Eva Kolodner

Eva Kolodner is a former independent film producer and co-founder of New York-based Salty Features.

Early life and education Eva Marie Kolodner was born c. 1970 to Dorothy M. Chiavetta and Ignace I. Kolodner and grew up in Pittsburgh. Her father was a mathematics professor at Carnegie Mellon University. and earned a B.A. in psychology from Yale University in 1992.

Career Kolodner got her start in the independent film industry as an unpaid assistant to Christine Vachon at Vachon's independent production company, Killer Films.

Recognition Kolodner was nominated for the Independent Spirit Producer's Award, and in 2002 was selected for Crain's New York Business’ “40 Under 40.”

Production Finn at the Blue Line (2008) Afterwards (2008) Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2008) The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007) Bam Bam and Celeste (2005) Evergreen (2004) Rhinoceros Eyes (2003) Boys Don't Cry (1999)

Personal life Kolodner married Eliza Starr Byard, whom she'd met while they were undergraduates at Yale, in 2004. The couple adopted a child.