Biography

Christian Blauvelt is the Managing Editor of IndieWire. In addition to overseeing operations for IndieWire's New York and Los Angeles-based news team, he's responsible for editorial standards, strategy, traffic growth, and broader organizational goals. He also oversaw the launch of IndieWire's ecommerce business and Shop vertical. Blauvelt is a frequent presence on TV and is the author of "Star Wars" books for DK and Lucasfilm Publishing, plus "Cinematic Cities: The Big Apple on the Big Screen" about New York City's history in movies for Hachette's Running Press imprint and TCM. Before joining IndieWire, he was Deputy Editor at BBC Culture for five years, during which time the site won two Webby Awards and he was named to Cablefax Magazine's Overachievers Under 30 list. He's given talks and led panels at South by Southwest and San Diego Comic-Con and is a regular moderator of post-screening Q&As for BAFTA New York. Before BBC Culture, he worked at EW.
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