TheInternational Documentary Associationis adding a quartet of distinguished members of the nonfiction film community to its board of directors.
The IDA sees its mission as supporting documentary makers and championing a thriving and inclusive documentary culture… Below is more background on each of the new board members joining the IDA.
He writes regularly on press freedom issues for The New Yorker and produces a column for Columbia Journalism Review.
L-R: Inti Cordera, Joel Simon, Luis Gonzáles Zaffaroni, and Nathalie SeaverCourtesy IDA
From 2006 until 2021, Simon served as executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
His work defending press freedom was featured in the HBO documentary Endangered, which was nominated for an Emmy.
Outgoing IDA board member Marcia SmithMiikka Skaffari/Getty Images
