Kenny Blank serves as the executive director of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the city’s largest film festival and the world’s preeminent Jewish film festival, a celebration of international cinema attracting some 40,000 moviegoers annually. Kenny was previously executive producer of morning news for NBC affiliate WXIA-TV, where he received an Emmy award for managing breaking news coverage, as well as a producer with Savannah NBC affiliate WSAV-TV, where he won an Associated Press award for special coverage. Kenny served as a communications specialist for two Atlanta mayors, Maynard Jackson and Bill Campbell. A graduate of New York University, he received a BFA degree in film and tele