Jim Sanders - Director of development, county theater, doylestown, pa
Jim has been with the County Theater since 1995, when he was hired to manage the theater’s capital campaign to buy the theater and undergo its first major renovation in over 50 years. After the campaign, Jim remained with the County Theater where he is responsible for raising the theater’s unearned income. The theater’s membership has grown from 700 to over 4,200 members since those early days.
With the success of the County Theater, Jim has been able to “ride the wave” and assist in the birth of the Ambler Theater, Ambler PA. Both theaters maintain a full schedule of films, lectures, discussion groups, filmmaker appearances and other special events throughout the year. Jim has been called upon by theater owners nation-wide to offer advice for community leaders who want to save their “home town theaters.”
One of Jim’s favorite local events is the Bucks Fever FilmFest, now in its 11th year. From the beginning, education and the promotion of the art of filmmaking for filmmakers and audiences has been one of Jim’s passions.
Jim chaired the FilmFest committee for several years and continues to be an active member, most notably as the master of ceremonies at each year’s screenings, keeping the evening moving for the audience. He can be seen sharing supportive words with the younger film students and making sure that they are connected with other members of the film community in attendance.
Jim is honored to be one of this year’s judges, having programmed from over 400 film submissions since the short film competition began in 2001.
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