Caroline Libresco

Caroline Libresco is a leading curator, producer, and creative executive in the independent film sector. She spent 18 years as one of the head programmers of the Sundance Film Festival as well as director/chief curator of Sundance Catalyst, raising $31M for 89 films including Won't You Be My Neighbor, Social Dilemma, Truffle Hunters, Crip Camp, and The Witch; and founding director of the Sundance Women's Initiative. Her producing credits include Food and Country (producer/story producer), Our American Family (executive producer), Disclosure (executive producer), American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (producer), Sunset Story (producer), and Fanci's Persuasion (producer/writer). She is co-founder and co-executive director of Jewish Story Partners, a philanthropic foundation which has awarded $3M in its first three years to 100 documentary film projects including Sabbath Queen, Last Flight Home, A Still Small Voice, and My Name is Andrea. She works as a story consultant and executive producer, and is an active moderator, juror, and tutor. A member of AMPAS, she holds degrees from UCLA Film School (MFA), Harvard (MA), and Oberlin (BA).