Jon Fitzgerald named executive director of Hollywood Film Fest
Jon Fitzgerald, co-founder and former executive director of the Slamdance, AFI Fest, Santa Barbara and Abu Dhabi film festivals, was named executive director of the 17th Hollywood Film Festival.
“Jon’s experience in the online, film festival and worldwide film communities will be a great asset to the growth and new direction of our festival,” said Carlos de Abreu, founder of the Hollywood Film Festival, in a statement Wednesday morning.
Fitzgerald will be in charge of development, artistic direction, programming, marketing and overall festival management. He will also be involved in the Hollywood Gives Back Project, which will be combined with CineCause, Fitzgerald’s philanthropy platform.
The festival, which will take place Oct. 17-21 at the ArcLight Cinemas, is also adding a new online element. The festival will select a number of short films that will be streamed online.
“I’m very excited to have the chance to build on the success of the Hollywood Film Festival and look forward to incorporating these new elements,” Fitzgerald said in a statement.
ALSO:
Martin Landau to receive career award at Israel Film Festival
SXSW20: Napster film ‘Downloaded’ comes alive as a documentary
Critic’s Notebook: Whatever Sundance is, it has fine documentaries
PHOTOS AND MORE
TIMELINE: Violence in movies
ENVELOPE: The latest awards buzz
PHOTOS: Greatest box office flops
From the Oscars to the Emmys.
Get the Envelope newsletter for exclusive awards season coverage, behind-the-scenes stories from the Envelope podcast and columnist Glenn Whipp’s must-read analysis.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
