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PAST & FUTURE GUEST SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
JACOB VAUGHAN began his film career at the age of
10 with a film called Jake, P.I., shot on his dad's JVC camcorder. Though his main goal in life at the time was
to eventually enroll in the Air Force Academy, his love of all things Spielbergian kept growing. After a time he gave
up his dream of dogfighting in the skies over the Persian Gulf and settled for piloting a small 2-seater Cessna 150 over the
suburban swimming pools of Northwest Houston.
Even though the desire to make a "real film" continued to grow, he pursued
an Aeronautical and Astronautical engineering degree at Purdue University in West Lafayette Indiana, boyhood home of Axel
Rose, in hopes of becoming a designer of cutting edge affordable airplanes built from advanced composite materials.
However, after taking two semesters of math and science and two summer internships at NASA, Jacob felt the slow creep of melancholia
taking hold. It was time for a change.
Jacob transferred into the film program of the University of Texas where
he met long time collaborator Bryan Poyser. He began making short films like SEEN and Jesus of Judson
which won awards at various film festivals. His graduation was followed by brief stints selling tickets to a comedy
show, scalping tickets in front of Stubbs Barbeque, working at the Austin Film Society as the program coordinator, and going
on walkabout around Mexico, before finally deciding to appear in (and edit) Bryan's award-winning film Pleasureland.
The film was wildly successful at midnight screenings around the world and led somewhat indirectly to Bryan and Jacob's collaboration
on their first feature film Dear Pillow in 2003. Jacob produced, shot, and edited the film while Bryan wrote
and directed. The film premiered at the Slamdance film festival and went on to corrupt audiences around the globe.
It was eventually nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
In 2004 Jacob Vaughan directed The Cassidy Kids
from a script co-written by Bryan (who also produced) and UT Michener Program Alums Tasca Shadix and Tom Willett. The
story, about a group of kids who solve a murder in the early 80s only to learn as adults that they solved the murder wrong,
marked a significant step up in budget, resources, and crew size. Whereas Dear Pillow was shot on mini-DV with
a miniscule budget, The Cassidy Kids was a period piece, shot on four different formats (16mm, super-16mm, HiDef, and
mini-DV), and utilizing a crew of mostly University of Texas students and alumni. The film will premiere at the SXSW
film festival in 2006.
Jacob is currently writing a script to be shot in Houston and Mexico.
Prior to producing the hit Sundance film Stay, MARTIN
PASETTA, JR. has enjoyed an over-twenty year career in television, directing live network specials, live pay-per-view
concerts, network telethons, and hundreds of television dramas. At age 25, Pasetta directed his first live network special
The American Comedy Awards, which was nominated for an Emmy for Best Special. At the time, Pasetta was 12
years younger than any other director approved for live network events. He has since directed over 300 hours of live
television, 350 multiple camera episodes of daytime television, and over 30 single camera film hour-long dramas, including
Melrose Place, Lands End, Fame LA, Models Inc., Robin's Hoods, Baywatch Nights, Beyond
Belief, and Heaven Help Us. He has shot music performances for more than 100 groups encompassing all types of music
from Gospel to Rock 'n Roll, and five out of six pilots he has shot have gone to series, including Judge Judy (strip),
Robin's Hoods (1 hour), Catchphrase (game) and Montel Williams (talk).
In 2000 he was nominated for
an Outstanding Direction Emmy, as well as a DGA Award, for Fail Safe. The movie earned 23 Emmy statues.
Starring George Clooney, Richard Dreyfus, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy, and Sam Elliot, Fail Safe was the first
movie to be shown live on American television in 39 years. In 1989, Pasetta was nominated for Best Director Special
Class Emmy for his work on Trial By Jury starring Raymond Burr.
In 2005 Pasetta produced the feature Stay,
directed by Bob Goldthwait. The film premiered in Dramatic Competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was subsequently
picked up for domestic theatrical distribution by Samuel Goldwyn.
RON JUDKINS is the founder of Antic Pictures, an LA-based production company.
Antic's first feature is True Love, directed by Henry Barrial. Judkins was the writer/director of The
Hi-Line, starring Rachael Leigh Cook, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
The motion picture was subsequently selected to screen at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic,
the Festival do Rio, in Rio de Janiero, the Norwegian International Film Festival, the Noosa Film Festival in Australia, and
many other festivals worldwide. It has won several "Best Feature" awards and was purchased by Showtime where it continues
to be featured.
Judkins is the winner of two Academy Awards-one in 1994 for Best Sound for Jurassic Park, and
another in 1999 for Best Sound for Saving Private Ryan. He was also nominated for Best Sound for his work on
Schindler's List and most recently, War Of The Worlds. He has had the opportunity to work with such notable
directors as Steven Spielberg, Alan Rudolph, Frank Marshall, Richard Donner, Stephen Frears, Barry Levinson, Gus Van Sant,
and Paul Thomas Anderson.
ANDREW HUEBSCHER is an award-winning cinematographer and colorist with many projects to
his credit, including features, commercials, and music videos. He recently shot The Optimist, starring Leelee
Sobieski, Shane West, and Eric Balfour, as well as acclaimed director Gary Walkow's no-budget Crashing, starring
Campbell Scott. A talented colorist, he is currently working on Night Of The Living Dead 3D and recently
finished Played, starring Val Kilmer and Gabriel Byrne. In 2000, Andrew won the American Society of Cinematographer's prestigious
Heritage Award.
HENRY BARRIAL originally from Miami, attended
the University of Montana in the mid 90's where he received a B.A. in Psychology. While in Missoula, Henry wrote and performed
in several theatrical productions for the Montana Repertory Theatre and the Young Rep, including his original one-man show
A Night With-In Lenny Bruce. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he directed his first film, a short entitled The Lonelys,
which played at several festivals, winning top awards at the '99 San Francisco International Film Festival, '99 Cleveland
International Film Festival, and '99 Method Fest. In 2001 Barrial directed and co-wrote (w/Stephanie Bennett) his first feature,
the ultra low-budget Some Body. Some Body premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival in Dramatic Competition,
and was subsequently picked up for distribution by LOT 47. It was released in the spring of 2002 to over 15 cities around
the U.S. including New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The script for True Love was selected for the January 2003
Sundance screenwriters lab and was performed as part of the Sundance Reading Series.
PETER BRODERICK is President of Paradigm Consulting, which provides strategic consulting services to filmmakers
and media companies. In addition to advising on financing, sales, and marketing, Paradigm Consulting specializes in state-of-the-art
distribution techniques -- including innovative theatrical service deals, cutting edge video strategies (mixing retail and
direct sales online), and new approaches to global distribution. It helps filmmakers reach target markets effectively and
build core personal audiences.
Broderick was founder and President of Next Wave Films, which helped launch the careers
of exceptionally talented filmmakers from the U.S. and abroad. A company of the Independent Film Channel, Next Wave supplied
finishing funds and other vital support to filmmakers, and financed digital features through its production arm--Agenda 2000.
Next Wave's features included Christopher Nolan's Following, Joe Carnahan's Blood Guts Bullets & Octane,
Jordan Melamed's Manic, Kate Davis's Southern Comfort, Josh Aronson's Sound and Fury, and Amir Bar-Lev's
Fighter. Broderick played a key role in the growth of the ultra-low budget feature movement and has been a leading
advocate of digital moviemaking, giving presentations on digital production at Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Berlin and many
other festivals. He has lectured at Harvard, taught courses at UCLA, and written articles for Scientific American, The New
York Times, The Economist, The Los Angeles Times, and Filmmaker magazine. A graduate of Brown University, Cambridge
University, and Yale Law School, he practiced law in Washington, DC.
Most recently, Broderick has focused on the coming
revolution in independent distribution. In addition to giving keynote speeches on the subject internationally, he published
a groundbreaking article, "Maximizing Distribution," in the Directors Guild of America magazine (Jan. 2004, http://dga.org/news/v28_5/craft_maxdist.php3). In 2004 he launched a website, http://www.filmstoseebeforeyouvote.org, designed to harness the power of film to impact elections utilizing new distribution techniques. For more information
on his sought-after consulting services, visit his website: http://www.peterbroderick.com
JOE CARNAHAN began his career in the entertainment industry freelancing for both ESPN
and FOX SPORTS after he won Producer of The Year at the 1996 PROMAX television convention in Los Angeles. While working as
a TV trailer-cutter in his hometown of Sacramento, Carnahan wrote and directed his first feature, Blood, Guts, Bullets
and Octane. Shot on weekends and edited at night, the 1998 movie was made for about $7,000, starred Carnahan and a group
of his friends and became a hit with the critics and audiences alike. Following its Sundance premiere, the film was picked
up by Lions Gate Films and released worldwide. That success led to his next feature, Narc, which he wrote and
directed. Following its Sundance premiere, Narc, which stars Jason Patrick and Ray Liota, attracted the interest
of Tom Cruise, who came on as an Executive Producer. The film was subsequently released by Paramount Pictures. Joe was
next selected to direct Ticker, one of the short films in BMW's series, The Hire. Joe was
in prestigeous company; the other directors selected were John Woo, Tony Scott, John Frankenheimer, Ang Lee, Wong
Kar-Wai, Guy Ritchie, and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Joe is currently developing Killing Pablo with
Javier Bardem to star as Pablo Escobar.
MICHAEL HARDWICK is an award-winning DP, union camera
assistant, and lighting technician. His career began in high school, where worked full-time as a news cameraman
for the local ABC news affiliate. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Production from San Francisco State
University and worked as a stage electrician on hundreds of commercials. He then joined the union as a camera
assistant working on several studio features and TV series, and specializing in visual effects work, primarily with ILM
(as a result, Michael has worked on all three of the modern Star Wars features). Michael moved to
Los Angeles in 1997 and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematography at the American Film Institute.
While in attendance he was awarded the American Express Filmmaker's Scholarship, sponsored by Tom Hanks. He refined
his lighting skills in school and served as the Chief Lighting Technician on the majority of the productions produced during
his stay at the AFI. After graduation he concentrated his efforts on feature film Cinematography. He has shot several
feature films, numerous short subject narratives, music videos and commercials in formats including 35mm Anamorphic,
24P HD, and Mini DV. He was awarded a Kodak Vision Award for his work in 1999, and has also received an ICG Award from
the International Cinematographer's Guild. His 2003 feature White of Winter was an official selection of the
Sundance Film Festival.
MATTHEW GREENFIELD is a successful producer and the Associate Director
of the Sundance Institute's Feature Film Program. The producing partner of acclaimed director Miguel Arteta, Matthew's
first three collaborations with Arteta produced three bona fide indie hits: Star Maps (1997), Chuck &
Buck (2000), and The Good Girl (2003). Each film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and
was pick-up for distribution by a major distributor. His latest film, The Motel, premiered at this year's Sundance. (full
bio to come).
JACOB ROSENBERG is a California-based independent filmmaker, author and digital video expert.
For the last 9 years Jacob has worked extensively with Adobe Systems on their editing program Adobe Premiere Pro. The Adobe
Press published Jacob's book on Premiere Pro 1.5, while Total Training has released 4 volumes of Premiere training DVDs written
and hosted by Jacob.
A film graduate from Emerson College, Jacob's college thesis film Silent Rain in the Ninth
can be found on the DVD: Short Cinema Journal 5: Diversity. Jacob has directed a handful of short films as well as a number
of music videos (Baha Men, Hieroglyphics, Del the Funky Homosapien).
Recently, Jacob was the online editor and online
supervisor for the IFC Films feature documentary, Dust to Glory; directed by Dana Brown (Step into Liquid).
Dust to Glory utilized an all Adobe workflow that takes an Online High Definition edit directly out to film.
It represents the first compressed HD Digital Intermediate.
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