Jay Van Hoy

Jay Van Hoy

Biography

Jay Van Hoy, an American producer who graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been a longtime advisor at the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab, a participant in the creation of the Catalyst program at Sundance, and a mentor for the Cinetrust mentorship program at Cinereach. In 2004 he and Lars Knudsen founded Parts & Labor, a production company dedicated to director-driven pictures.

He was instrumental in bringing out Mike Mills' Oscar winning Beginners (2010), Julia Loktev's The Loneliest Planet (2011), David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Old Joy (2006) and Ira Sachs' Keep the Lights On (2012) and Love Is Strange (2014). He produced The Witch by Robert Eggers (2015), Complete Unknown by Joshua Marston (2016), and participated in the creation of this year's Cannes favorite American Honey from Andrea Arnold.

MFF Karlovy Vary