SXSW Film 2013: The Janet Pierson Guide

Film fest chief talks themes, screens, and surprising changes

"...Janet Pierson has the coolest job – and the toughest..."

Jan. 31, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Longtime SXSW Film & TV Festival Head, Indie Film Icon Janet Pierson Transitions to New Role

Pierson's deputy, Claudette Godfrey, assumes leadership

"...VP, Director of the SXSW Film & TV Festival Janet Pierson is transitioning into a “Director Emeritus” role, with..."

Oct. 5, 2022 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Q&A With Janet Pierson

SXSW Film Producer breaks down the lineup for us

"...the phone with SXSW Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson...."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Love and Cinema: Janet and John Pierson

Texas Film Awards honorees and indie cinema's fairy godparents Janet and John Pierson look back on 40 years at the movies

"...It's a big year for Janet and John Pierson. May will mark their 40th wedding..."

March 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Jonathan Majors, Janet and John Pierson, Michael De Luca Honored by the Texas Film Awards

Marvel’s Kang, indie champs and Oscar-nominated producer head to Luck

"...alongside three more giants of Texas cinema, indie champions Janet and John Pierson and Oscar-nominated producer Michael De Luca...."

Jan. 10, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amazon Takes SXSW Streaming

Film festival director Janet Pierson brings some gems to your TV

"...According to SXSW Film Festival Director Janet Pierson, it was Ted Hope – co-head of movies..."

May 1, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Anxiety of Influence

Teenagers Georgia and Wyatt Pierson on their family's filmic mission to Fiji

"...For a year, John and Janet Pierson's Grainy Pictures answering machine would pick up with..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Split Screen and Nineties Indie Film

AFS celebrates John Pierson’s seminal IFC show

"...Split Screen, the movie magazine show by producer John Pierson (a key figure in the early success of Michael..."

June 9, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Personal True Tales, Plus New and Returning Texas Legends at SXSW

Film festival director Janet Pierson gives us the 2014 rundown

"...and get in bed by 9," said festival director Janet Pierson, "but that didn't happen."..."

Jan. 30, 2014 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film Announces Awards Will Go Ahead

Fest's support for films continues with industry access, more

"...moviemaking community this morning by SXSW Film Festival Director Janet Pierson as she explained the next steps for those..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

No Family Is an Island

The Piersons on 'Reel Paradise'

"...sell them to national and international distributors, John and Janet Pierson actually lived that dream ... or perhaps a..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film & TV Festival Announces Jury & Special Awards

Bob Trevino Likes It, Grand Theft Hamlet win top prizes

"...of Texas Award, the Kickstarter NextGen Award, and the Janet Pierson Champion Award presented by Indiewire...."

March 14, 2024 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

What Would Jean-Luc Do?

In a post-digital world, is cinema dead or just rebooting?

"...We spoke by phone with filmmaker Richard Linklater and Janet Pierson, producer of the South by Southwest Film Festival;..."

July 24, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Reel Paradise

This documentary shows what happens when famed producer’s rep/author/gadabout John Pierson convinces his family to move with him to Fiji, where, if all goes according to plan, he can leave behind the indie-film rat race, immerse himself in a completely foreign culture, and, best of all, screen all sorts of movies for the natives.

"...through. Freshly minted Austinite and famed producer’s rep/author/gadabout John Pierson (his résumé includes key assistance to the early films..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jump, Jive, and More

SXSW Film announces its feature lineup

"...seem like a head-scratcher; Film Conference and Festival Producer Janet Pierson admits she's never seen the original show and..."

Feb. 3, 2012 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Page Two: Praying for an Early Death

Louis Black sucks, and he makes SXSW suck

"...to turn people away. As SXSW Film Festival producer Janet Pierson wrote in response to a complaining e-mail: "We..."

March 26, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts

Austin ups its indie status by an icon; Moore misses out on his own party, kind of; and Jesus is a film fanatic

"...Think We're in Fiji Anymore Dept.: Why no, Mr. Pierson, you're not: For one thing, Fiji, as we're sure..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Film News

Changing of the guard at SXSW Film, the Alamo Ritz gets boozy, Austin Golden Hour wants nothing to do with its namesake, and more

"...Dentler dashes; Pierson steps up..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

The Sundance Channel and NetFlix make 'Room' for Kyle Henry

"...to have a lot of money, plain and simple." Pierson's Kingmakers Call it the Midas touch. Legendary indie producer..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Greetings From Eagle Rock

The filmmaking brothers, Jay and Mark Duplass, venture into TV with HBO's Togetherness

"...Lynskey as the increasingly unsatisfied couple Brett and Michelle Pierson, with Zissis and Amanda Peet as their equally emotionally-at-odds..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thanks for the Memories

'Chronicle' staff past and present on 20 years of covering SXSW Film

"...Nancy, then Angela Lee, then Matt Dentler, and now Janet Pierson. I think I knew we'd created something special..."

March 1, 2013 Screens Feature by The Screens Staff

2023 Texas Film Awards at Luck Ranch

"...Texas Film Hall of Fame honorees Janet and John Pierson and Kevin Smith at the 2023..."

March 6, 2023 Photo Gallery

Film News

Kadeem Hardison is in for 'The Cassidy Kids'; plus, 'Poodle Dog Lounge,' 'Rescue Me,' 'Mexican Sunrise,' and more

"...Cavite was a SXSW Film festival award winner. John Pierson's UT advanced producing class worked as a group to..."

Aug. 5, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

'Film News' counts down its Top 10 Austin film stories of 2008

"...7) Dentler leaves SXSW nest; Pierson roosts...."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

A Full Dance Card

Back in Austin after eight days in the land of mountains and Mormons at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, it's hard to distill the experience into any one verity. The combination of dozens of movies and the oxygen-poor altitude create memories that seem more impressionistic than precise.

"...Steve James features the experiences of the John and Janet Pierson family during a year spent operating the world's..."

Feb. 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Reflections

SXSW 2000 Film Festival and Conference

"...television, but that didn't keep indie film guru John Pierson quiet. At his "What You Can't Do on TV"..."

March 17, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge

Into Thin Air

The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene

"...Reel Paradise, concerning the Fijian adventures of John and Janet Pierson (along with children Georgia and Wyatt), so recently..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

SXSW Film: Long Shot Red Carpet and Premiere

"...June Diane Raphael, Seth Rogen, Janet Pierson, Charlize Theron, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel..."

March 10, 2019 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film: Ready Player One Red Carpet and World Premiere

"...Janet Pierson introduces Steven Spielberg..."

March 12, 2018 Photo Gallery

SXSW Film Goes to A Quiet Place

Over 100 films and 43 world premieres fill a noisy nine days

"...co-writer of A Quiet Place. SXSW Director of Film Janet Pierson said, "Not only do we love its originality,..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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