Sold), Steve James (The Interrupters), and Marshall Curry (If a Tree Falls).

New York, Ny

• Teacher of “Producing III” course in MFA program for Social Documentary. Former students went on to direct well-received films such as Live from New York (Tribeca Opening Night film, 2015), La Camioneta (SXSW Film Festival, 2012) and Oma & Bella (Berlin Film Festival, 2012)

New York, Ny

• Co-founder and Artistic Director of America's largest documentary festival that takes place in November in collaboration with IFC Center and School of Visual Arts, lasting 8 days, showcasing 120+ films. - Oversee 50+ staff and volunteers. In tandem with executive director, responsible for developing and executing strategies for budget, operations, marketing, sponsorship, ticketing, event planning and more. Spearhead social media on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr.- Framed discussions on wide range of social issues including court justice (Scenes of a Crime; Informant); tolerance (Shenandoah; Building Babel); education (Prep School Negro); freedom of expression (Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry); activism (How to Survive a Plague); renewable energy (Windfall).- Programmed exclusive tastemaker screenings for Manhattan’s Core Club for films such as Central Park Five, How to Survive a Plague, 5 Broken Cameras, Venus and Serena.- Hosted guests including Ken Burns, Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Russell Simmons, Michael Feinstein, Barbara Kopple, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert Maysles, David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright, Rory Kennedy, D.A. Pennebaker, Elliott Erwitt. Charlotte Rampling, Jared Leto, and others.- Press: “ DOC NYC has become an essential summit for all kinds of documentary filmmaking” (Wall Street Journal). “This sprawling nonfiction film fest spans the widest imaginable range of themes” (New York Daily News).

New York, Ny

Selecting titles for documentary video streaming platform.

Montclair, Nj

• Artistic director responsible for launching inaugural event in May 2012 and subsequent editions in 2013 and 2014. Seven-day festival, held in multiple venues of Montclair State University, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair Public Library and Clearview Cinemas, sold over 14,000 tickets (85% of total seat inventory) and featured over 80 films and events.- Oversee 100+ staff and volunteers. In tandem with executive director, responsible for developing and executing strategies for budget, operations, marketing, sponsorship, ticketing, event planning and more.- Hosted over 50 special guests including Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Michael Moore, Dave Matthews, Olympia Dukakis, and Kathleen Turner.

New York, Ny

• Teacher of hundreds of students from around the world in course on “Documentary Development, Research & Financing.” Wrote curriculum for Documentary Certificate at School of Continuing Professional Studies. Hosted over 200 documentary professionals as guest speakers over the years. Awarded with Teaching Excellence honor in 2009. - Former students went on to direct acclaimed documentaries such as Brooklyn Castle (SXSW audience prize winner, 2012); Give Up Tomorrow (Tribeca Film Festival audience prize winner, 2011); and Billy the Kid (Los Angeles Film Festival jury prize winner, 2007).

New York, Ny

• Filmmaker and co-founder of independent production company. Directed and produced social issue documentaries for HBO and PBS on wide range of topics including gun control (Guns & Mothers); criminal justice (Red Hook Justice); home funerals (A Death in the Family); and sexuality (Loving & Cheating; Private Dicks: Men Exposed; Breasts: A Documentary).

New York, Ny

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