Philipp Engelhorn

Philipp founded and serves as the Executive Director of Cinereach, an independent film company dedicated to vital, artful filmmaking. As a philanthropic organization, Cinereach helps expand its films' creative potential by offering adaptive development, financing, production, and other support models that align with the unique vision of each supported filmmaker. The company's original productions include: Eliza Hittman's sophomore narrative feature, Beach Rats, which won the US Dramatic Directing Award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival; Matt Wolf's Teenage, a "living collage" documentary about the birth of youth culture; and Benh Zeitlin's first narrative feature, Beasts of the Southern Wild, which was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture. Cinereach's co-productions include Viktor Jakovleski's immersive documentary, Brimstone & Glory, and the narrative feature Sorry to Bother You, by Boots Riley. The Academy Award-nominated Films The Florida Project, Strong Island, Last Men in Aleppo, I Am Not Your Negro, Cutie and the Boxer, and Citizenfour, are among over 200 Cinereach grantees across the globe. Phil also serves on the boards of the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), Cinema Conservancy, Court 13 Arts, and is a Trustee of the Sundance Institute. Originally from Germany, Philipp attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is based in New York.