Caitlin Mae Burke Joins Sandbox Films as Head of Production and Development (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Sandbox Films, an independent production company that focuses on making documentaries about environmental issues, has hired Caitlin Mae Burke as its head of production and development.
In this position, Burke will work with Sandbox Films executive directorJessica Harrop to play a significant role in helping to decide which projects the company will finance, managing the company’s partnerships with Sundance and other organizations, and overseeing its documentaries from their development through their production and post-production. “To say I am humbled to join the team at Sandbox Films is an understatement: their expansive support of the most invigorating non-fiction films over the past several years has been truly inspiring in how to best support boundary-pushing artists,” Burke said in a statement. “As a producer and arts administrator it is a gift to follow this example from within the organization setting it.
I am ecstatic to follow Jess Harrop’s continued leadership in the field and roll up my sleeve in this unique opportunity at the intersection of unforgettable art and scientific inquiry.” Burke is an Emmy-winning producer and Oscar-shortlisted executive producer.
She joins Sandbox Films as it has over 20 feature documentaries currently in development and production as well as a shorts series in partnership with The New York Times’Op-Docs.
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