ABOUT US

BOARD PRESIDENT

Claude Dal Farra is a film producer and CEO of BCDF Pictures, whose credits include BACHELORETTE, THE HATING GAME, CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET, TO LESLIE and more.

BOARD VICE PRESIDENT

Ilene Marder Hinchey is a founding member of the WFF Board having co-produced the first event of the first festival in 2000, and served as WFF Press Director for more than ten years.

BOARD TREASURER

Mark Goldfarb served as the president of the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce back in the 90’s and brings his experience of managing multiple business, interfacing with government agencies and marketing to the WFF board as it’s new board member and treasurer.

Lauri Andretta is a former bank Vice President and Proprietor/Board of Directors member of Empire Merchants North LLC.

BOARD SECRETARY

Vicki Chesler brings decades of experience running Manhattan-based publishing and marketing businesses. She was on the Board of the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild prior to joining the WFF Board in 2021.

Jonathan Gray is highly regarded in the independent film community as an attorney, producer and advisor for over 25 years.

Kevin Greene is highly regarded in the independent film community as an attorney, producer and advisor for over 25 years.

Patrick Harrison was the Vice President, Member Relations and Global Outreach at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Sarah Johnson is an Emmy award winning Producer and Executive Producer, an organic farmer, and an activist for environmental, educational and gender issues.

Jeff Morris is a seasoned entertainment/media executive with 30 years of management, business development, strategic planning, and consumer research expertise.

Nicole Quinn has written scripts for HBO, Showtime, and network television.

Peter Saraf is an independent film, television and theatre producer whose credits include LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, ADAPTATION, AWAY WE GO, THE FAREWELL, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LOVING, LAND, EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, SUNSHINE CLEANING, SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED and the series’ VIDA and SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.

Uma Thurman is an Academy Award®–nominated actress and producer whose work spans independent film, major studio features, television, and theater. She achieved international recognition with Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994), earning an Oscar® nomination, and went on to define an era of cinema as the lead of his Kill Bill films. Thurman’s career reflects uncommon range, with acclaimed performances in Dangerous Liaisons, Gattaca, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Batman & Robin, and on television in Hysterical Blindness, The Producers, Chambers, and Super Pumped. In addition to her creative work, she is active in humanitarian and cultural initiatives and continues to develop and produce projects across media.

Bruce Weiss has been producing independent films for over 20 years. He started his filmmaking career producing the films of Hal Hartley including THE UNBELIEVEBLE TRUTH, TRUST & SIMPLE MEN.

Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar®, Emmy®, NAACP Image award, Webby and Peabody award-winning director, producer and writer –and the first African American director to win an Academy Award ®, with his film MUSIC BY PRUDENCE.

Mike Hassan entered independent filmmaking in 2001 as a founding member of Deerpath Films, the company behind Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever. A corporate lawyer specializing in intellectual property and acquisitions, he’s worked across film, music, and design.