Eugene Hernandez (born October 8, 1968) is an American journalist and non-profit executive. He is a co-founder of the online entertainment publication

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and served as its editor in chief until 2010. Hernandez is currently the Director of the

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, Deputy Executive Director of

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(previously known as the Film Society of Lincoln Center) and Publisher of

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. In 2014 he was named to the OUT 100 list as one of the top 100 influential people in

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community. In 2015 Hernandez was selected as a juror at the annual

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. He was named Sundance's festival director in 2022; the 2024 edition of the festival will be the first under his watch.

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