Christie Marchese

If you know Christie Marchese—if you’ve had even one interaction—then you know the strength of her kindness, the speed of her mind, the brilliance of her pragmatism, and the decency of her intention.

 Her career, illustrious already despite its relative infancy, spans Human Rights Watch, the International Rescue Committee, Norman Lear, Jeff Skoll, and starting not one but two successful companies helping cause-based films and their makers exponentially increase their reach and their impact.

 The first, Picture Motion, she sold last year to Publicis and remains closely involved; the second, Kinema, is an innovative platform for storytelling, connecting film-makers to audiences and enabling audiences to convene, support, and host, both online and in person.

 I sat down with Christie to talk about her inspiration, her career arc, her movie habit (“only” 5-6 a week), the nuts and bolts of how to create cause campaigns, the state of film distribution, and even if the Oscars got  it right.