Vanessa Haroutunian
B. 1987, Newburyport, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
2010 B.A., Film and Electronic Arts Department, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
SELECTED ACCOLADES
2021 Women in Film’s Emerging Producers Program Fellow
2021 Gotham Week Film Market Participant (Radiant Flux)
2021 Best LGBTQ Short, Big Apple Film Festival (Flourish)
2020 InsideOut’s Re:Focus Fund Recipient (Blue)
2010 Jerome B. Hill Award for Documentary Excellence, Bard College (pure&magicalpussypower)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2021-present Producer, Big Think / Freethink Media
2017-present Grant Manager, Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant, New York, NY
2020-present Filmmaker Assistant to Silas Howard, Los Angeles, CA
2013-2019 Filmmaker Assistant to Ira Sachs, New York, NY
2013-2018 Program & Operations Coordinator, Queer|Art, New York, NY
2011-2013 Administrative Assistant, Film and Electronic Arts Department, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
FILM PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
2021 Producer, BAD ALLY: QUARANTINE CHRONICLE (Web Series), Directed by Ariel Mahler, Daquisha Jones, Alyssa Sharp, & Heather María Ács
2021 Consulting Producer, PINK & BLUE (Short), Directed by Carmen LoBue
2021 Producer, BLUE (Short), Directed by Tae Braun & HK Goldstein
2019 Co-Producer, FLOCK (Short), Directed by Ariel Mahler
2019 Producer, QUEER IN CUBA (Post-Production - Documentary), Directed by Maricela Salas & Lorenzo Gomez
2018 Producer, FLOURISH (Short), Directed by Heather María Ács
2018 Director’s Assistant, FRANKIE (Feature), Directed by Ira Sachs
World Premiere, Cannes Film Festival
2017 Producer, SKIN THE WIRE (Short), Directed by Erin Greenwell
2016 Associate Producer, LITTLE MEN (Feature), Directed by Ira Sachs
Winner, Grand Special Prize, Deauville Film Festival
World Premiere, Sundance Film Festival
2016 Co-producer, BE HERE NOWISH (TV Series - Season 2), Directed by Natalia Leite & Alexandra Roxo
2016 Associate Producer, CRUSH (Short), Directed by Katherine Bernard
2013 Director’s Assistant, LOVE IS STRANGE (Feature), Directed by Ira Sachs
SELECTED SCREENINGS / GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 FotoFocus at "The Mini: Cinema and Archive", 2018 FotoFocus Biennial: Open Archive, The Mini Microcinema, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Rare Local Intimacy, Cinema Cobra, Honey’s, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Joanie4Jackie4Ever, We Are What We Archive, Interference Archives, Brooklyn, NY
2015 MTDE 006: Vanessa Haroutunian & Carolyn Lazard, My Teenage Dream Ended, Over the Eight, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Stranger Collaborations, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Vanessa Haroutunian does JOANIE4JACKIE, Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY
2011 pure&magicalpussypower, (Hi)Story Labor(atory), Hudson, NY
2011 Masters on Main Street, Catskill, NY
CURATION & PROGRAMS
2019 "The Hammer Mix: Decades", Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2018 "The Hammer Mix: Generations", IFC Center, New York, NY
2017 "The Hammer Mix", IFC Center, New York, NY
2017 Out of the Past, Live Event portion of 2016-2017 Queer|Art|Mentorship Annual Exhibition, Leslie-Lohman Prince Street Project Space, New York, NY
2016 It’s Kind of a Big Deal: 2015-2016 Queer|Art|Mentorship Annual Exhibition, Leslie-Lohman Prince Street Project Space, New York, NY
2015 2014-2015 Queer|Art|Mentorship Annual Exhibition, Leslie-Lohman Prince Street Project Space, New York, NY
2014-2015 Selected videos from Joanie4Jackie, Alien She, Traveling Exhibition
2013 Peggy Ahwesh & Joe Gibbons, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2013 Guest Artist & Screening: 2 Days of Katrina Del Mar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2013 Screening: Lady-Made Performance Vidz from the 70s, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2013 Joanie4Jackie Screenings, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2012 Screening: County Down, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2012 Guest Artist & Performance: JD Samson & MEN, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2012 Guest Artist: K8 Hardy, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2012 Guest Artist: Elisabeth Subrin, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2012 Party in the J4J: Screening from the Archive, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2011 Guest Artist: Ryder Cooley, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2011 Joanie4Jackie4Now!: Archive Exhibition & Screening, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2011 Pairings: Exhibition, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
WORKSHOPS, PANELS & ARTIST TALKS
2019 "The Hammer Mix: Decades" with A.K. Burns, Sarah Keller & Miatta Kawinzi, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2018 "The Hammer Mix: Generations" with Peggy Ahwesh & Lynne Sachs, IFC Center, New York, NY
2017 "The Hammer Mix" with Martha Rosler & Carolee Schneeman, IFC Center, New York, NY
2017 Alynda Segarra presents Fried Green Tomatoes, IFC Center, New York NY
2016 Katy Pyle presents But, I’m a Cheerleader, IFC Center, New York, NY
2015 K8 Hardy presents Vagabond, IFC Center, New York, NY
2015 More than Reality Itself with A.L. Steiner, UnionDocs, Brooklyn, NY
2014 JD Samson presents Heavenly Creatures & Dyketactics, Northside Festival, Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn, NY