March 29, 2022

Kevin Smith Named Interim CEO of Denver Film

(westword.com)

Kevin Smith — no, not that Kevin Smith — was only planning to stay in Denver a year when he moved here about seven years ago. But as of this week, he’s the new Interim CEO for Denver Film.

Founded in 1978, Denver Film is the nonprofit cultural institution that produces film events throughout the year with a vision to cultivate community and transform lives through film. Its permanent home, the Sie FilmCenter, is Denver’s only year-round cinematheque, presenting a weekly changing calendar of first-run exclusives and arthouse revivals both domestic and foreign, narrative and documentary — over 600 per year, all shown in their original language and format. Denver Film programs annually reach more than 200,000 film lovers and film lovers in training.

One of those film lovers is Smith, who was the natural choice upon the sudden departure of former CEO James Mejia, a parting that all parties are defining as “amicable.” Smith, who served as staff director and chief marketing officer at the nonprofit for several years, was given the nod.

“I’m really grateful for the opportunity,” Smith says. “I’ve really enjoyed my time getting to work with James. I hope that in my time in this position, I can help to build off that foundation. It’s been something of a whirlwind in the last two weeks, but we’re moving forward, and we have a lot of great opportunities ahead of us as an organization.”

By: Teague Bohlen

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