AVERY-ISABEL SWEENEY
AVERY-ISABEL SWEENEY IS AN INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM PRODUCER AND DISTINGUISHED FILMMAKER IN RESIDENCE. SELECT COMPLETED PROJECTS HAVE BEEN DEBUTED AT SXSW AND CANNES MARCHE DU FILM. IN 2020, SHE BEGAN HER ACADEMIC CAREER AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY’S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, STUDYING FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION AND GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN DECEMBER 2022.
PREVIOUSLY, SHE WORKED IN THE DEVELOPMENT UNIT OF IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT AND SUPPORTED TRIBECA ENTERPRISES’ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND FILM PRODUCER, JANE ROSENTHAL. IN 2023, SWEENEY JOINED SPHERE’S CREATIVE TEAM AND PRODUCED FROM ITS STUDIO IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. IN APRIL OF 2024, SWEENEY LAUNCHED AN INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION COLLECTIVE, SYMPOSIUM. CURRENTLY, SHE REPRESENTS THREE FILMMAKERS THROUGH THE VENTURE.
AS OF SEPTEMBER 2024, SWEENEY SUPPORTS TOPIC STUDIOS’ CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, IAN STRATFORD AND MANAGES TOPIC’S CREATIVE AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS FROM THE INDIE FINANCIER’S OFFICES IN NEW YORK CITY.
SELECT EXPERIENCE
COORDINATOR - TOPIC STUDIOS
PRINCIPAL, MANAGER - SYMPOSIUM
CREATIVE EXECUTIVE, SPHERE - BURBANK
COORDINATOR TO CEO, TRIBECA ENTERPRISES
CO-PRODUCER, AMBERGREEN ENTERTAINMENT
ASST. TO DIRECTORS, SAM POLLARD & BEN SHAPIRO
DEVELOPMENT, IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER TO BEN POLLACK (AFI ‘09)
DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION RESEARCHER, OBB MEDIA
EDUCATION AND ACCOLADES
BFA - NYU’S TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ‘22
FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION
THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL - FALL 2025
CREATIVE ENTERPRISE | MUSIC AND VISUAL ART
CANNES COURT M´TRAGE ‘23
THE RAINMAKERS directed and co-produced by Thotti Forneiro
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST WORLD PREMIERE‘23
MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES (2023) directed by Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST WORLD PREMIERE ‘21
DEMI LOVATO: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL (2021). directed by Michael D. Ratner
SCREENWRITER IN RESIDENCE ‘19
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild at White Pines
ORGANIZATIONS AND MEMBERSHIP
THE GOTHAM FILM AND MEDIA INSTITUTE
WOMEN IN FILM
VOLUNTEER LAWYERS OF THE ARTS OF NEW YORK - CLIENT
PHILANTHROPY