| 词条 | Noah Cowan |
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| honorific_prefix = | name = Noah Cowan | honorific_suffix = | image = Cowan in 2018.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Cowan in 2018 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|22}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | baptised = | disappeared_date = | disappeared_place = | disappeared_status = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Canadian | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = McGill University (1989) University of Toronto Schools (1985) | alma_mater = | occupation = Executive Director of SFFILM | years_active = 2014- Present | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | home_town = | salary = | net_worth = | height = | weight = | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | religion = | denomination = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = }}Noah Cowan is the Executive Director of [https://www.sffilm.org/ SFFILM]. Since March 2014, he has overseen the organization in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.[1] Before joining SFFILM, Cowan was the Artistic Director of TIFF Bell Lightbox.[2] Early careerCowan was raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended University of Toronto Schools before studying philosophy at McGill University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1989.[3] Cowan is Jewish. Cowan began his career performing various roles at the Toronto International Film Festival. His first venture as a programmer was the Midnight Madness program, launched in 1989. He subsequently created national cinema retrospectives India Now! (with David Overbey) and The New Beat Of Japan for the organization.[4] Cowboy Booking International and Cowboy PicturesCowan developed Cowboy Booking International, a consolidating global sub-distributor for film sales agents such as Celluloid Dreams, Fortissimo Film Sales, Films Transit, Flach Pyramide and Christa Saredi Films, and producers such as Good Machine and Telling Pictures. Cowboy pioneered the application of a consistent fee structure for the growing number of film festivals worldwide to access international art films and documentaries.[5] In 1995, Cowan and John Vanco launched and served as Co-Presidents of Cowboy Pictures, an art house cinema distributor. Cowboy-released films were acclaimed by a number of organizations including The New York Film Critics Circle[6] and The Academy Awards.[7] Cowboy partnered with Antidote Films in 1999 to create Code Red Films, a vehicle to cross-collateralize several art film releases over three years. Titles distributed by Cowboy and Code Red included: The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg, Fat Girl, George Washington, La Cienaga, Promises (nominated for Best Documentary at the 2002 Academy Awards)[7] and Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. Cowboy also acted as a releasing sub-distributor for Miramax Films, bringing to market their Rolling Thunder titles acquired in collaboration with Quentin Tarantino. Titles included Hard Core Logo, The Beyond, Mighty Peking Man.[8] Global Film InitiativeIn 2002, Cowan founded and served as Executive Director of The Global Film Initiative in New York City, a not-for-profit organization that seeks to create global understanding though film, with philanthropist Susan Weeks Coulter. In partnership with The Museum of Modern Art, the foundation funded, acquired, distributed and created educational material for socially meaningful cinema from the developing world. Global Lens, the Initiative’s touring program, reached more than 50 communities per year, with a focus on screenings at museum-based youth programs. The Initiative wound down its activities in 2014.[9] Later careerToronto International Film FestivalFrom 2004 to 2008, Cowan acted as Co-Director of the Toronto International Film Festival.[10] He helped launch Future Projections, which aimed to be a city-wide meeting of the visual arts and cinema. Under Cowan’s direction, Future Projections collaborated with the Royal Ontario Museum, Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, and MOCCA. TIFF Bell LightboxIn 2008, Cowan became Artistic Director of TIFF Bell Lightbox, a multi-purpose film institution and the home of the Toronto International Film Festival. Cowan oversaw the film exhibition and film education functions of the project, which created film retrospectives on Raj Kapoor and Gregg Araki.[11] On the TIFF Bell Lightbox stage, he interviewed Guillermo del Toro, Christopher Doyle, Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon, among others. His writing appeared in 180°, TIFF Bell Lightbox’s seasonal programming guide. He also served as the primary curator of Lightbox’s museum space, beginning with Essential Cinema, a gallery show detailing the inspiration behind 100 key films in cinema history. Cowan was the Toronto curator for several exhibitions including Tim Burton (a project of the Museum of Modern Art, New York) and Fellini: Spectacular Obsessions (which premiered at the Jeu du Paume in Paris in 2009).[12] Before his departure, Cowan completed two large-scale projects: A Century Of Chinese Cinema, a 100-film retrospective of Chinese cinema history that also included a new visual arts commission,[13] New Women, from Yang Fudong, debuted in June 2013. Cowan co-curated the David Cronenberg: Evolution exhibition in October 2013 and David Cronenberg Transformation, the accompanying museum show at the Museum Of Contemporary Canadian Art of visual artists responding to Cronenberg’s work. He contributed to catalogues for both shows, oversaw an Alternative Reality Game (Body/Mind/Change, created by Lance Weiler) and the David Cronenberg Virtual Exhibition.[14] SFFILMIn March 2014, Cowan became Executive Director of the [https://www.sffilm.org/screenings-and-events/year-round-series SFFILM].[15] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.sffs.org/about |title=About |work=San Francisco Film Society |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602030413/http://www.sffs.org/about |archivedate=June 2, 2015 |df=}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowan, Noah}}2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/01/22/noah_cowan_leaving_post_at_toronto_international_film_festiva.html |title=Noah Cowan leaving post at Toronto International Film Festival |date=January 22, 2014 |work=thestar.com |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195709/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/01/22/noah_cowan_leaving_post_at_toronto_international_film_festiva.html |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df=}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-festivals-other-director/article968402/ |title=The festival's other director |work=The Globe and Mail |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406201628/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-festivals-other-director/article968402/ |archivedate=April 6, 2017 |df=}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/ted-hopes-vacancy-at-san-francisco-film-society-filled-by-noah-cowan-1201112537/ |title=Ted Hope’s Vacancy at San Francisco Film Society Filled by Noah Cowan |author=Dave McNary |work=Variety |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074131/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/ted-hopes-vacancy-at-san-francisco-film-society-filled-by-noah-cowan-1201112537/ |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df=}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cowboy-booking-international-ropes-in-the-critical-accolades-71048952.html?$G1Ref |title=Coyboy Booking International Ropes in the Critical Accolades |work=PRNewswire |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215246/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cowboy-booking-international-ropes-in-the-critical-accolades-71048952.html?$G1Ref |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df=}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/section/movies |title=Movies |date=25 February 0012 |publisher= |via=NYTimes.com |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008032326/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/46141/Splash/overview |archivedate=October 8, 2013 |df=}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies |title=Movie Reviews |date=February 22, 2018 |publisher= |via=NYTimes.com |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016040156/https://www.nytimes.com/reviews/movies |archivedate=October 16, 2017 |df=}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://filmmakermagazine.com/84500-noah-cowan-named-executive-director-of-san-francisco-film-society/#.VO4apS51B-I |title=Noah Cowan Named Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society |work=Filmmaker Magazine |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329045353/http://filmmakermagazine.com/84500-noah-cowan-named-executive-director-of-san-francisco-film-society/#.VO4apS51B-I |archivedate=March 29, 2015 |df=}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://blog.globalfilm.org/noah-cowan-and-the-genesis-of-gfi/ |title=Noah Cowan and the Genesis of GFI |work=globalfilm.org |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042040/http://blog.globalfilm.org/noah-cowan-and-the-genesis-of-gfi/ |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df=}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://playbackonline.ca/2004/01/05/cowan-20040105/ |title=Noah Cowan, the future of TIFF |work=playbackonline.ca |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052624/http://playbackonline.ca/2004/01/05/cowan-20040105/ |archivedate=March 4, 2016 |df=}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/noah-cowan-named-executive-director-681654 |title=Noah Cowan Named Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society |author=Gregg Kilday |work=The Hollywood Reporter |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924194430/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/noah-cowan-named-executive-director-681654 |archivedate=September 24, 2015 |df=}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/tim-burton-hits-toronto-2010911 |title=Tim Burton Hits Toronto! |work=US Weekly |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003201105/http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/tim-burton-hits-toronto-2010911 |archivedate=October 3, 2015 |df=}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tiff-s-chinese-film-retrospective-traces-ups-and-downs-of-greater-china-1.1353291 |title=TIFF's Chinese film retrospective traces ups and downs of greater China |date=June 13, 2013 |work=cbc.ca |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153139/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tiff-s-chinese-film-retrospective-traces-ups-and-downs-of-greater-china-1.1353291 |archivedate=September 24, 2015 |df=}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tiff.net/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/david-cronenberg-evolution |title=TIFF.net – David Cronenberg: Evolution |author=Toronto International Film Festival |work=TIFF |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320124038/http://tiff.net/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/david-cronenberg-evolution |archivedate=March 20, 2015 |df=}} 15. ^{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/noah-cowan-talks-leaving-toronto-to-join-san-francisco-film-society-as-executive-director-exclusive |title=Noah Cowan Talks Leaving Toronto to Join San Francisco Fi – Thompson on Hollywood |author=Anne Thompson |date=February 19, 2014 |work=Thompson on Hollywood |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128015330/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/noah-cowan-talks-leaving-toronto-to-join-san-francisco-film-society-as-executive-director-exclusive |archivedate=January 28, 2015 |df=}} 4 : University of Toronto alumni|1967 births|Living people|Toronto International Film Festival people |
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