Jon Reiss is a media strategist who helps filmmakers and companies navigate the new distribution and marketing landscape.  He has worked with and consulted for IFP, Paramount Studios, the Sundance Institute, Screen Australia, Film Independent, Creative Scotland, The South Australian Film Corporation and numerous film schools and festivals to devise ways to educate and help independent filmmakers in the new economic landscape.    He has conducted master classes around the world and was the Senior Lab Leader of the IFP Filmmaker Lab for ten years.    He also teaches at the Film Directing Program at Cal Arts.