Bryan Konefsky is the founder and director of Experiments in Cinema international film festival and the president of Basement Films. Konefsky's creative work has been supported by organizations such as The National Endowment for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Humanities and The Trust For Mutual Understanding and has lectured about experimental cinema and screened his own films in countries such as Russia, Korea, Serbia, Germany, Italy, France, Cuba and Morocco.