Jaie Laplante
- Script and Continuity Department
- Director
- Actor
Jaie Laplante joined DOC NYC as Artistic Director in June, 2022. Prior to that, he served for 12 years as the Miami Film Festival's Executive Director and Director of Programming, where his achievements included greatly expanding that festival's documentary selections, as well as launching successful initiatives such as a digital screening platform, the GEMS festival, and the Google Talks on Gender & Racial Gaps in Film & Technology. He simultaneously oversaw year-round programming from 2011 to 2022 at the historic Tower Theater in Miami's Little Havana. He previously served a programmer at festivals focused on shorts and LGBTQ+ films. He has served on numerous international film festival juries and panels. In 2018, he received the decoration Knight's Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica from Felipe VI, King of Spain, for his career work in bringing contemporary Spanish cinema to the state of Florida. In 2017, he was named one of 25 Knight Champions, honoring passionate individuals in Miami who love the arts, by The John S. & James L. Knight Foundation.
