Luis González Zaffaroni is the executive director of DOCSP , an organization focused on the development of the documentary field in São Paulo, Brazil
Board Members
Joel Simon is the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, part of the City University of New York.
Nathalie Seaver has a long history in film and has held creative development and production executive positions for scripted film and television at
Inti Cordera is a documentary film director, producer, and founder of La Maroma Productions and the DocsMX festival & organization in Mexico City.
Toni Kamau is the 2024 Sundance Amazon MGM nonfiction producing prize winner, as well as a News Emmy and Peabody-nominated producer and founder of the Kenyan-based “We Are Not the Machine” - which tells stories of African outsiders, rebels, and changemakers for global audiences.
Paula Ossandón Cabrera is the director of Chiledoc, an organization that promotes Chilean talents, their films and series worldwide. She is also the director and founder of Miradoc, a distribution program for Chilean documentaries with 12 years of experience.
Bob Berney, CEO of Picturehouse, is a leading figure in the world of global content distribution. He is known for his strong relationships with filmmakers and industry executives along with having a keen eye for content and extraordinary marketing acumen.
Since 2018, Orwa Nyrabia (he/him) has been the Artistic Director of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film and new media festival. At IDFA, Orwa is a member of the board of directors, overseeing the organization's various programs and offers.
Born in North Carolina, graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill as a John Motley Morehead Scholar, Alfred Perry (he/him) is a graduate of Yale Law School. Worked as a Wall Street lawyer in NYC and since at major movie studios and now as an exec at AMC Networks. A world traveler who pursues photography, screenwriting, and documentary filmmaking as an avocation.
Amir Shahkhalili is a partner and co-runs the Non-Scripted Television department at William Morris Endeavor. He represents notable directors such as Allen Hughes, Seth Gordon, and Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering. Amir was named the city of Los Angeles' 2019 Entrepreneurs in Residence where he served a yearlong term to increase diversity in the film industry. Shahkhalili joined the William Morris Agency in 2005, after graduating from University of California, Davis.