Podtalk: A Toast to Jean de St. Aubin, Executive Director of the Gene Siskel Film Center

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CHICAGO – In November 2022, the Executive Director of Chicago’s Gene Siskel Film Center … Jean de St. Aubin … announced she will leave the position in February of 2023. Ms. de St. Aubin joined the Film Center in 2003, snd has overseen many transition points during her tenure, including of course the closure due to the pandemic.

Executive Director Jean de St. Aubin of the Gene Siskel Film Center
Photo credit: SiskelFilmCenter.org

Jean de St. Aubin has been the Executive Director of the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for 20 years. Under her leadership, attendance at the Gene Siskel Film Center has not only grown but has increased to reflect the cultural makeup of the city. Along with the Gene Siskel Film Center’s programming team, de St. Aubin was named to NEW CITY magazine’s “Film 50” in 2019.

In Part One of a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com, Gene Siskel Film Center Executive Director Jean de St. Aubin talks about her influences, background and adventures in her 20 year reign in the position …

In Part Two, on Mark Ruffalo, as well as cinema and life lessons …

By PATRICK McDONALD Editor and Film Critic/Writer HollywoodChicago.com pat@hollywoodchicago.com