About

Philipp founded Cinereach in 2006 with the goal of stimulating global unity and cross-cultural dialogue through supporting and creating socially conscious films. Originally from Germany, he came to New York to attend NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Phil is a member of the Founders Board of the Patrons of the Pinakothek in Munich and serves on the Board of Directors of Synergos Institute, a collaborative organization mobilizing resources and bridging social and economic divides to reduce poverty and increase equity around the world. He executive produced Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, Cameron Yates’ The Canal Street Madam, and Ryan Wong’s The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March.

As Creative Director since Cinereach’s inception in 2006, Michael has collaborated with Founder & Executive Director Philipp Engelhorn to define the programmatic and philosophical foundation of the organization. He shapes Cinereach’s artistic direction and manages the development and production of Cinereach’s in-house films, including Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, Joshua Marston’s The Forgiveness of Blood, and The Road Ahead: The First Green Long March. Michael is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Reva has an extensive background in film and TV production and audience building. Before joining the Cinereach team, she was a producer and director at Pureland Pictures where she produced the documentary All of Us. The film aired on Showtime in connection with World Aids Day in December ‘08. Goldberg co-produced Pureland’s Toe to Toe, a narrative feature that premiered at Sundance ‘09, as well as producing Pureland’s advertising work. Reva directed and produced several promotional short docs for nonprofit organizations including Girls Quest, the Cooke Center for Learning and Development, EMpower and many others. In 2004, Goldberg was Associate Producer of an Emmy-nominated History Channel documentary on the 9/11 Commission (produced by CBS). She has worked with TLC, UPN, Discovery, The Travel Channel, Washington Square Films/Arts, Cronkite Productions and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. Goldberg is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Prior to joining Cinereach, Adella worked in both production and distribution of independent documentary film. She was most recently the Associate Producer for My Neighbor, My Killer, a documentary by Emmy-award winner Anne Aghion. She was also Associate Producer for acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Fox’s documentary My Reincarnation and the four-hour cut of Fox’s documentary mini-series Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman, broadcast on the BBC and SBS. In addition, she served as the Distribution and Outreach Manager for the educational and non-theatrical markets for the six-hour version of Flying. Prior to working with Fox at Zohe Films, Adella worked for three years in marketing and publicity at Icarus Films, an established documentary film distributor specializing in the educational and semi-theatrical markets. She was also Associate Producer of Tanaz Eshaghian’s short I Call Myself Persian: Iranians In America, broadcast on PBS and screened at MOMA’s Documentary Fortnight. Adella received a BFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Margaret graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Creative Writing. The following year she completed a year-long social service program working for a women and children’s homeless shelter in Washington State. Prior to beginning at Cinereach, Margaret worked for the organization FilmAid International.

Before joining the Cinereach team, Leah worked within the artist programs at Tribeca Film Institute, including the Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund, TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund and Tribeca All Access. Her additional previous experience includes administering the Rockefeller Foundation’s Media Arts Fellowships through Renew Media, and assisting the Tribeca Film Festival’s programming team. She is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin.

John joined Cinereach with a background in politics and communications. After working on a congressional primary campaign in 2006 he joined the Los Angeles office of the Abernathy MacGregor Group, a PR firm that specializes in corporate, financial, and crisis communications. He then studied political rhetoric as a research assistant in Portland, OR, before earning an M.A. in American government from Georgetown University. In 2010 he moved to New York to pursue his passion for film, and soon landed at Cinereach. John received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College.