Judging Panel

Peter
Ackerman

Writer

"Ice Age"
Reed
Agnew

Writer

"Raindrops All Around Me"
Nelson
Chipman

Chair, Cinema and Digital Arts Department

Point Park University
David
Conrad

Actor

"Ghost Whisperer," "Wedding Crashers"
Doug
Crise

Editor

"Babel"
David
Dalessandro

Writer

"Snakes on a Plane"
Laura
Davis

Producer

"Public Enemies" DVD & Blu-ray content
John
Dellaverson

Producer

"Diary of a Mad Black Woman"
Faith
Dickinson

Founder, Women in Film and Media Pittsburgh

Todd
Eckert

Producer

"Control"
Lauren
Elmer

Sony Pictuers Classics Acquisitions, and Post-Production Supervisor

"SherryBaby"
Lucy
Fisher

Director of Film Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Geoffrey
Fletcher

Screenwriter

"Precious"
Asher
Garfinkel

President of Readers Unlimited and author

"Screenplay Story Analysis: The Art and Business"
Eric
Gold

Producer

"Scary Movie," "My Wife and Kids"
Bernie
Goldmann

Producer

"300"
Laura
Harkcom

Writer-Producer

"The Lost Room"
Rick
Hawkins

TV writer/producer and Point Park University screenwriting professor

"The Wayans Brothers," "Carol Burnett Show"
David
Hollander

Writer/Producer

"The Cleaner," "The Guardian"
Charlie
Humphrey

Executive Director, Pittsburgh Filmmakers

Dawn
Keezer

Executive Director, Pittsburgh Film Office

Mark
Knobil

Cinematographer

"The Bread My Sweet," "My Tale of Two Cities"
Janyce
Lapore

Screenwriter

Winner, Best Screenplay, Female Eye Film Festival
Rob
Leiber

Screenwriter

Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, New Line Cinema, MGM
Jolanta
Lion

Festival Director

Carnegie Mellon University International Film Festival
Stephanie
Lord

Screenwriter

Winner, Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
Melissa
Martin

Writer/Director

"The Bread My Sweet"
Jeff
Monahan

President, 72nd St. Films

Shirley
Saldamarco

Owner, Interactive Media Productions

Harish
Saluja

Co-Founder & Executive Director; Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, Writer/Director

"The Journey"
Ramesh
Santanam

Writer

Associated Press (former)
Marty
Schiff

Actor

"Dawn of the Dead," "Creepshow"
Bob
Scott

President

Carnegie Screenwriters
Minette
Seate

Senior Producer

WQED Multimedia
Jeff
Sewald

Writer/Producer

"Gridiron & Steel," "Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries"
Ralph
Vituccio

Producer

"In Service--Pittsburgh to Iraq," Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center
Heide
Waldbaum

Production Manager - Virtual Production

"Avatar"
Adrienne
Wehr

Actor/Producer

"The Bread My Sweet"
Jamie
Widdoes

Director

"Two and a Half Men"
John
Yost

Actor; CEO/President Mogul Mind Studios

"The Korean"