Noah Cowan

As the executive director of the San Francisco Film Society, Noah Cowan is charged with running the San Francisco Film Festival and furthering the Society’s mission to support independent filmmakers and bring world cinema to the Bay Area. Previously, Cowan spent five years leading the Toronto International Film Festival Bell Lightbox as its founding artistic director. He also programmed Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program, co-directed that festival from 2004 to 2008, co-founded international art film distribution Cowboy Pictures and co-founded the Global Film Initiative that is partnered with MoMA.