birth_place birth_date yearsactive image article_title name occupation
cherry point , north carolina 24 march 1953 1975-present ira deutchman.jpg ira deutchman
 ira deutchman independent producer , distributor , marketer & exhibitor
ira deutchman

ira deutchman is best known as a producer , distributor and marketer of independent films , but in 2000 , he moved into film exhibition as co-founder and managing partner of emerging pictures -- a new york-based digital exhibition company .
he is also chair of the film program at columbia university school of the arts , where he has been a professor of professional practice in the graduate film division for more than 25 years .
ira deutchman is a member of the academy of motion picture arts and sciences .
he was one of the original creative advisors to the sundance institute and formerly served on the board of advisors for the sundance film festival .
he has also served as a board member and former board chair for the independent feature project , the board of advisors for the los angeles independent film festival , the williamstown film festival , ifp/west , and the collective for living cinema , and was a member of the board for kartemquin films .
