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Keri Putnam (born 1965) is an American film, media and arts executive and producer and current chief executive officer at Sundance Institute.[1][2] She is a former executive vice president at HBO Films, and former president of the production at Miramax films.[3]
In 1987, Putnam joined HBO as an assistant in original programming and served as HBO New York City Productions Vice President from 1996 to 1999 and as the executive vice president from 2002 to 2006.[5][6][7] During her tenure at HBO, she oversaw 48 award-winning films and mini-series including If These Walls Could Talk, Mi Vida Loca,Empire Falls, Lackawanna Blues and Normal. The projects she supervised collectively received 50 Emmy awards and nominations, as well as numerous other honors such as Peabody and Golden Globes Awards.[8]
In February 2010, she was appointed as executive director of Sundance Institute's, the nonprofit arts organization founded by Robert Redford.[13][14] In this role, she oversees the Sundance Film Festival as well as the institute's many year-round programs to support independent storytelling artists around the world through labs, workshops, and educational resources.[15][16][17]
Putnam and Cathy Schulman co-founded ReFrame in 2017, a non-profit organization aimed to support women in the media industry.[18][19]
Keri Putnam was appointed an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University from 2018 to 2024.[20]