Perks, Sarah
- Sarah Perks is Engagement Director at Cornerhouse, Manchester’s international centre for contemporary visual arts and cinema. She is part of the senior management team and responsible for education, marketing, audience development and box office.
Previously Education Director, Sarah manages the education team that includes the innovative programmes ‘LiveWire’ (for young people aged 14 – 18 years) and ‘Projector’ (a year round programme for schools and colleges). Sarah has also been Festival Director of ‘Exposures’, the UK’s leading student film festival for several years. Last year, Sarah also co-programmed ‘Made in Hong Kong’ – a season of films and events exploring the tenth anniversary of the handover and is working toward a nationwide tour of Hong Kong Women Filmmakers next year.
Sarah is a director of the Northern Film Network and a freelance lecturer and writer specialising in Asian cinema. Sarah has recently completely a Common Purpose Matrix Leadership course and led a Cultural Leadership Programme research project on personalization, audiences and organizational culture.
