Chatting with new SXSW producer Janet Pierson

This past April, long time South By Southwest Film Festival producer, Matt Dentler, stepped down and moved to New York City to head marketing and programming operations of the digital rights management unit at Cinetic Media. While many industry folks, journalists and bloggers alike were surprised and sorry to see Dentler leave, Janet Pierson's name came into the mix as the new festival producer. Pierson's 30 year history in the film industry includes working as a producer's rep, alongside her husband John Pierson, on Roger & Me, producing and starring in the doc Reel Paradise, and acting as a board member for the Austin Film Society. She spoke to realscreen about her transition into this role and her early plans for the festival.

August 13, 2008

This past April, long time South By Southwest Film Festival producer, Matt Dentler, stepped down and moved to New York City to head marketing and programming operations of the digital rights management unit at Cinetic Media. While many industry folks, journalists and bloggers alike were surprised and sorry to see Dentler leave, Janet Pierson's name came into the mix as the new festival producer. Pierson's 30 year history in the film industry includes working as a producer's rep, alongside her husband John Pierson, on Roger & Me, producing and starring in the doc Reel Paradise, and acting as a board member for the Austin Film Society. She spoke to realscreen about her transition into this role and her early plans for the festival.