San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces New Executive Director

Press release: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Board of Directors have hired Lexi Leban to be the festival's new Executive Director. She will begin her employment at the festival on November 7, 2011. A longtime member of the Bay Area film community, Lexi has worked in all aspects of film, from production to distribution.  She’s also worked with numerous film festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Global Social Change Film Festival in Bali. Lexi is currently Academic Director of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program at the Art Institute of California, where she built the department from its inception. Her most recent feature documentary, Girl Trouble, which follows young girls in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system, aired on PBS’s acclaimed series Independent Lens in January of 2006, and won Best Bay Area Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival.