Jack Walsh has a life-long commitment to independent media and supporting the
organizations that work on behalf of independent film and video makers. Before
joining NAMAC he worked as the Capital Campaign Manger for the 9th Street Media
Consortium, an innovative cross-sector collaboration for the purchase and renovation
of a building that houses eight nonprofit media arts organization including NAMAC.
Prior to the Consortium, Jack worked as an executive producer in national productions
for San Francisco's public television station KQED. Among his credits are and
then one night: The Making of Dead Man Walking, which aired nationally on PBS
in 2002, received a Northern California Emmy for Cultural Affairs Program (2002)
and a National Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Program
(2003), and Independent View a 17-part series about independent film that aired
nationally on PBS in the fall of 2001. Jack produced Hope Along the Wind: The
Life of Harry Hay, which had its national PBS broadcast in June 2003 and, more
recently, directed The Lost Generation, which has its US premiere at the San
Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival in June 2004.
Jack has also served on numerous nonprofit boards of directors including Canyon
Cinema, Film Arts Foundation, and the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
(AIVF).
