AVERY-ISABEL SWEENEY

AVERY-ISABEL SWEENEY IS AN INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM PRODUCER. SELECT COMPLETED PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON HBO AND THE YOUTUBE: ORIGINALS PLATFORM - INCLUDING PAVAROTTI (2019) AND DEMI LOVATO: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (2021), RESPECTIVELY; THE LATTER PREMIERED AT SXSW IN MARCH OF 2021. IN 2020, SHE BEGAN HER ACADEMIC CAREER AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, STUDYING FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION. SHE HAS SINCE WORKED IN THE DEVELOPMENT UNIT OF IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT, ASSISTED DIRECTORS SAM POLLARD AND BENJAMIN SHAPIRO DURING PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY OF THEIR DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AND EARNED HER BFA IN DECEMBER OF 2022. IN THE SPRING OF 2023, SHE JOINED THE EXECUTIVE TEAM ASSISTING JANE ROSENTHAL AT TRIBECA ENTERPRISES. SHE LATER JOINED SPHERE’S CREATIVE TEAM, FACILITATING CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION FROM ITS STUDIO IN BURBANK. IN APRIL OF 2024, SWEENEY’S ENDEAVOR SYMPOSIUM, A MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION COLLECTIVE, LAUNCHED. SWEENEY CO-CHAIRS ITS FIRST NON-PROFIT ENDEAVOR, ‘THE WHEEL,’ SET TO DEBUT LATER THIS YEAR. AS OF SEPTEMBER 2024, SHE SUPPORTS FIRST LOOK MEDIA’S CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, IAN STRATFORD AND FACILITATES TOPIC STUDIOS’ CREATIVE AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS. SHE IS BASED IN NEW YORK CITY.

SELECT EXPERIENCE

SUPPORT TO COO - TOPIC STUDIOS

PRINCIPAL, MANAGER - SYMPOSIUM

CREATIVE EXECUTIVE, SPHERE - BURBANK

COORDINATOR TO CEO, TRIBECA ENTERPRISES

CO-PRODUCER, AMBERGREEN ENTERTAINMENT

ASST. TO DIRECTORS, SAM POLLARD & BEN SHAPIRO

DEVELOPMENT NEW YORK HQ, IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR, BREAKOUT

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER TO BEN POLLACK (AFI ‘09)

PRODUCTION RESEARCHER, OBB PICTURES

EDUCATION AND ACCOLADES

BFA - NYU’S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ‘22
FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION

CANNES COURT M´TRAGE ‘23
THE RAINMAKERS directed and co-produced by Thotti Forneiro

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST WORLD PREMIERE‘23
MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES directed by Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST WORLD PREMIERE ‘21
DEMI LOVATO: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (2021). directed by Michael D. Ratner

SCREENWRITER IN RESIDENCE ‘19
ANDISOL HORIZONS, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild at White Pines

ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP

THE GOTHAM FILM AND MEDIA INSTITUTE

WOMEN IN FILM

VOLUNTEER LAWYERS OF THE ARTS OF NEW YORK - CLIENT

PHILANTHROPY

ART PRODUCTION FUND ‘23, ‘24

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