Austin Film Festival

Jessica Bendinger, Writer/Director Stick It, writer Aquamarine, Bring It On

Shane Black, Writer/Director Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, writer Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Last Boyscout

Melissa Breaux, Manager, Washington Square Arts

Billy Brown, Writer The Haunting Hour, John Carpenter’s Body Bags, Night Visions, Goosebumps

Ashley Brucks, Paramount Pictures

Bryan Brucks, Vice President of Production, Brucks Entertainment

Michael Connolly, Mad Hatter Entertainment

Bryanne Cook, AFF Young Filmmakers Program alum and USC film student

Sam Delaney, UK journalist for The Guardian, The Sunday Telegraph and NME

Aadip Desai, President of Northwest Screenwriters Guild

Channing Dungey, Senior Vice President, Drama Development, Touchstone Television/ABC Studios

Doug Ellin, Creator/Writer, Entourage

Warren Etheredge, Founder of The Warren Report, President and Head of Development for Lockspring Pictures

Carlo Eugster, Development Executive, Out of the Blue Entertainment

Jay A. Fernandez, Senior Film Reporter The Hollywood Reporter

Paul Feig Creator/Writer of the Emmy-nominated Freaks and Geeks, Writer/Director I Am David, writer Unaccompanied Minors, director The Office, Mad Men, 30 Rock, and Weeds

Mary John Frank, Producer, Talisman Films

Michael Green Creator/Writer Kings, Writer The Green Lantern ‘10, Heroes, Everwood, Smallville

Jeff Graup, Manager, Graup Entertainment

David Hayter, Writer Watchmen, X2, The Scorpion King, X-Men

Pat Hazell Writer Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, My Life In 3D, Showtime’s Aspen Comedy Special, and Grounded For Life

Sally Helppie, Esq., Entertainment Lawyer, Tipton Jones; Founder and President of Sabbatical Pictures, LLC

Barry Josephson, Josephson Entertainment

Jessica Julius, Creative Executive of Development, Disney Animation Studios

Lawrence Kasdan, Writer/Director, The Accidental Tourist, Body Heat, The Big Chill, Writer, Raiders of the Last Ark

Michelle Raimo Kouyate Producer, Dreamworks

Richard Linklater Writer/Director Fast Food Nation, A Scanner Darkly, Before Sunset, Waking Life

Maggie Malone, Director of Creative Development, Disney Animation Studios

Sebastian Mathews, Mad Hatter Entertainment

Chris McQuarrie, Writer The Usual Suspects, The Way of the Gun, Valkyrie

Alex Meenehan, Creative Executive, Smoke House Pictures

Sasha Mervyn, Illumination Entertainment

Rick Pappas, Entertainment Lawyer

Daniel Petrie, Jr., Writer Beverly Hills Cop, The Big Easy, Shoot to Kill, Writer/Director Framed

Gina Prince-Bythewood Writer/Director The Secret Life of Bees, Love & Basketball, writer Felicity, A Different World

Steven Puri, Executive Vice-President, Kurtzman/Orci

Melissa Rosenberg Twilight, New Moon, and Breaking Dawn, Head Writer Dexter

Danny Rubin S.F.W., Groundhog Day

Tom Schatz,  Professor, Radio-Television-Film Department at the University of Texas, Founding Director of the UT Film Institute

Barry Schwartz, Screenwriter

Andrew Shea, Production Area Head Department of Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin

Chuck Sklar, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Politically Incorrect, The Chris Rock Show