INGRID KOPP

Ingrid Kopp is Director of Digital Initiatives at the Tribeca Film Institute where she overseas the TFI New Media Fund and leads the Institute’s digital and interactive programs including TFI Interactive and an upcoming series of hackathons. Recent projects awarded funding through the TFI New Media Fund include 18 Days in Egypt and Question Bridge. Before that she was Editor-in-Chief of Shooting People in the US – an international networking organization for independent filmmakers.  She began her career in the Documentaries department at Channel 4 Television in the UK before moving to New York in 2004 to work as a producer for a number of independent production companies. She writes about film, social media and technology for various publications and is a frequent speaker on interactive storytelling and social media. Ingrid loves documentaries and she loves the web. You can always find her on Twitter: @fromthehip