2018 Filmmaker In Residence
Peter Freuchen may have looked upon himself as a vagrant, but the world will once again know him for what he really was: an indomitable Viking, who spoke his mind and fought for the betterment of humanity. Like the Arctic Eskimo tradition, he believed that Earth and its beautiful creatures were not something we could own, but rather something that demanded respect and care. The Inuit people never took root until they died.
Ben Berkowitz is an impact media producer, activist, public speaker, Board Member of the Jewish Film Institute, and BBYO representative. He began his career in film distribution at Sony Pictures Classics and Magnolia Pictures. While at Magnolia he developed content to support the strategic planning of impact marketing campaigns for theatrical releases including Academy Award® Nominated films A Royal Affair and The Hunt, as well as the critically received, award-winning documentary Blackfish. Recently, he was a producer on CNN Film's Unseen Enemy, which premiered April 6, 2017, and Netflix's Memory Games which premiered on June 19, 2019. Currently, he is in development as executive producer on a scripted anthology series partnered with the creator of Hellboy, Mike Mignola, and the team behind NBC's Community and Adult Swim's Rick and Morty, Starburns Industries.
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