Meira Blaustein

Meira Blaustein is the Co-founder / Executive Director / Programmer of
the Woodstock Film Festival. Conceived in 1999, the WFF was launched
in 2000, and has quickly become one of the most respected and
influential regional film festivals in the USA.

Blaustein  has nearly thirty years of experience in filmmaking,
producing and directing numerous shorts and documentaries including
Reaching Out with Theater – The Monster Metropolis. Her full-length
documentary about severely disabled children, For Love of Julian,
narrated by Susan Sarandon and distributed by Wellspring Media,
received critical acclaim.

Blaustein has served as Program Director and Special Events Producer
for film festivals and other film - related programs throughout New
York State and New York City.  She has programmed and coordinated
screenings, seminars, concerts and events and has produced and
directed dozens of screenplay readings at a variety of venues such as
the Knitting Factory in NYC.

Blaustein is a native of Israel and an alumn of the School of Visual
Arts in NYC. She studied at the Art Institute of San Francisco and the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Blaustein served as juror and panelist
at a variety of film festivals and special events, including in
Trondheim Norway, Austin Texas and  New York City and Albany NY.  She
is a freelance writer and blogger for the Poughkeepsie Journal,
covering film festivals. She is a member of NYWIFT and IFP, and the
recipient of the 2007 Upstate Independent Spirit Award.