Loren Hammonds

Loren Hammonds is a NYC native who has worked in the film & entertainment industry for over 20 years. He is the Senior Programmer of Film and Immersive at Tribeca Film Festival. He has worked extensively in Film & TV production, as well as in various curatorial roles for IFP, Tribeca All-Access, Hamptons International Film Festival, and Bogota Independent Film Festival (IndieBo). As the head of Immersive programming at Tribeca, he oversees the curation of the Virtual Arcade, which has been called “one of the world’s greatest showcases of VR art, installations and storytelling” (Forbes) and “a go-to place for creators to premiere new work” (Los Angeles Times). His views on both cinematic and immersive storytelling have been featured in several publications and programs, including The New York Times, BBC Click, NPR, The Today Show, and Vice. He has also been a guest speaker at The Art of VR at Sotheby’s, Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab, Mutek, Scuola Holden, P&G Signal and more.