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Executive Talks is designed to unveil the business, financing, and development secrets behind successful entrepreneurs and artistic visionaries. These may include, but are not limited to, filmmakers, restaurateurs, artistic directors, financiers, producers, musicians, and others.

This month we're featuring Kris Rey, the writer/director of the SXSW film I Used To Go Here.

Kris Rey’s first feature, It was great, but I was ready to come home played in competition at SXSW in 2009, followed by her next feature, Empire Builder (2012) and short film Baby Mary (2014). Her third feature Unexpected premiered in competition at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Rey’s latest feature, I used to go here, is set to premiere at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Rey lives and works in Chicago and teaches film production at Northwestern University.