Christian Blauvelt

Christian Blauvelt is the New York-based Managing Editor of IndieWire. In addition to overseeing operations for IndieWire’s New York and Los Angeles-based news team, he’s responsible for editorial standards, strategy, traffic growth, and broader organizational goals. He’s also a regular on-air commentator on CBS New York, has appeared on Turner Classic Movies, and is the author of "Cinematic Cities: The Big Apple on the Big Screen" for Hachette's Running Press imprint and several books for DK and Lucasfilm Publishing: “Star Wars Made Easy,” “Be More Yoda,” and “Be More Vader.” Before joining IndieWire, he was Deputy Editor at BBC Culture for five years, during which time the site won two Webby Awards and he was named to Cablefax Magazine’s Overachievers Under 30 list. He’s given talks and led panels at South by Southwest and San Diego Comic-Con and is a regular moderator of post-screening Q&As for BAFTA New York and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. Before BBC Culture, he worked at Entertainment Weekly. Follow him at @Ctblauvelt.