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City Producers The 24 Hour Film Race wouldn't be possible without the amazing producers we have in all off our participating cities! |
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Atlanta // Jason Koornick
Calgary // Ron Devitt
Houston // Adam Donaghey
Los Angeles // Elizabeth Prouty & Chad Liffmann
Miami // Christy McCouch
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Minneapolis // Ulysses Awsumb
Montreal // Elke Starck
New York City
// Michael Mouncer
Philadelphia // Rebecca Lowenberg
Seattle
// Eli Martin
Toronto // Rob Tosh
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Jason
is an accomplished producer and writer of films as well as a
talented musician on guitar and mandolin. Jason wrote the 2011
cable movie "A Mile In His Shoes" starring Dean Cain and was the
Exec. Producer of Revolution Studios "Next" starring Nicolas
Cage (2006). He produced and directed the concert documentary
"Hitting the High Notes: 2004 High Sierra Music Festival" and
has movie, comics and songwriting projects in the works. This is
the fourth Film Race that Jason has produced.
Ron
Devitt is a journalist and filmmaker who was born and raised in
Calgary. Ron has worked as a writer, director and producer in
British Columbia’s independent film scene and has worked as a
journalist in both B.C. and Alberta.
Adam
Donaghey, President and founder of Zero Trans Fat Productions,
is a Texas-based award-winning independent film producer,
partner at the historic Texas Theatre, and co-founder of the Oak
Cliff Film Festival. His work has been seen at festivals and
theatrical screenings all over the world. Adam’s latest
projects include Spencer Parson’s horror parody, Saturday
Morning Massacre, bowing at 2012 LA Film Festival; Eric Steele’s
Cork’s Cattlebaron, selected as an Opening Night Short for 2012
Maryland Film Festival, and 2011 Austin Film Festival selection
Uncertain, TX; Michelle Mower’s, The Preacher’s Daughter, repped
by Imagination Worldwide; Clay Liford’s 2011 SXSW selection,
Wuss, 2010 Sundance Selection, My Mom Smokes Weed, and 2010 SXSW
and Sitges selection, Earthling; Independent Spirit nominee
Bryan Poyser and IFC Films’ 2010 Sundance selection, Lovers of
Hate; and Frank V. Ross’ 2010 SXSW selection, Audrey the
Trainwreck, named number eighteen on the New Yorker’s list of
top 2010 films, and upcoming Tiger Tail in Blue. Features in
production include Frank Mosley’s, Her Wildnerness; Beau
Jenning’s doc, The Verdigris: In Search of Will Rogers; Ryan
Harper Gray’s, and This is a Love Story. His first feature film,
2009 SXSW and Thessaloniki selection, St. Nick, won the Grand
Jury Prize for Texas Filmmaking at AFI Dallas. Adam is
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Aviation Cinemas,
Inc., an independent motion picture theatrical exhibitor,
currently operating the historic Texas Theatre in Dallas, Texas.
Built in 1931 and financed by Howard Hughes and the site where
Lee Harvey Oswald was nabbed after President John F. Kennedy was
assassinated, the historic Texas Theatre has built a reputation
for screening films rarely seen in Dallas, including a wide
variety of art house classics, restored 35mm prints,
experimental film, modern independent cinema, B-movies and
counter-programming. It was recently awarded 2011’s “Best Movie
Theater” and Aviation Cinemas was awarded “Best Film Advocates”
by the Dallas Observer. Aviation Cinemas will host the inaugural
Oak Cliff Film Festival in June, 2012. Adam regularly
speaks at universities, film festivals, and industry related
workshops and conferences; and judges for competitions and film
festivals all over the country. Adam is a freelance columnist
and has written for numerous publications, including Dallas’
D-Magazine and Houston Bay Area’s The SCENE Magazine. Adam also
produces the Houston 24 Hour Film Race. Adam is a graduate
of the University of North Texas with a B.A. in philosophy.
Beth
Prouty is an autodidactic producer who is always intrigued by a
challenge. After producing the San Francisco 24 Hour Film Race
2011, she gained a new appreciation for those who are are able
to film under pressure and is back for more with the Los Angeles
Film Race 2012. She looks forward to what the City of Angels'
film racers will come up with this year, and is committed to
providing them with the best possible showcase of their work.
Chad
is a San Francisco Bay Area native with a degree from UCLA and
four years of working at Google under his belt. Along the way,
he has tried to engage with every angle of filmmaking: writing,
producing, acting, and even marketing. While an intern at Rhino
Films from 2004-2006, Chad found time to act in the independent
features What We Do Is Secret and Military Intelligence and
You!. An avid admirer of the Coen brothers and Woody Allen, Chad
mixes his love of dark and witty humor into his scripts and
subtly into his online comic, Stuff on Bread. He loves helping
like-minded artists achieve their creative goals and is
extremely excited to help the 24 Hour Film Race filmmakers do
just that.
Christy
McCouch is glad to be back for the sixth annual Miami Film Race.
She is a graduate of Missouri State University with a degree in
Entertainment Management and has lived in Miami for 9 years.
Christy works at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in
Coral Gables as the Company Manager. 
After
high school, Ulysses tried his hand as an entrepreneur and made
a go of several successful businesses. He has managed and owned
several companies, some successful and some not. Not one to look
back, he wouldn't change even the unsuccessful ventures as they
gave him a tremendous learning opportunity and helped to make
him who he is today. After a debilitating spinal injury
sidelined him, he had ample time to reconsider his work and
passions. Having had a taste of acting through stage in his
school years, Ulysses decided he had been running from his
calling to the entertainment industry. Now fully recovered, he
produces and directs all types of content, but his true craft
lies in making films and music videos. Ulysses, taking the same
approach to media as he does to all his endeavors, dedicated
himself to producing top quality films and stories that evoke
emotion. Making certain every bit of cinema should play the
emotions from each and every camera shot, to every line of
dialogue, to the actions of characters on screen, to the clothes
they wear and environment they are in. Film represents a world
where we can feel, be it good, bad, happy or sad and understand
why we feel it and embrace the ride that goes along with it.
Ulysses vast skill set also caught the attention of the founders
of Twin Cities Film Fest, who quickly offered him a position as
the Operations Manager for Twin Cities Film Fest. This after he
managed the now 30 year old MSP International Film Festival and
after his theater ventures.
Elke
Starck grew up in Vancouver, and movedto Montreal in the early
'90's for school, sidewalk cafes and the faster paceof the east
coast. She graduated with a Film Animation degree from
ConcordiaUniversity, and ventured into the digital world of 2d
animation, and thensoftware development for special effects,
editing and animation, wranglingtesters, bugs and projects. Elke
enjoys extra curricular activities like roller derby, coaching
young musicians at girl's rock camp and playing in a band. This
is Elke’s second year producing the MontrealFilm Race, and she’s
very excited to see all the awesome entries and lookingforward
to another great race! It’s movie making time!!
Michael
J. Mouncer has produced several critically successful music
videos, live events and award-winning short films. MJ is
currently in post on his first feature film. His documentary
production, "White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug"
(dir: Travis Gutiérrez Senger) won Grand Jury Prize at the 2010
Tribeca Film Festival. MJ has premiered productions at the
Seattle International Film Festival, Chicago Film Festival and
Austin-based South by Southwest, winning Special Jury Prize in
2010. Mouncer double majored in Political Science and Political
Communications at the University of Washington and co-founded
Lincoln Leopard Films in 2009. He is based in Brooklyn. 
Rebecca
is a New York City transplant, currently living in Center City
Philadelphia. As a producer for McCann Erickson in New York,
Rebecca worked on campaigns such as Verizon Wireless' "There's a
Map for That", Verizon FiOS, FiOS Guy and Cable Guy as well as
L'Oreal's Root Rescue with Andi MacDowell and L'OrealIn fallible
Lipstick with Beyonce. The next chapter of her career landed her
in Philadelphia where she went to work for PBS Kids Sprout
network. Rebecca worked closely with the Ad Sales and Marketing
team to create integrated marketing campaigns producing content
for TV, VOD and web. Now, with her own business, R.J. Media
Productions, LLC Rebecca is freelancing in Philadelphia and New
York. She just finished producing a :30 ad for Star of David
Memorial Chapels which is airing on New12 Long Island. When she
isn’t working, Rebecca is training for half marathons an taking
photos. She is excited about being the Philadelphia 24 Hour Film
Race producer and a part of the 24 Hour Film Race team.
Val
‘Killmore’ Castro is an award-winning film producer, director
and screenwriter. She started her film career off in New York
working for Troma Entertainment where she worked side by side
with ‘The Toxic Avenger’. Val has made over 20 highly acclaimed
short films (The Buxotic Beauty Murders, Lost Weekenders and The
Terror of Titty Town, etc.), which have screened all around the
world. She has also served as Associate Program Director for the
Coney Island Film Festival and Coney Island Film Society at
Sideshows by the Seashore in Brooklyn’s most legendary and
storied amusement park. Val is also an accomplished show
producer and has produced many successful live events/screenings
in NYC and SF. "The Craving" is Val's first feature film that
she co-produced, wrote, and directed. The film went on to screen
at festivals around the world, and has secured distribution,
with TomCat Films. She is currently in pre-production for her
next feature film, which will begin shooting next Winter 2013.
Eli
Martin is the Director of Digital Strategy for a documentary
film and content creation studio called
Rob
Tosh is the owner/producer at ROBTOSH Productions and Garage
Studios Toronto. Rob has been working in the film and television
industry in Toronto for almost 15 years. He has worked for most
major broadcasters such as CBC, Citytv, GlobalTV, RogersTV and
produced several of his own original television series, web
series and independent films. Rob has been producing the Toronto
leg of the Film Race since 2010. Visit Rob’s website for more
information
