Jonathan Sehring

Jonathan Sehring served as President of IFC Films and Sundance Selects at AMC Networks Inc. Sehring oversees multiple brands that are devoted to bringing the best of specialty films to the largest possible audience: IFC Center, IFC Films, Sundance Selects and IFC Productions. One of the most well respected executives in the specialty film business, Mr. Sehring is considered a maverick among his peers for expanding the audience for independent films.

He was part of the team that launched The Independent Film Channel in 1994 and later created IFC Entertainment and each of the brands that it operates today. In 2000, Mr. Sehring launched IFC Films, which under his leadership has grown to become a leading U.S. distributor of independent films. Sehring continued to forge new ground with the launch of the first theatrical/VOD day and date distribution model in 2006.

IFC Entertainment's unique model makes independent films available to a national audience by releasing them simultaneously in theaters via IFC Films, as well as on cable's On Demand platform through its IFC In Theaters label. In 2010, IFC Entertainment launched a second label under IFC Films called IFC Midnight, which features the very best in international genre cinema, including horror, sci-fi, thrillers, erotic art-house, action and more.

Sehring also spearheaded the launch of Sundance Selects in 2009. Managed by IFC Entertainment and a brand extension of Rainbow Media-owned sister company Sundance Channel, Sundance Selects is a transactional on demand service for feature and documentary films. Prior to joining Bravo, Mr. Sehring served as director of programming for Janus Films, Inc., where he worked in various positions in both distribution and production.

Sehring is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, sits on the International Arts Advisory Committee of the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, and serves on the Board of Directors for Film Independent.

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