Susan Margolin (she/her) is a pioneer of digital film distribution and a dedicated creator and supporter of independent film and television with over 25 years’ experience. She founded New Video, a leading global force in independent home entertainment. New Video’s library of films, television, and web content featured programming from leading brands including A+E, History Channel, Sundance Institute, Tribeca films, Scholastic, and others. Through Docurama Films, a subsidiary of New Video, Margolin championed more than 400 non-fiction films, from Academy Award nominees including Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s The Invisible War and Joe Berlinger’s Paradise Lost trilogy to Nancy Buirski’s The Loving Story and D.A. Pennebaker’s Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back. New Video/Docurama Films became the largest independent digital aggregation company in North America. Margolin sold New Video/Docurama Films to Cinedigm (now Cineverse) in 2012., and as Co-President of Cinedigm Entertainment Group, Margolin released acclaimed films including Daniel Destin Crettin’s Short Term 12. In 2016, Margolin launched St. Marks Productions LLC, a production and distribution services company. She recently produced Billy Shebar’s Monk in Pieces, which premieres at the 2025 Berlinale, Nancy Buirski’s 2024 Oscar shortlisted Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy (Turner Classic Movies), and Trish Adlesic’s documentary A Tree of Life (HBO). Margolin serves on the Board of Directors of Chicken & Egg Films and Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and on the Advisory Board of New York Women in Film and Television, the Documentary Producers Alliance, and the Hamptons DocFest. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Producers Guild of America (PGA), and the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA).