Festival Staff

Gabrielle A. Hanna

Executive Director

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Gabrielle A. Hanna has been with the Festival, first as Director of Development then as Executive Director, since 2002. She earned her undergraduate degree at Barnard College, and a Masters at Columbia University, and has worked in the development field for more than twenty years. Prior to her work with PIFF, she was the President of GAH Consulting, a New York-based fundraising and special events company focusing on not-for-profit organizations. She also was Executive Director of the Andrew Goodman Foundation, Director of Development of Body Positive, a New York City HIV/AIDS service organization, Director of Institutional Advancement for The Hewitt School, and began her career at Barnard College as Associate Director of Alumnae Affairs.

Connie White

Artistic Director

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Connie White has been active in the independent film business for twenty years, initially as an innovative film programmer for the historic Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass. There, she served as co-owner, operator and film programmer/booker from 1987-2001. Since 1996, she has also been programming and booking art and independent films for the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., and, more recently, for the Pleasant Street Theater in Northampton, Mass., the New Art Cinemas in Provincetown, Mass., the Amherst Cinema Arts Center in Amherst, Mass., and the Broadway Centre Cinemas in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A co-founder of the Boston International Festival of Women's Cinema, Connie is also the Artistic Director of the Provincetown International Film Festival in Provincetown, Mass., which, under her direction, has hosted and honored such acclaimed independent filmmakers as Gus Van Sant, John Waters, Mira Nair, Christine Vachon, Todd Haynes, and Jim Jarmusch.

Connie created Balcony Releasing in 2002, which designs and implements theatrical distribution strategies for independently produced documentary features. Balcony's first release, Daughter From Danang, went on to win an Academy Award Nomination for Best Feature Documentary, alongside Bowling for Columbine, Spellbound and Winged Migration. Other Balcony Releasing films include the acclaimed documentaries The Same River Twice, Love and Diane, Al Franken: God Spoke, So Much So Fast, and Wrestling with Angels:Playwright Tony Kushner.

Ms. White was awarded The 2000 "Image Award for Vision and Excellence" from Women in Film and Video, New England. She served on the jury for the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and is a consultant for the Sundance Institute's current "Art House Project" Initiative.

Andrew Peterson

Director of Programming

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Andrew Peterson is an award-winning filmmaker who has been working in independentfilm for over 15 years. Along the way he has not only made films, but has taughtfilmmaking and worked for years as a festival programmer. He began his career as alocation manager working with many respected directors including Alan Rudolph, TedDemme and David Lynch. This led him to New York University Graduate Film Schoolwhere he received his MFA in Filmmaking and made several acclaimed short films,which have screened at numerous film festivals and museums and on US and Britishtelevision.

Andrew has been Director of Programming for the Provincetown International FilmFestival since 2006. Prior to that, he served as Director of Operations for PIFF and Director of Theatre Operations for the Sundance Film Festival. Inaddition to his programming work, Andrew has helped secure acting and directinghonorees for PIFF including Quentin Tarantino, Todd Solondz, Gregg Araki,Gael García Bernal, Lili Taylor, Alan Cumming, and Jane Lynch.

Andrew also serves as Vice President of Production for WercWerk Works, an independent film production and finance company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has co-produced the WercWerk Works filmsLife During Wartime by Todd Solondz,Howl by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and The Convincer by Jill Sprecher. He also produced the award-winning feature films World and Time Enough by Eric Mueller and Older Than America by Georgina Lightning. He regularly consults for independent films and filmfestivals.

Lisa Viola

Director of Documentary Film Programming

Lisa Viola is an Associate Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival and a Programmer for the Provincetown International Film Festival. Lisa worked in Los Angeles as a Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival from 1992-1998. She has served on various juries and panels, including SXSW, and is a current Advisory Board Member for the Coolidge Theater in Brookline, MA. Lisa received her B.A. in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin.

Jill Vaughan

Managing Director

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Since 2004 Jill has worked at the Volunteer Director and the Managing Director. Jill earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Michigan State University, a Masters in Social Work from Loyola University, and a Masters in Education from Northeastern University. After working 20 plus years in mental health, education, and child welfare, she finds the Film Festival fun and relaxing. Jill is also one of the owners of Essentials, a small convenience store in Provincetown. In the winter she can be found biking along the ocean in Florida.

Jared Earley

Programming Manager

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Jared Earley's career includes more than a decade of experience in the fields of nonprofit arts management and film festival operations, having previously served as the Managing Director of the Philadelphia Film Festival and Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, where he oversaw general management, marketing, and event design for the city's two flagship film events. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Jared launched his career as the award-winning Program Director and General Manager of The Oaks Theater, a historic neighborhood cinema in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, where he spearheaded a one-of-a-kind programming and marketing strategy, including drawing dozens of national celebrity appearances and exclusive exhibitions, that drew the theater regional media acclaim and propelled its iconic status as an entertainment destination - all within the course of five years. Jared also co-owned and managed a commercial suburban multiplex cinema in Pittsburgh, served on the Board of the Pittsburgh International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, and consulted on a major public film program for The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. In recent years, Jared has served as Administrative Director and film and video coordinator for the Ingenuity Festival of Art + Technology, a contributing writer to EarthWatch Ohio and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and as a seasonal staff member of the Cleveland International Film Festival, where he has worked continuously since his early foray there while still in high school. Currently a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, Jared is a Marketing Specialist and Community Liaison for Whole Foods Market, the nation's leading natural and organic foods supermarket. Jared also returns to mark his fourth season with the Provincetown International Film Festival, currently as a member of its programming team.

Nick Robertson

Operations Director

Nick Robertson moved to Provincetown in April of 1999. He is co-owner of the retail shop i d, and a chair of the town's Licensing Board. Nick was been a member of the PIFF Board of Directors for almost three years, and a community sponsor of the Festival for four. He studied film in college and has a Bachelor's degree in communications from Loyola Marymount University. He worked in the music and film industry in Los Angeles after graduating and has a keen knowledge and love of film.

Sally Brophy

Art Director

Sally Brophy produced the graphic design work for the first three years of the Provincetown International Film Festival. She returned as Art Director in 2008. Her graphic design background includes 25 years of art direction for businesses ranging from National Lampoon magazine to the Civil Society Institute. Sally is also a visual artist known for her white-line woodcuts, her work can be seen at Lyman-Eyer Gallery in Provincetown.