After obtaining her Master’s Degree in Fine Art in London, Saskia moved to Los Angeles to work as an art director for music videos and commercials, where she quickly moved into production design for the likes of Master P.

Moving on to become co-director of the Silver Lake Film Festival, she created a new media arm to the festival (MP4Fest). Her focus at SLFF was in implementing a multi-arts approach and placing a strong programming emphasis on local, documentary, and music films.

Since leaving SLFF, Saskia has maintained her ties to the festival world, serving as a programmer, film juror and panelist at fests ranging from Slamdance to Gen Art.

After obtaining her Master’s Degree in Fine Art in London, Saskia moved to Los Angeles to work as an art director for music videos and commercials, where she quickly moved into production design for the likes of Master P.

Moving on to become co-director of the Silver Lake Film Festival, she created a new media arm to the festival (MP4Fest). Her focus at SLFF was in implementing a multi-arts approach and placing a strong programming emphasis on local, documentary, and music films.

Since leaving SLFF, Saskia has maintained her ties to the festival world, serving as a programmer, film juror and panelist at fests ranging from Slamdance to Gen Art.

Saskia currently works at Emmy-Award winning Current TV as the manager of Global Outreach for VC2 (the viewer-created content arm of the station), where she spearheads projects designed to gain new short format documentary content for the network from international filmmakers, while initiating content partnerships and overseeing the development of VC2 producers.

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