Saskia Wilson-Brown

Former co-director of Los Angeles’ Silver Lake Film Festival, programmer and juror for film festivals such as Slamdance and Gen Art, Saskia Wilson-Brown headed up the international filmmaker outreach and development arm of Al Gore’s now defunct Current TV.

Saskia has spoken at a wide range of events and conferences (Sundance, Open Video Conference and Power to the Pixel, amongst others), has served as an industry mentor at SXSW Film, and has contributed as a writer to publications such as WorkBook Project and Filmmaker Magazine. As a consulting producer, she has lent her support to media projects and initiatives around new models in filmmaking or the arts, including the peer-to-peer distribution system Vodo, Assemble.me, Open Video Alliance/ Workbook Project Filmmaker Summit, Lance Weiler’s DIY Days, TED Conference's TEDActive Innovation Lab, and special independent film programs such as the biennial Ultra Fabulous: Beyond Drag and Cinema Speakeasy, which she founded in 2009.

In 2012, her interest in experimental spaces led her to found The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a non-profit arts organization devoted to experimentation and education in perfumery. As head of the IAO, she has spoken at institutions including the Getty, Goethe Institut, Hammer Museum, Natural History Museum, Huntington Library, Wallace Collection, Otis College, and many more. She launched the Art and Olfaction Awards in 2013, an international awards mechanism for independent, artisan and experimental perfumers.

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