Michelle Satter

Satter founded the Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Lab of the Sundance Film Festival and currently serves as the founding senior director of the Sundance Institute's Artist Programs.

[1] She helped create the Sundance Collab digital platform to facilitate the online coordination of the filmmaker labs during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

[1] Satter received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 14th Annual Governors Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in November 2023.

[2] The president of AMPAS, Janet Yang, described Satter as "a pillar of the independent film community, [who] has played a vital role in the careers of countless filmmakers around the world".

[2] In January 2025, Satter's family home was destroyed by the Palisades Fire.