She is a Producer of their multi-award winning 2008 release Milking the Rhino, which aired on PBS and continues to screen worldwide. Xan is directing her first feature documentary film, Mormons Make Movies, now in development with Kartemquin. She also recently produced and directed Andrew Bird: Fever Year, a feature-length concert film. As Founder of the Chicago Short Film Brigade, Xan has been curating and hosting screenings of local and international short films since 2003. She has served on competition juries for the Chicago International Film Festival, Hugo Television Awards, and Illinois Humanities Council, and is a frequently featured guest lecturer at Columbia College, among others.