{{Short description|American film journalist}} thumb|250x250px|Tuttle in 2026 '''Tricia Tuttle''' (born 1970) is an American festival programmer, film journalist, and curator. Since 2024, she has served as the director of the Berlin International Film Festival.
== Life and career == Tuttle was born in 1970 in North Carolina.<ref name="tag">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/die-neue-berlinale-chefin-tricia-tuttle-ich-bin-keine-one-woman-show-12528203.html|website=Tagesspiegel|title=Berlinale-Chefin Tricia Tuttle: "Ich bin keine One-Woman-Show"|first1=Andreas|last1=Busche|first2=Christiane|last2=Peitz|date=14 October 2024}}</ref> She played as a guitarist for the musical act June.<ref name="dw" /> She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, and a masters in film studies from the British Film Institute (BFI).<ref name="dw">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-film-festival-names-tricia-tuttle-as-new-director/a-67702011|website=dw.com|title=Berlin Film Festival names Tricia Tuttle as new director|date=12 December 2023|first=Elizabeth|last=Grenier}}</ref> In 1997, she relocated to the United Kingdom.<ref name="tag" /> She worked as a programmer for The Script Factory and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.<ref name="variety" /> Afterwards, she served as senior manager of BAFTA for five years until she was hired as BFI deputy head of festivals in 2013.<ref name="variety">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/global/bfi-hires-tricia-tuttle-as-deputy-head-of-festivals-1200585164/|website=Variety|first=Diana|last=Lodderhose|date=21 August 2013|title=BFI Hires Tricia Tuttle As Deputy Head Of Festivals}}</ref> From 2018 to 2022, she helmed the BFI London Film Festival.<ref name="tag" /> She took over the directionship of the Berlin International Film Festival on 1 April 2024.<ref name="tag" /> In 2024, ahead of the 75th Berlinale, she claimed that the perception of German overpolicing of speech on the Israel–Gaza conflict was putting artists off the festival.<ref>{{Cite web|website=The Guardian|title=German position on Israel-Gaza debate 'putting artists off' film festival|date=16 December 2024|first=Deborah|last=Cole|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/16/berlin-film-festival-berlinale-tricia-tuttle-israel-gaza}}</ref>
In 2025, she received the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her contributions to film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Evans|first=Greg |date=13 June 2025 |title=All the stars named in 2025 King’s Birthday Honours|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/kings-birthday-honours-list-beckham-oldman-b2769499.html |website=The Independent}}</ref> In the same year she was appointed the jury member at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival for Competition Programme – Feature Film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/481376 |title=Sergei Loznitsa to preside over Sarajevo's Feature Competition jury|first=Vladan |last=Petkovic|date=18 July 2025|access-date=18 July 2025|website= Cineuropa |language=en}}</ref>
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