Claudette Godfrey

Claudette Godfrey was the director of festival programming and vice president of film and television at South by Southwest. Having worked at the festival in numerous capacities since 2006, she was promoted to the two roles in 2022.

Early life Godfrey was born and raised in Austin, Texas.

Career Godfrey has worked at South by Southwest since 2006. She first began working for the festival at the age of 19 as a "volunteer traffic manager" after a festival staffer came to her campus club in search of an intern. The following year, she became an official intern. The year after, in 2008, during her last year at the University of Texas, she became the film traffic coordinator.

In the summer after she graduated, Godfrey then worked at CineVegas. Shortly after, she was offered a job as the festival coordinator, which she accepted; in that role, she additionally worked on film programming. In 2022, she became the director of festival programming and the vice president of film and television, taking over the latter role from Janet Pierson.