ENRIQUE PEDRÁZA-BOTERO

HE/HIM

Special Projects Manager, Documentary Film in the Public Interest Initiative

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Enrique PedrázaBotero is a visual artist, filmmaker, and media executive from Bogotá, Colombia, with more than twelve years of experience working in the entertainment industry and the nonprofit sector. He was recently appointed to co-lead the Documentary Film Initiative at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School. He served as Senior Manager of Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program for five years, running creative labs and leading the program’s international strategy. He was Director of Programming for Ambulante Documentary Film Festival in its California edition and has served as consultant and Juror in numerous selection committees for nonprofit institutions and media funds, including John Hopkins’ Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Points North Institute, Proimagenes Colombia, IMCINE Mexico, and Concordia’s Fellowship Program. Enrique is currently part of the selection committee for the Tribeca Film Festival. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television from the New York Film Academy and a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Film & Video from Stanford University. His latest film, ALPHA KINGS, premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2023 and was acquired for distribution by The New Yorker. 

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The Henry Awards for Public Interest Documentary are a program of the Shorenstein Center’s Documentary in the Public Interest program—part of the Harvard Kennedy School research center, which is dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics, and public policy in theory and practice.