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by Mynette Louie on June 17, 2012 in

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Mynette Louie is the winner of the 2013 Independent Spirit Piaget Producers Award. She produced Marshall Lewy's "California Solo" starring Robert Carlyle (Sundance 2012); P. Benoit's "Stones in the Sun" starring Edwidge Danticat (Tribeca 2012); Doug Karr's "Art Machine" starring Joseph Cross, Jessica Szohr, and Joey Lauren Adams (Woodstock 2012); and Tze Chun's critically acclaimed "Children of Invention" (Sundance 2009). She also executive produced Ishai Setton's "The Kitchen" starring Laura Prepon, Bryan Greenberg, and Dreama Walker (Gen Art 2012 Closing Night); was the consulting producer on Olivia Silver's "Arcadia" starring John Hawkes (Crystal Bear Award, Berlinale 2012); and co-produced Andrew Bujalski's "Mutual Appreciation" (SXSW, Top 10 films of 2006--EW, Village Voice, Film Comment, Artforum, etc.). Mynette is currently in post-production on Tze Chun's "Cold Comes the Night" starring Alice Eve, Bryan Cranston, and Logan Marshall-Green. She serves on advisory boards for IFP and A3 Asian American Artists Foundation, has been an advisor to the Sundance Institute and consultant for international sales agent Visit Films, and was named as one of Ted Hope's "21 Brave Thinkers Of Truly Free Film." She previously worked at the Hawaii Film Office, where she authored the state's production tax credit, and in business development and marketing at SportsIllustrated.com, Jupiter Research, and Time Magazine. A native New Yorker, Mynette graduated from Harvard University, where she studied Chinese literature and film. Visit her blog at mynettelouie.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter: @mynette

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