Meet the Speakers
Rajendra Roy
Curator, MoMA
In 2007, Rajendra Roy joined The Museum of Modern Art as The Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, a role in which he leads MoMA’s year-round initiatives to exhibit and preserve works from its collection of over 30,000 titles. In collaboration with colleagues at MoMA and partner institutions, he has organized numerous exhibitions including Lynn Hershman Leeson: Moving Image Innovator (2024), Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film (2019), ”The Chelsea Girls” Exploded (2018), Teiji Furuhashi: Lovers (2016), Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (2016), Pedro Almodovar (2016), Bruce LaBruce (2015), Wim Wenders (2015), The Berlin School: Films from the Berliner Schule (2013), Tim Burton (2010), and Mike Nichols (2009). Mr. Roy is a member of the selection committee for New Directors/New Films, presented annually with Film at Lincoln Center. He has served on juries for organizations such as the Sundance Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and the Film Independent Spirit Awards. In addition, he serves on the National Film Preservation Board and co-chaired the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' International Feature Film Award Executive Committee from 2021-25.