The prize for Best New Documentary Director is awarded by a jury of filmmakers and industry professionals who know a good New York story when they see one. Learn more about the jury, which includes Margaret Bodde, Jared Cohen, J.D. Heyman, Lauren Hutton, Annie Sundberg.
Margaret Bodde
Margaret Bodde is an award-winning producer whose credits include Public Speaking (2010), Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2008), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005), and the PBS series The Blues (2003). She is currently producing Martin Scorsese's documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, which will be released later this year. In addition, Bodde is the Executive Director of The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by Martin Scorsese to raise awareness and funds for film preservation. More information on The Film Foundation can be found at film-foundation.org.
Jared Cohen
Jared Cohen is the Director of Google Ideas and an Adjunct Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2006 to 2010 he served as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton. He was one of the principal architects of a new approach to foreign policy that leverages and harnesses the power of connection technologies and new stakeholders for defense, diplomacy, and development. He was twice a recipient of the Secretary of State’s Meritorious Honor Award. Cohen received his BA from Stanford University and his M.Phil in International Relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He was selected by Huffington Post as one of the “100 game-changers of 2010.” Cohen is the author of several books, including One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide and Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East. He is currently co-authoring a new book called Empire of the Mind, which will be published by Knopf in 2012.
J D Heyman
JD Heyman is an executive editor of People and head of the magazine’s Los Angeles Bureau. He was formerly assistant managing editor in charge of film and senior editor covering news and human interest. Before joining People he was a senior writer at Us Weekly, feature writer at New York Daily News, and a freelance writer for the New York Times and other publications.
Lauren Hutton
Lauren Hutton has been a fashion icon through four decades. Her May 2006 cover of Spanish Vogue marked her 10th cover of a European Vogue magazine. Hutton’s pioneering 1974 Revlon contract, the first exclusive talent contract, revolutionized the modeling industry. She helped to invent the “supermodel.” Her film credits are extensive, working with directors such as Robert Altman, Paul Schrader, and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. She has worked with such talented actors as Yves Montand, Girard Depardieu, Richard Gere, Robert Redford, and Jim Carrey. She also appeared as a guest star on Nip/Tuck’s fifth season and has been the host for various television shows, including her own late night talk show.In 2002 Hutton launched “Lauren Hutton’s Good Stuff” (now Lauren Hutton), a successful line of makeup products for women of all ages. She has long devoted her time to issues of public concern, working closely with environmental and wildlife foundations and speaking out on women’s health and beauty issues around the world. Lauren was recently seen in the film The Joneses.
Annie Sundberg
Annie Sundberg is a director and producer based in New York. Together with filmmaking partner Ricki Stern at their company Break Thru Films, she is known for the award-winning films Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won the US Documentary Prize for Best Editing; the 2008 Emmy and Gotham nominated documentary feature The Devil Came On Horseback; and the 2007 Emmy and Independent Spirit Award-nominated feature The Trials of Darryl Hunt. Annie and Ricki’s new film Burma Soldier will have its broadcast premiere on HBO in May 2011. It was nominated for a 2011 Irish Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary, and will be a centerpiece screening at this year's Full Frame Festival in North Carolina, where Annie and Ricki will receive the 2011 Career Achievement Award. Annie and Ricki are currently in production on a two-hour special for The History Channel. Annie’s additional credits include director and supervising producer on HBO’s 2009 series Brave New Voices. She also produced the feature Tully, which was nominated for four 2003 IFP Spirit Awards, and the 1996 Academy Award®-winning One Survivor Remembers.
