JESSIE SHIH, PUBLIC TELEVISION SERVICE FOUNDATION, TAIWAN

Jessie Shih has worked with both commercial and public TV stations in program acquisition, marketing, programming, commissioning, documentary making, and international co-production for over 25 years. She has produced or commissioned dozens of environmental and human-interest documentaries and won many awards including Berlin Film Festival, US Peabody, Cine Golden Eagle, New York Film Festival, Japan Wildlife Film Festival, and Banff’s Rockie Awards. She is also the EP of two major documentary strands on PTS: Viewpoint and Thematic Nights. Founded in 1998, Public Television Service Foundation (PTS) is Taiwan’s public broadcasting operation. PTS’s mission is to provide diverse, high quality program content unseen on commercial media, and to display the diversity and creativity of Taiwanese culture free from commercial and political influences. PTS is the only television station in Taiwan to commission, acquire and broadcast documentary program on a regular basis.