John Mhiripiri

As Director of Administration, Mhiripiri is responsible for the overall administrative, building, and theater operations at Anthology. As Director of Exhibitions, he is responsible for the overall coordination of the public and private programs at AFA. For the past 10 years Mhiripiri has been an assistant to Robert Beavers, filmmaker and director of the Temenos Archive, and served on the Board of Directors of the Film-Makers' Cooperative; he was also a NY assistant to the Harry Smith Archives for several years. Mhiripiri has served on numerous film and media arts grant panels for government cultural councils and private foundations; as a jury member for several film festivals, film school showcases and the Student Academy Awards; and has presented public programs at film co-op screenings and festivals throughout the U.S. Mhiripiri has been with Anthology since 1995, and has worked on his own with Super-8 and video since 1986.