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FILM AND SCREENPLAY JURORS

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INDUSTRY JURORS  â€‹

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  • Matt Giacheri (Writer/Producer - Netflix, Amazon, SXSW)

  • Scott Evans (Filmmaker/Producer/Editor - Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Hulu, HBOmax, Starz. Credits include: Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (producer, editor)The, Road to Ruane (director, producer, editor)The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (editor)Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (editor, Tig (co-producer, editor)

  • Mike Gerbino - (Writer - Apple TV, Amazon)

  • Jake Alden-Falconer (Producer - Netflix, PBS, Picturehouse, Apple TV, Prime)

  • Leonora Pitts - (Actor - Hulu, ABC, HBO)

  • Vincent Veloso (Writer/Director/Actor - Netflix, Prime Video, Roku, Paramount)

  • Daina Ann Smith (WGA produced screenwriter, "Semolina Pilchard", "Elke's Magic")

  • Thomas Ferguson (Writer - Amazon, Tubi, Roku)

  • Colin Henning (Actor/Director - Hulu, Prime Video)

  • Emma Steiger (junior executive, HappyBad Bungalow Productions)

  • Matilda Szydagis (SAG Award winner, Amazon Studios, Hulu)

  • Stephanie West (Author)

  • Michael Brown (Director/Producer - Netflix, Tribeca Film Institute, "The Celebration" (2024)

  • "Thousand Lights of Sun" (2021), "25 To Life" (2014)

  • Shara Ashley Zeiger (Actress -  HBOmax, Hulu, TBS)

  • Alex Forestenhausler (Writer/Story Editor/Creative Consultant - Amazon, Apple TV, Nicholl Fellowship Quarter Finalist, FOX Pilot Competition Finalist)

  • Nela Stachalek - (Production coordinator, Production manager - HBOmax, Hulu)

  • Eva Von Schweinitz (Writer/Filmmaker - Big Apple Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, Screencraft Fellowship semi-finalist)

  • Michael McKinley ( Screenplays "Etched in Ice" and "Diamond Dust", feature film on the Harlem Hellfighters in development with Night Fox Entertainment)

  • Samuel Wilson (feature directoral debut currently in post production titled "The Trees", heading to festivals later this year)

  • Aline Andrade (unscripted: CNN, Hulu, Netflix, ABC/ scripted: Austin Film festival; Big Apple Film festival)

  • Greg Roderick - "The World is Lit By Lightning", festival circuit in 2023-2024, Post production for the short film RUTH, current feature film "Lineage" in pre-production and funding. Edited over 40+ films.

  • Romina Schwedler - "Writer/Director, credits include "How a Man Gets Ready" (award-winning spec commercial) - writer, director, editor, producer, "The Visit", (award-winning psychological drama short starring OSCAR® Nominee June Squibb and Sean Maher) - writer, director, editor, producer, "Now You See Us: A Coming of a Certain Age Story" (award-winning dramedy short) - writer (adapted screenplay), director, editor, producer, "Evolution" (award-winning micro-short) - writer, director, editor, producer.

  • Michael J. White - Michael J. White (Producer and co-writer of "Song Without A Name," writer/producer at La Vida Misma Films, Aqui Y Alla Films, and O3 Medya.)

  • Thomas Lim - Producer/Financier, "Palm Springs" (Hulu, Sundance), "The Starling" (Netflix, TIFF), "The Desperate Hour" (Amazon, TIFF)

  • More to be announced..

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