Valerie Steinberg (she/her) California

Named one of Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch in 2023, Steinberg is a producer based in LA. Credits include EP of A24’s The Inspection (TIFF ’22, Golden Globe nominee), as well as EP of Riley Keough’s directorial debut War Pony (Camé́ra D’Or winner at Cannes ’22). She is the lead producer of Karmalink, a Cambodian Buddhist sci-fi feature that opened Venice Critics’ Week ’21, executive produced by XYZ Films. She served as Executive Producer for all 21 episodes of Disney’s Bite Size Halloween, a genre anthology streaming on Hulu. Valerie has been honored with selections by the Sundance x WIF Financing Lab, Rotterdam Lab, Berlinale Talents, Venice Biennale College Cinema, Gotham Week, Film Independent Producing Lab, and Tribeca All Access. Her numerous award-winning short films – distributed on HBO Max, Hulu, and Criterion Channel – include Hair Wolf (dir. Mariama Diallo; Sundance award winner), Fry Day (dir. Laura Moss; SXSW, Tribeca award winner), Blocks (dir. Bridget Moloney; Sundance, SXSW), Neo-Dome (SXSW 2024 winner), Coffee Shop Names (dir. Deepak Sethi; Soho House winner), and Everybody Dies! (dir. Nuotama Bodomo; SXSW). Valerie graduated from Yale University in 2009 with a degree in Philosophy and Chinese.