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Courtney Bent is an award winning photographer and filmmaker whose work has taken her from Masaii Camps in East Africa to Death Row in the United States. In 1996 Courtney founded a photography workshop for individuals with cerebral palsy and … Read More

Mark Barroso is an Emmy award-winning journalist, soundman and filmmaker living in Chapel Hill, NC. He regularly freelances for television networks and field producer for various documentaries currently in production. His film, “A Puppet Intervention”, was shown at the Charlotte … Read More

Chris Brown, a San Francisco writer/director, has been making movies all his life. His latest feature, Fanny, Annie & Danny, a 2010 CFF award winner for BEST ENSEMBLE and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, went on to win 16 other awards internationally. Hailed … Read More

Chris Ordal is an award-winning writer/director. Born in Sioux Falls, SD, he studied film at the University of Kansas where he shot his first film. Ordal’s debut feature, EARTHWORK, which he wrote/produced/directed, starred Academy Award Nominee John Hawkes. EARTHWORK went … Read More

John Coffey: International Touring credits include “42nd Street” (Moscow, Russia), North American Tours of “Evita” (2009) and “3 Mo’ Divas” (2006-2010)—both as Assistant Conductor. Nationally served “The Full Monty” as Music Director for NETworks. Off-Broadway experience includes “Naked Boys Singing,” … Read More

Jeff Hartman: Award-winning actor/music director. ASU alumnus—Advertising/Theater/Music. 20 years teaching/touring professionally. 19 years private study. Published author in 1992. BMI artist with dozens of album credits. Touring credits include Walt Disney World, Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Billing with … Read More

Andres Sanz studied Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid and received an MFA in Filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 2002 Sanz founded the film company La Piscina in New York City and produced his short … Read More

Dan Honeycutt is a TV producer, director and freelance videographer. He attended Carolina School of Broadcasting early on, then devoted 25 years to his passion of architecture. Dan is the producer of the award winning TV program Screen Time, now … Read More

His most recent feature “Harvest” is a New York Times Critics’ Pick.  Stephen Holden writes, “meticulously written and exquisitely acted… astonishing… ‘Harvest’ shows the truth of life as it is lived.”  It stars Oscar nominees Robert Loggia and Barbara Barrie, … Read More

A New York native, John Schwert operates his production company Fourth Ward Productions between North Carolina and California.  After a successful marketing & advertising career in corporate banking, Schwert received his Masters Degree and began working on major and independent … Read More

Georg Koszulinski’s films and videos have screened at museums, film festivals, and microcinemas worldwide. Notable screening spaces include the Anthology Film Archives, Harvard Film Archive the UK’s National Media Museum. His documentaries, Cracker Crazy (2007) and Immokalee U.S.A. (2008) garnered … Read More

David Huff is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer. His photo “We paid at the pump until there was no more” was a recent finalist in the Canon Imagin8tion Project with Ron Howard. David is currently completing a documentary on the … Read More

Gary King is a contemporary American filmmaker whose work is known for powerful performances with an emphasis on a strong, visual style. He has written, directed and produced several critically acclaimed feature films.  Gary attended the festival in 2009 with … Read More

Lawrence Toppman has written about all aspects of culture for The Charlotte Observer and the now-defunct Charlotte News for 32 years, and he has covered movies for The Observer since 1987. He has sung with Opera Carolina for 29 seasons … Read More

Jody Schiesser is a writer, artist, and filmmaker. He and his colleagues at Perpombellar Productions are responsible for films such as the award-winning short THE STREET CLEANER, a 2007 CFF official selection, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, and their feature-length drama, TRUMPET … Read More

Dana Slagle is a native of Statesboro, Georgia who relocated to the Charlotte area about six years ago. Dana is a movie buff and a fan of the Charlotte Film Festival. Her passion for adventure and travel lead her to … Read More

Darrell C. Hazelrig is a writer, director and film producer based in Atlanta, GA. He has been writing and directing films since the age of twelve, creating his first short film, The Burglar in 1989. After graduating in 1999 from … Read More