Director of Film Forum

This is a Full Time Job

The Director of Film Forum will assume leadership of one of the most influential cultural institutions in American cinema----a role that extends far beyond traditional arts administration into the realms of cultural advocacy and community building. This position offers the rare opportunity to shape how thousands of people experience and understand film while stewarding an institution whose programming decisions reverberate throughout the global film community.

As the organizational leader and primary public representative, the Director will be responsible for preserving Film Forum's distinctive voice while positioning it for sustained relevance and growth. This role demands a leader who can seamlessly navigate between the intimate, personal relationships that define Film Forum's community and the strategic thinking required to ensure its long-term sustainability. The Director must be equally comfortable discussing the finer points of film restoration with a repertory programmer and presenting financial projections to board members, equally adept at welcoming first-time visitors and cultivating major donors.

The position offers extraordinary creative and intellectual rewards for the right leader. The Director will work alongside passionate, deeply knowledgeable film programmers and staff members who bring decades of expertise to their craft, while engaging with a board and donor community that includes some of the most sophisticated film enthusiasts in the world. Perhaps most meaningfully, this role offers the opportunity to be a cultural guardian at a critical moment in cinema history. The next Director will help determine how institutions like Film Forum evolve to meet contemporary challenges while preserving the irreplaceable experience of discovering transformative films in the company of fellow movie lovers. In an age of infinite entertainment options, they will champion the enduring power of careful curation, shared experience, and the magic that happens when extraordinary stories unfold on the big screen.