IDA Names Three New Board Members, Appoints Director Of Development

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EXCLUSIVE: The International Documentary Association has added three new board members and hired a director of development.Joining the board are Maria Agui-Carter, a filmmaker, founder of Iguana Films, and professor at Emerson College; Michael Turner, director and senior counsel-original documentary films at Netflix, and Ina Fichman, a documentary producer whose credits include Fire of Love and The Oslo Diaries.The trio will fill a void left by board members James Costa, Fonda Berosini, Lauren Lexton, and Caroline Libresco, who completed their terms.

Fichman’s appointment is especially noteworthy because her production company, Intuitive Pictures, is based in Montreal and she serves on the board of the Hot Docs festival in Toronto and chairs the national board of the Documentary Association of Canada.“It’s a privilege to be appointed as the first international board member of the IDA,” Fichman said. “The IDA is one of our community’s legacy organizations which continues to amplify and support the voices of documentary filmmakers worldwide.”Brian J.

Davis, the IDA’s newly-appointed director of development, comes to the organization from the Autry Museum of the American West, where he served as senior director of development.

He previously served as major gifts officer at the Trevor Project, and undertook nonprofit development work at the LGBT Center.“Davis will oversee all aspects of the [IDA’s] fundraising efforts in support of the organization’s strategic vision and growth and its commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access,” the IDA said in a statement. “Brian is an experienced fundraiser and non-profit manager with twenty years of experience working in Los Angeles’s philanthropic community.”“Brian