Director of Creative Producing – Sundance Institute
Anne Lai is Director of Creative Producing and Artist Support for the Feature Film Program at Sundance Institute, focusing on discovering and nurturing emerging independent producers, screenwriters, and directors in narrative features. Through a series of Labs, granting, mentorship, networking events, and educational programming she tailors support for artists on their current feature film while also providing direct ongoing creative and strategic feedback.
Recently supported films include Boots Riley’s Sorry To Bother You, Geremy Jasper’s Patti Cake$, Eliza Hittman’s Beach Rats, Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation, Daniels’ Swiss Army Man, Marielle Heller’s Diary of a Teenage Girl, Susana Fogel’s Life Partners, Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, Ritesh Batra’s The Lunchbox, and Benh Zeitlin Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Anne also leads the annual Creative Producing Summit and curates narrative features for the Catalyst Initiative. Prior to joining Sundance, Anne served as Vice President of Production at Scott Free, the film and television company founded by directors Ridley and Tony Scott. She worked on films including Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, and Tristan & Isolde starring James Franco. Anne attended the University of Michigan and received her degree in film production from the University of Southern California.
MIA CINEMA Selection Committee 2018
