The Sundance Institute has today named the jurors who will preside over awards for the 2023Sundance Film Festival.
The 16-person lineup features everyone fromCODAstarMarlee MatlintoWe Need To Talk About CosbysW.
Kamau Bell,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsfilmmakerDestin Daniel Crettonand actor-comedianJim Gaffigan.
(L-R) Marlee Matlin, W. Kamau Bell, Destin Daniel Cretton and Jim GaffiganCourtesy of Sundance/Aundre Larrow
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Documentary Competition withSlave Playcreator Jeremy O. Harris andNever Rarely Sometimes Alwaysfilmmaker Eliza Hittman.
Bell, meanwhile, will oversee U.S. We cant wait to hear what they think.
More information on those appointed as Jury Members for Sundance 2023 can be found below.
Jeremy co-wrote A24s critically-acclaimed featureZolaalongside director Janicza Bravo, which won two 2022 Independent Spirit Awards.
His television credits include HBOsEuphoriaand TV adaptation ofIrma Vep.
Eliza Hittmanis an award-winning filmmaker.
Hittman received the Directing Award in the U.S.
Dramatic category at Sundance the year of her second feature,Beach Rats(NEON, 2017).
Marlee Matlins first film,Children of a Lesser God, garnered her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Nominated for four Emmy Awards, she also starred in the Tony Award-nominated revival ofSpring Awakening.
In 2023, Matlin will make her directorial debut for SonysAccusedon Fox.
Diaz is both a Guggenheim and a USA Fellow.
All three of her features were Palestines Oscar entries.
She shot the first feature by a Palestinian woman director, the acclaimedSalt of this Sea.
Founder of Philistine Films, Jacir regularly collaborates with fellow filmmakers as an editor, screenwriter, and producer.
She has been a jury member for numerous festivals, including Cannes and Berlin.
She pioneered Netflixs move into international film production and her film acquisitions garnered multiple Academy Award nominations.
Funa also wrote, directed, and produced the first Nigerian film to world premiere at Sundance.
Alongside her own creative projects, Funas current entrepreneurial venture focuses on developing talent across the emerging markets globally.
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Karim Ameris an Egyptian-American Emmy, BAFTA, and Academy Award nominated filmmaker.
Amer is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Petra Costais a Brazilian documentary filmmaker whose work lives on the borderlines of the personal and political.
Alexander Nanaus documentary,The World According to Ion B. Nanau is teaching and mentoring at several international film universities and film labs.
Prior to Le Cinema Club, she worked in film production and distribution.
She is currently working with Robert Pattinson on his new production company.
Her multi-disciplinary practice is anchored in the sonic and cinematic.
Her 40+ films have been exhibited and awarded internationally.
She lives in Chicago where she teaches at the University of Illinois.
She appears regularly onStarTalkwith Neil deGrasse Tyson, the History Channel, Netflix, and National Geographic.
A staple of Sundance, Gaffigans many indie credits range fromTeslatoTroop Zero.
For Gaffigans indie omnipresence he recently received the Maverick Award at Cinequest.
She co-founded Killer Snails, LLC, an award winning EdTech learning games company.
Honors include: A Distinguished Investigator Award from Allen Institute, an E.E.
Her PhD is from The Rockefeller University.
She recently completed the sci-fi filmHoming Instinct.
