Noah Cowan
| Noah Cowan | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 22, 1967 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education |
McGill University (1989) |
| Occupation | Executive Director of San Francisco Film Society |
McGill University (1989)
Noah Cowan is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. Since March 2014, he has overseen the Film Society’s programs in exhibition, education and filmmaker services. Before joining the Film Society, Cowan was the Artistic Director of TIFF Bell Lightbox.
Cowan 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. 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.
Cowan 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.
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 and The Academy Awards. 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) and The Endurance: 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.
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