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Peter Bogdanovich to accept 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2015 Contact: Nani Rivera director@santafefilmfestival.com Phone: 505-629-6875 Announcing the 2015 Santa Fe Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Awardee Santa Fe, NM – The Original Santa Fe Film Festival will take place Wednesday, December 2…
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Kirk Ellis
Panelist Kirk Ellis won two Emmys, a WGA Award, a Peabody and the Humanitas Prize for his work as writer and co-executive producer on the HBO miniseries “John Adams.” The miniseries won a record breaking 13 Emmys in…
Vern Gillum
BSR Guest Director – Vern Gillum MOTION PICTURE AND NETWORK FILM DIRECTOR Michael Mann discovered my work in the commercial world after I shot additional footage for him on “Red Dragon.” Michael selected me as the first commercial…
Donald Davenport
BlackShirtReads Screenwriting Contest Winner Born in Detroit, Michigan, Donald Davenport is perhaps best known for his critically acclaimed Hallmark movies, beginning with Expecting A Miracle, starring Jason Priestly, Teri Polo and Cheech Marin, and followed by Love…
MELINDA SNODGRASS
Panelist Melinda Snodgrass studied opera at the Conservatory of Vienna in Austria, graduated from U.N.M. with a degree in history, and went on to Law School. She practiced for three years, and discovered that while she loved the…
KYLE HAM
Special Guest Oklahoma-born filmmaker Kyle Ham studied theatre and film at DePauw University, and film directing under Joan Scheckel and Robert Iscove. He was an associate producer on films such as Miramax’s She’s All That, and has also worked for Disney and Discovery. In…
BLACKSHIRTREADS
In April 2015, The Santa Fe Film Festival (SFFF) and BlackShirtReads (BSR) announced a joint venture to add a screenwriting component to the Santa Fe Film Festival. BlackShirtReads will be responsible for two screenwriting events during the 2015 Santa Fe…
4th ANNUAL FILM INDUSTRY TUNE UP
Film Jobs Events Help New Mexicans Break Into Film Business Santa Fe – Film industry decision makers are pulling back the curtain on New Mexico’s film industry for a three-day event putting New Mexican filmmakers, budding actors and…
MARISA XOCHTL JIMENEZ
Judge Marisa Xochtl Jimenez is currently the Director of Operations for Santa Fe Studios. & MBS3. She recently moved to Santa Fe from Los Angeles where she was Operations Manager for Manhattan Beach Studios. She has a broad range of…
RICKY LEE
Judge Ricky Lee began his acting career as a young boy on the set of “Gypsy Moths” with Burt Lancaster and Gene Hackman. He went on to study acting and art at Wichita State University. He joined the…
SCHOLAR SELECTS PROGRAM
The Scholar Selects Program is a collaboration between the Santa Fe Film Festival and local schools like Santa Fe Community College and Institute of American Indian Arts to give students the opportunity to create a festival within a festival…
GAME OF DRONES
SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL & DRONE U Present GAME OF DRONES 2015 Saturday December 5, 2015 at Santa Fe Studios 9:30 AM – 2:00 PM 9:30 AM Registration 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Good Drone vs Bad Drone…
SHOOT SANTA FE PILOT PROJECT
Due to the success of our first winner “t@gged” to start filming a series the month of September 2015, the 3rd Annual Shoot Santa Fe Pilot Project and has extended the deadline for submission. Extended deadline runs October…
MATTHEW LESSALL-CSA
Special Guest, Panelist An active member of BAFTA and Vice-President of the Casting Society of America, Matthew Lessall’s credits include Sundance Film Festival standouts, Rocket Science, Mean Creek, as well as the NetFlix Find Your Voice winner Almost Kings. He has also…
TERRY BORST
Panelist Moderator Terry Borst is a professional screenwriter, Writers Guild of America member, and professor of screenwriting at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. His screen credits include many episodes of the long-running BBC series BUGS; MIDNIGHT…
DERAN SARAFIAN
Honorary Guest, Judge, Panelist DERAN SARAFIAN – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR Sarafian began his filmmaking career attending UCLA and working for Roger Corman on films such as ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL. Inspired by his European filmmakers, Deran…
HUNT BALDWIN
Special Guest, Panelist Executive Producer/Co-Creator/Showrunner Hunt Baldwin grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. He attended Yale university, graduating in 1991, then returned to Chicago where he applied his hard won bachelor’s degree to his work playing guitar in a…
BRUCE MCKENNA
Panelist Bruce C. McKenna is an award winning screenwriter and producer. He wrote on four of the ten episodes of HBO’s Emmy Award-winning mini-series Band of Brothers, for which he garnered a WGA Award, a Christopher Award and was a finalist…
Social Responsibility Program
Stay tuned for more details on films that will be provided to the public for FREE that represent social responsibility! Feature films that qualify for this program will also qualify for the competition if they have been completed within…
SHERI MANN, MFA
Judge Sheri Mann’s background and experience in the entertainment industry truly informs her ability to gently and safely interview those wishing to leave a living legacy of their most memorable moments on DVD. She is sensitive to and…
DAVID MOSCOW
Panelist David Moscow is best known for his portrayal of Josh Baskin (the young Tom Hanks) in Big, his role with Christian Bale in Newsies, and has appeared in over 39 productions. Born in New York, David studied literature at…
GRACE SANTOS
Diversity Panelist, Odessa film Producer Grace Santos is currently the Director of Business Affairs for Our Alchemy LLC, the largest independent distribution company of film and television content in North America. Her primary duty at the company is…
RENE HAYNES – CSA
Honoree and Panelist RENE HAYNES – Casting Director, is a two-time Emmy Nominee for the TNT/DreamWorks mini-series “Into the West” and the HBO feature “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”, for which she also received the Artios Award…
JESSIE BRIDGES
Rising Star, Performer & Judge “I’m looking forward to joining the festivities again and celebrating the way the film industry has continued to blossom in New Mexico. Having worked on a film here (as my Dad’s assistant in…
REBECCA ELENA BANKS
Special Guest, Director On Site Rebecca Elena Banks was born in Santa Monica, California in July of 1994. Banks works predominantly in film as a director and writer. She has also previously worked in producing work for dual…
DANIEL BALDWIN
Special Guest Daniel Baldwin is no stranger to both feature films and television. He recently completed the much-anticipated HBO production “Grey Gardens” where he plays Julius Krug, the former Secretary of the Interior under President Truman and secret…