About Keith Simanton — Press & Industry
About
Welcome to Press & Industry — Movie reviews, festival updates, awards predictions and more. Keith Simanton is a writer, reviewer, prognosticator and, for 26 years, the managing editor and senior film editor at IMDb and IMDbPro. He is currently a voting member of the Golden Globes and in the select group of “Oscar Experts” on Goldderby.com, frequently one of their most accurate predictors. He travels to the major film festivals each season including Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, New York and Sun Valley. When he joined IMDb in August of 2000 the site had 3 million page views a month. During the time he was managing editor IMDb grew to more than 250 million unique users a month. In 2008 Keith managed the acquisition of Box Office Mojo for IMDb, bringing the revered industry site into the IMDb family. He was on the board of the Seattle Film Festival from 2008-2020, serving twice as Vice President. He enjoys writing in the third person and he makes a superb Old Fashioned.
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