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Atlanta
Don
McEnery - Comedian, writer, actor and
musician Don McEnery is no stranger to stage or screen. He
performed as an opening act for Howie Mandel from 1998-2001, is
a regular at Las Vegas' Harrah's Improv, and has appeared at
comedy clubs across the nation, including Catch-A-Rising-Star,
Dangerfield's, Zanies and The Laff Factory. He has also opened
for Tower of Power, Don McLean and Jorma Kaukonen. The New York
native's TV credits include Star Search, MTV's Half-hour Comedy
Hour, Evening at the Improv, Nashville Now, and HV 1's Stand-up
Spotlight, hosted by Rosie O'Donnell. You can also see him in
the Bob Odenkirk (of HBO's Mr. Show) directed feature film
Melvin Goes to Dinner. An accomplished comedy writer, Don's
credits range from TV to the big screen. His Seinfeld episode
was Emmy-nominated; he's written for The George Carlin Show, The
Arsenio Hall Show, and for Gene Wilder. His screenwriting
credits include Pixar's a bug's life, nominated for an Annie
Award, Disney's Hercules, and Sony Picture's Stuart Little: Call
of the Wild. Don received his music education, acting and voice
training in NYC. He plays the piano, mandolin and harmonica, as
well as sings and juggles, although not at the same time. He
lives with his lovely wife in the Hollywood Hills.
Jeff
Otto is a writer whose work has appeared in such
publications as Fandango, SyFy Channel, The New York Post,
Indiewire, FEARnet,
IGN.com and others. He is a regular contributor on
Rotten Tomatoes with over 300 featured reviews. As an
entertainment journalist, Jeff has interviewed just about every
actor, director and writer you can name over the past decade.
He’s traveled the globe visiting sets such as Batman Begins
in London, Chronicles of Narnia in New Zealand and,
most recently, Big Miracle in Alaska and TV’s The
Walking Dead in Atlanta.
Matthew Valentinas
is a Boston based entertainment lawyer and literary
manager. Prior to launching his own practice
www.MatthewValentinasLaw.com, Matthew worked in acquisitions
and business affairs for independent distributors in both New
York and LA before working for a major studio. Earlier in his
career Matthew assisted agents and producers tracking and
developing projects while also covering scripts professionally.
He is a graduate of the film program at NYU's Tisch School of
the Arts and Suffolk University Law School. You can follow him
@MattValentinas.
Blake West -
Phoenix, Arizona born filmmaker Blake West was raised on the
largest Indian reservation in the United States, Navajo Nation,
immersed within the customs and traditions of Native American
culture. Blake's father, a Smithsonian recognized silversmith
and painter, and his mother, a veteran 30 year photographer,
nurtured Blake's creativity, providing a stimulating and
supportive atmosphere in which Blake's talents could develop and
flourish. When Blake returned to his birthplace, the divergence
between Phoenix and the reservation, each possessing their own
unique diversity, became a metaphor for Blake's editing career
which expanded to include both directing and producing. In 2003,
Blake co-founded Ivisualeyes Films. His short films were
screened at various film festivals, including Silver Lake Film
Festival, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, and
Dances With Films Festival. Blake formed his production company,
BLAKE WEST FILMS, in 2009. With his new team in 2011, West
started B Well Productions. Blake has worked with a wide array
of world renowned talents including Dennis Hopper, Quentin
Tarantino, Russell Brand and Noel Gallagher, and he has
established himself as an editor, director and producer who,
regardless of genre, captivates his audiences with his singular
expertise.
Calgary
Nancy R.
Tillberg -
Nancy’s career in the broadcast industry got its start
at Confederation College, in Thunder Bay, Ontario. With
over 10 years under her belt in Thunder Bay, she moved on to
Calgary in 1985. In the mid-90s, Nancy struck out on her
own as a freelancer, and Production Managed some very popular
international series, “The Thirsty Traveler”, “Eat, Shrink
& Be Merry”, “X-Weighted: Families”, and “Puppy SOS”.
Since November 2011, Nancy accepted a position happily managing
video productions at Freshwater Creative - and loving every
minute of it!
Joe-Norman
Shaw -
Joe is Co-Director/Founder of Company of
Rogues Actors Studio. Since 1981, he has worked as an actor in
both theatre and film across Canada and internationally. Some of
his film/TV credits include: Supernatural, Crazy Canucks, Burn,
Tom Stone, North of Sixty: Lonesome Dove, MacGyver, The Commish,
and Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss. Joe is also
Artistic Director of Rogues Theatre and an acting instructor at
Mount Royal University.
Jonathan
Joffe
- Jonathan has been involved in film and
television since 1995. His work has earned over 20 awards and
screened at over 50 festivals worldwide. His credits include
multiple award winning short films, a 3 part television
documentary, numerous screenplays, and now the completion of his
first feature The Burlesque Assassins, produced in
conjunction with Telefilm Canada and Superchannel. When
not working in film, Jonathan is an acid swing dancer, a black
belt in Wado Kai Karate, skier, and scuba.
John Tebbutt
- Calgary’s Video Vulture with FFWD Weekly.
Los Angeles
 Jordan
Brady began as a stand-up comedian, touring nightclubs
and colleges in 49 states across America, before snagging work
with MTV, NBC, and later, Comedy Central. In 1997, he wrote and
directed the feature mockumentary, "Dill Scallion," which Roger
Ebert anointed as "the 'Spinal Tap' of country music.”
Brady followed up with the independent film "The Third Wheel,"
starring Ben Affleck and Luke Wilson, and the Miramax flop
"Waking Up In Reno," with Billy Bob Thornton and an undiscovered
Charlize Theron. Mr. Brady’s first documentary is "I AM
COMIC," which stars over 75 professional comics, including Sarah
Silverman, Louis C.K., and Jeff Foxworthy, and
premiered in Park City in 2010. Jordan has also
directed over 719 national TV spots to date. Check out Jordan on
imdb.com or
iamcomicmovie.com and he is fun to Google.
 James
C. Burns - The 2012 announcement of Call of Duty:
Black Ops 2 has recast the spotlight onto James C. Burns,
who will once again star in the demanding lead role of “Sgt.
Frank Woods,” a role for which Burns has received Spike TV’s
2010 Video Game Award for “Best Character of The Year” and
placed him alongside award-winning industry veterans Ed Harris,
Sam Worthington and Gary Oldman. Since 2005, Burns has appeared
in over 100 feature films, TV shows and commercials, including
Michael Bay's Transformers, Werner Herzog's My Son,
My Son, What Have Ye Done and numerous festival winners. He
is recognizable to many TV fans for his starring roles on shows
like Criminal Minds, The Forgotten, Burn
Notice, Cold Case, Make It or Break It
and as the mysterious "Vaughan” on the iconic daytime series
General Hospital. In addition to the release of Black
Ops II, this year Burns stars in the highly anticipated zombie
apocalypse thriller Dead Season, and the sci-fi action thriller
BlackJacks. His highly anticipated comic-book Redacted
will be out by mid-summer. To find out more log onto
jamescburns.com and/or visit and the Sgt. Frank Woods
YouTube channel.
 Kate
Sullivan Green spends most of her time watching
documentaries and putting them on public television. She's also
a co-director for
Cinema
Speakeasy, a screening series founded by Saskia Wilson-Brown
and Georgi Goldman that makes a social event out of
movie-watching, showcasing shorts, features, indies, docs, and
anything else we think rocks (all with a cold beer). A judge for
San Francisco's film race last year, she's looking forward to
seeing what cinematic gems Los Angeles has in store for 2012.
 Daniel
Martinico is an artist and filmmaker based in Los
Angeles. His videos have shown in galleries, film festivals and
museums internationally, including Machine Project, the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, MOCA's Geffen Contemporary, LA
Filmforum at the American Cinematheque, and Il Cinema Ritrovato
at the Cineteca di Bologna. Martinico's first feature film OK,
Good premiered at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival. He is a
graduate of Bard College and holds an MFA in Visual Arts from
U.C. San Diego, where he currently serves as visiting faculty in
the Communication Department.
 Taylor
O. Miller grew up in Lexington, Kentucky & has loved
film ever since she & her brother made movies as kids. Her first
short film, Debris, premiered in 2005 in New York City and Los
Angeles. Taylor's experience ranges from traveling &
photographing for the United Nations to assisting independent
film producers. Taylor is currently working on her PhD in Media
from the European Graduate School, specializing in photography
and film. She is currently co-directing a music video with
Nick Gaglia,
and directing and producing a documentary on
Ruth
Petzold. There is nothing Taylor loves more than finding a
great short film, and after three years of programming at
Slamdance, she is excited to join the 24 Hour Film Race.
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Miami
 PAUL
TEI is the artistic
director and founder of Mad Cat Theatre Company in Miami,
Florida. They have been part of the South Beach Comedy Festival
in 2010 & 2011 producing Shepherd’s Pie by Paul Tei and
Ivonne Azurdia and The Preservation Society by Paul
Tei. Paul has directed over 75 plays in South Florida, Chicago,
the LA area, New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco. A member of
SAG & AFTRA Paul has appeared in numerous TV shows including
"CSI", "CSI Miami", "Franklin & Bash", "The Protector", "Going
To California", and recurring roles on "Zeke & Luther" as Eddie
Coletti and "Burn Notice" as Barry the money launderer. Paul
holds an MFA in directing from The Goodman School of Drama at De
Paul University and a BA in Theatre from Barry University.
 TODD
ALLEN DURKIN appears on Starz Network as Asst.
District Attorney Doug Feehan in “Magic City”. Has also been
seen on “Burn Notice”, “The Glades”, “Ghost Stories”, “America's
Most Wanted” and “Golfballs!”, Recently seen at Gablestage
in A Steady Rain. Some favorite credits include: Bug,
Blasted, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and
Reasons To Be Pretty. Other credits include Captiva,
Six Years, Death of a Salesman, The Seafarer,
Moon For The Misbegotten (James Tyrone), The Zoo Story
(Jerry), That Championship Season, Harold Pinter's
Betrayal, Dealer's Choice, Much Ado About Nothing,
A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, Love's
Labour's Lost, BUMP, Beggar on Horseback,
Salt-Water Moon, The Irish Curse, Agamemnon,
As You Like It (Touchstone), and the title roles in
Hamlet, The Virtual Adventures of Riff-Cat Polito and as
Lenny Bruce in Lenny. Todd has been nominated nine times
and once awarded the Best Supporting Actor Carbonell Award and
three times named Best Actor by Miami NewTimes.
www.toddallendurkin.com
 KIM
OSTRENKO was born in Miami and grew up on a
small sailboat on the Miami River, with no running water or
electricity. As there was no TV, her imagination was
fueled by time spent by the campfire listening to stories & live
music supplied by family & friends. High school marked the
beginning of her interest in acting. She started off in
community theatre, then received her BFA in Theatre from F.I.U.
She has been acting professionally ever since. After working
steadily in theatre, Kim began working in TV/Film. Some of her
credits include: Dolphin Tale (with Ashley Judd, Morgan
Freeman & Harry Connick Jr.), Sex Drive,(with James
Marsden), Boynton Beach Club (with Len Cariou), “ Magic
City”, “Burn Notice” & “From The Earth to the Moon”. She
has also appeared in numerous national & regional commercials.
Kim has been honored with several Carbonell Awards for her work
onstage. Some of her recent credits include: Becky's New Car,
God of Carnage, You Can't Take it With You, Sylvia, WELL, A
Midsummer Night's Dream, & Lend Me a Tenor.
 MILTON
DAVID HERDOIZA was born and raised in Miami,
FL. After graduating in 2003 from The University of Miami with a
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Film Scriptwriting, he moved to Los
Angeles in 2003 in search for a career in Film / Television.
After 5 successful years of working as a Background Researcher
in pre-casting for multiple hit TV reality shows which include:
“The Real World”, “Shot at Love with Tila Tequila”, “Rock of
Love”, “The Real Wedding Crashers”, “America’s Next Best Dance
Crew”, “Parental Control”, “Made”, “Date My Mom”, “Paris Hilton
BFF” and many others, Milton now works as the primary Extras
casting director for ABC's hit TV show "Private Practice". Other
television/film casting credits include ABC's "Revenge", MTV's
"Hard Times of RJ Berger", and the Feature Films "Bad Ass",
"Tick Tock" and the upcoming film "Rock of Ages".
 WILL
VAZQUEZ is an award-winning filmmaker who began
his career as a fashion and beauty photographer. By age 22, his
work had appeared in Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and he had
become one of the youngest photographers to shoot for Playboy
Magazine. In 1998 he turned his focus to filmmaking, and in 2000
served as producer and director of photography on the feature
film El Florida. In 2005 he made his feature film
directorial debut with the comedy, Quick Pick. Will is
currently in post production of his latest feature,
OverExposure, a Suspense/Thriller about a young fashion
photographer in the Magic City.
 RENE
RODRIGUEZ has
been The Miami Herald's movie critic since 1995. He studied film
criticism and film-making at the University of Miami. Before
being named movie critic, he was an arts writer for The Herald
and a general assignment reporter on the city desk. He has also
written about film for The New York Times Sunday Magazine,
Variety, Vogue, The New York Post, Entertainment Weekly and
Hispanic magazine. Read his work at
www.miamiherald.com/rene_rodriguez
Montreal
 Marie
Lynda Bilodeau is a filmmaker, actress, model,
researcher, programmer and and film consultant. Here are a few
of her titles : Ten Times Maria, The Castle Keeper, Garde-Robe
(installation). // Marie Lynda Bilodeau est cinéaste, actrice,
modèle, recherchiste, programmatrice et consultante en cinéma.
Quelques-unes de ses réalisations : Dix Fois Maria, Les
Châtelains, Garde-Robe(Installation).
 Dave Douglas
Professor at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema,
Concordia University; member of CFMDC (Canadian Filmmakers
Distribution Centre). Dave has made 5 experimental films,
two of which are in distribution @ CFMDC (Vancouver Art Show,
Lady in a Chair) He`s also taught experimental film at
Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television at San Antonio de los
Banos in Cuba. Interests are in Film
History, Cuban cinema, avant-garde cinema, Canadian cinema.
 David Uloth:
David’s eleven short films have screened at hundreds of film
festivals (eg. The Berlinale, TIFF, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary,
Taipei Golden Horse, etc.). They have also been sold to
television markets around the world (eg. NBC, MTV, Canal +, FOX,
Bravo!, the Comedy Network, and the CBC/ Radio-Canada) and have
garnered many prizes.
He recently co-wrote the feature 2 Frogs in the West and
is working on two more shorts as well as two feature films with
financing from La SODEC, Telefilm Canada, and Le Conseil des
arts et des lettres du Québec. His newest short, Fly, is
set to hit the film festival circuit in 2012.
David Uloth holds degrees in Biology from McGill University and
Film Production from Concordia University. He lives in Montréal
with his DVD collection, his wife and collaborator, Chloé
Cinq-Mars, and their son.
 Karina Mariano:
Active in the Montreal independent film
community since 1997, Karina Mariano has produced and directed
various experimental shorts, mainly shot on Super 8. Among
numerous jobs around the city, she has mainly worked as a film
programmer, dog walker and is a retired Roller Derby girl. For
the love of hand-made cinema, she is one of the main programmers
and co-founder of the Montreal Underground Film Festival (MUFF)
which will celebrate its 7th year in May 2012
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