Adrianne Furniss is a media consultant specializing in distribution and marketing strategies, strategic planning and acquisitions. She has worked for clients such as Image Entertainment, Sony Pictures Classics and numerous independents. For 13 years, she worked at Home Vision Entertainment (HVe), where she rose from Executive Vice President to President/CEO and majority owner. In addition to licensing, publishing, and marketing classic and independent films, Home Vision Entertainment was the distributor of the renowned DVD special edition publisher The Criterion Collection. Adrianne spent eight years in New York with Children’s Television Workshop, the last four as VP of International Television and Home Video Sales, Marketing and Program Development. In addition to Kartemquin Films, she currently serves on three other boards: as a trustee, secretary and finance committee member at the Benton Foundation, Washington DC; as secretary, executive board member and communications committee member at Project Exploration in Chicago, IL and as a member of the New Trier Fine Arts Association, Winnetka IL. Adrianne received her BA at Yale University and an MA in Radio, TV and Film from Northwestern University. She is married to Bob Furniss and has two daughters aged 13 and 17.
The deadline for Spring internships at Kartemquin has passed. Applications are currently being accepted for Summer 2010. The application deadline is May 1st 2010.