Michele Turnure-Salleo

As Principal/Producer at Feracious Entertainment, Michele Turnure-Salleo develops, finances and produces independent films across a range of elevated genres. Recent Executive Producer/Co-Executive Producer credits include; FAREWELL AMOR (Sundance 2020), BEFORE YOU KNOW IT (Sundance 2019), THE SOUND OF SILENCE (Sundance 2019) and BUOYANCY (Berlinale 2019). In November 2019, BUOYANCY won Best Indie Film at The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards and was selected as Australia’s submission for Best International Feature at the 2020 Oscars. Turnure-Salleo is also Executive Producer on STRANGER WITH A CAMERA written and directed by Oorlagh George which is currently in post-production. Previously, Turnure-Salleo through her work at San Francisco Film Society (now SFFilm) was instrumental in developing filmmakers who are defining today’s generation of film and television storytellers including Ryan Coogler, Chloe Zhao, Boots Riley and Ben Zeitlin. As founder and head of the San Francisco Film Society’s Filmmaker360 (2008-2016) she provided more than $5 million in funding to incubate and support innovative and exceptional filmmakers and films including Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre - THE MUSTANG (Sundance 2019) Boots Riley - SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (Sundance 2018) Geremy Jasper - PATTY CAKE$ (Sundance 2017), Mohamed Diab - CLASH (Cannes 2016), Jonas Carpignano - MEDITERRANEA (Cannes 2015), Chloe Zhao - SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME (Sundance/Cannes 2015), Josef Wladkya - MANOS SUCIAS (Tribeca 2014), Kat Candler - HELLION (Sundance 2014), Destin Daniel Cretton - SHORT TERM 12 (SXSW 2013), Ryan Coogler - FRUITVALE STATION (Sundance/Cannes 2013), Benh Zeitlin - BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Sundance/Cannes 2012) and Maryam Keshavarz- CIRCUMSTANCE (Sundance 2011) In addition to her work at Feracious Entertainment, Turnure-Salleo is also an industry advisor for Biennale College Cinema program for Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia and adjunct faculty in the Film Department at CCA in San Francisco. Earlier in her career, Turnure-Salleo produced PSA's, documentary series and shorts for Bravo, CBC and The Knowledge Network in Canada, and was Assistant Producer on the Academy Award-nominated documentary REGRET TO INFORM. Michele Turnure-Salleo holds a BFA (Film) from the University of New South Wales and a MFA (Film) from the University of British Columbia.