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Nancy Schafer is the Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Festival. She joined the Festival staff for the first Festival in 2002 as a programmer. As Executive Director, she oversees all programming, budgeting and operations for the Festival, in addition to working closely with the sponsorship team to raise funding. She also works on Tribeca’s year round events and was involved in the launch of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival.
Prior to joining Tribeca, she created and ran the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW Film) in Austin, Texas, for eight years. Along with her festival experience, Schafer has worked on several films, including two from director John Sayles (Sunshine State, Limbo) and two from director Robert Byington (Olympia, Shameless). She began her film production career on The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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After attending SXSW 2011, what were some of the major changes that you've noticed around Austin during the festival?
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What do you see as the biggest change to the film festival world since you got started?
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In your opinion, what was a scarier film 'The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre' or ' Oh, God! You Devil'?
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