About

Miriam Garcia is a program leader, project manager, curator, and cultural producer with over 15 years of experience building programs and platforms that connect creative people with resources, audiences, and opportunities. She has worked across film, music, digital media, and publishing — at organizations including Sundance Institute, Catapult Film Fund, Tribeca Film Festival, and Kickstarter — with a consistent focus on amplifying independent voices and supporting creative work at every stage of its development.

She is currently based in Brooklyn and open to new opportunities in content programming, program management, content strategy, artist development, and creator-facing platforms.

Film & Artist Development

As Program Officer at Catapult Film Fund, Miriam supported and cultivated independent nonfiction filmmakers globally, providing creative, strategic, and editorial guidance through Catapult's artist development programs. She oversaw the organization's full grant portfolio — including the Development Grant, Research Grant, and Rough Cut Retreat — managing 2,000+ applications annually and leading a team of 20+ reviewers. She worked closely with filmmakers including Steven Bognar, Geeta Gandbhir, Dawn Porter, and Brett Story. Films supported during her tenure include Sugarcane (Academy Award nominee, Sundance 2024, Hulu/National Geographic), Life After, and Union.

As Associate Programmer at Tribeca Film Festival, she screened and evaluated 200+ international feature submissions annually and collaborated with the programming team to curate the festival's international narrative slate. She has also served on programming committees for the Hamptons International Film Festival, DOC NYC, and Human Rights Watch Film Festival, and was selected to participate in the Locarno International Industry Academy Workshop.

Digital Production & Curation

As Digital Producer for Sundance Collab, Miriam curated and produced 10+ live Master Classes and online courses with Academy Award-winning and BAFTA-winning filmmakers, reaching thousands of independent creators worldwide. Master Classes she produced include "Adapting a Screenplay from Source Material" with Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Robin Swicord, and "Creating a Docu-Series" with Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan.

Content, Editorial & Writing

Since 2018, Miriam has been a contributing writer for The Creative Independent, Kickstarter's editorial platform for working artists. Over nearly eight years, she has published 40+ in-depth interviews with Academy Award winners, Grammy nominees, MacArthur Fellows, and Guggenheim Fellows — including musicians Jorge Drexler and Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords), filmmaker Natalia Almada, and Grammy-winning musician Meme del Real (Café Tacvba). Her full archive is available here.

She also served as Research Assistant for This Could Be Our Future by Yancey Strickler (co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter), acknowledged in the book for her contributions.

Music & Early Career

Miriam's roots are in the music industry. She began her career as Label Manager and Director of Press & Publicity at Arts & Crafts Mexico, working with artists including Moby, Interpol, Queens of the Stone Age, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Beach House, and Spoon. She later co-produced and managed artist relations for the New Latin Wave festival, and developed marketing strategies for 200+ events at the Made in NY Media Center by IFP.

She holds a Master's degree in Media, Culture, and Communication from NYU and a Bachelor's degree in International Relations. She has lived in Puebla, Manchester, Mexico City, and New York.

She is always reading, always listening to music she found herself, and still hoping to win the New Yorker caption contest.   •°˚•°˚•°˚•°˚•°˚•°˚•°°