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I'm the host Scott Feinberg and my guest today has been called the Fairy Godmother of

Independent Cinema. Michelle Satter. In 1981, Satter became the founding director of the Sundance Institute,

the labs of which have, in the words of the Associated Press, helped to launch the first

films of many of Hollywood's top filmmakers and as the Los Angeles

Times put it have served as the premier incubator of indie talent.

Saturn meanwhile has been described by our own publication as a uniquely nurturing presence in an industry that more often than not mocks creativity and trivializes risk-taking.

Interview magazine declared,

as a film fan you might not know her name, but if you're a filmmaker you certainly do.

And to that point, consider what some of the alumni of the Sundance Labs have said about her.

Paul Thomas Anderson.

She changed the course of my life and I don't know where I'd be without her.

She was the first person I met in the film business who gave me confidence and support.

Darren Arunovsky, her early encouragement made me feel invincible.

Deborah Granick, she is a tireless champion of storytelling diversity and has labored for years through the Institute to pry this space open,

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