The 2016 Judges

CHECK OUT THE 2016 JUDGES BELOW:

TARA FELDSTEIN BENNETT, CSA moved to “Hollywood East” in 2006 and she quickly landed in a casting agency working with three casting directors. With over 7 years experience in southeastern principal location casting she has worked on more than 60 pro…
CHASE PARIS, CSA got his start in Atlanta in 2007 as a theatrical agent and has seen the entertainment industry grow exponentially since. Making the jump to casting he’s hit the ground running with such projects as Need For Speed, Max Steel, Revolut…
JACK Z. ZHAO is the Senior Vice President of EDI Media Inc.  Eagle Dragon (EDI) Media Inc. is a U.S. based media company with a mission to build relationships between the United States and China through cultural exchanges. Jack's…
Emmy Award winning makeup artist, Adam Brandy comes from a showbiz family. His father, Howard Brandy, was one of Hollywood's top press agents and his mother was a Las Vegas showgirl. Makeup became the path for Brandy due to his childhood obsession w…
JANA VANDYKE is the owner of the Jana VanDyke Agency, a SAG franchised agency located in Atlanta. Along with being an accomplished agent, Jana is also a signatory agent for the Writers Guild of America. She is a 28+ year veteran of the entertainment…
TIA POWELL is publisher and sole owner of Oz Publishing, Inc., the award-winning voice for the film and television industry in Georgia and a trusted resource for productions across the nation for nearly 27 years.
Born in England in 1953, Peter Care has been constantly working in various film media for over forty years. Beginning with dramatic and experimental shorts, and documentaries at art school, and then a non-profit film company that he helped to found,…
BARBARA MORGAN co-founded Austin Film Festival in 1993 and has served as the sole Executive Director since 1999. As a filmmaker, Morgan developed and produced the film NATURAL SELECTION, which has aired on Showtime, the Sci-fi channel, and was relea…