Jodi Cilley

Cilley was born and raised in Barre, Vermont.^[2] In 1999, she graduated from Boston College with a BA in Sociology. By 2010, Cilley finished her MBA in Business Administration-Entrepreneurship at San Diego State University^[2] and in 2011, was an instructor for Media Arts Center San Diego.^[3] Cilley became a part of the advisory committee for GI Film Festival San Diego and a Community Voices contributor for The San Diego Union Tribune in 2020.^[4][5][6] Later that year, Sue Vicory produced Panic at Parq, a tribute short film to Cilley.^[7][8]

Cilley founded the Film Consortium San Diego in 2012.^[9][10][11] The Film Consortium collaborated with the Arts Program at San Diego International Airport to form the Quarantine Film Challenge in 2020.^[12][13] Later that year, a Black Lives Matter Film Challenge was announced.^[14] In 2021, KPBS launched Film Consortium TV.^[15]

In 2017, Cilley founded San Diego Film Week. It was a ten day event of screenings that partnered with numerous local festivals including the San Diego International Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival.^[16] Wonderland Syndrome, one of many films at the 2018 festival, was funded with the help of the Film Consortium.^[17]

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