jurors

Clay Achee

Achee is a graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in film & television. While studying, his work was nominated for the Student Showcase Best Production award. Post-graduation, Clay's work has won him several distinguished awards. He co-produced the film "Trapper Jack," which won Best in Show and Best Documentary at the 2006 Macon Film Festival . His full-length DVD for Baton Rouge band Meriwether won Best Music Video at the 2007 Macon Film Festival. He has worked on video projects in Baton Rouge, where he currently lives, for the Boys and Girls Club, Jetson Correctional Facility, and the Arena Football League, and has worked production on several feature films and national commercials.

Roger Beebe

Beebe is a professor of film and media studies at the University of Florida. His work has been shown around the globe at such unlikely venues as McMurdo Station in Antarctica and the CBS Jumbotron in Times Square, and at more likely ones including Ann Arbor, NY Underground, and Rotterdam. From 1997-2000 he ran 'Flicker', a bi-monthly festival of small gauge film in Chapel Hill, NC, and he is currently artistic director of FLEX, the Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival. (courtesy of www.art-action.org)

Craig Coleman

Craig Coleman is a visual artist and teacher who works with video, film and multimedia. He has a BFA degree from Florida State University and an M.F.A. degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

For the past ten years, he has worked in academia teaching a wide range of media including kinetic sculpture, graphic design, installation, digital imaging, video, and photography. Craig has taught at many colleges and Universities including the University of Colorado at Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Denver, Colorado Institute of Art, and The University of Florida. Currently he is an Assistant Professor of Art at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.

Chad Darnell

Darnell is an Atlanta native with experience as a Casting Director, Associate Producer, and Writer for 60+ films and TV shows. He now resides and works in Glendale, California.

Pete Sillen

Sillen is a New York based documentary filmmaker. Working mainly in 16mm film, Sillen creates portraits of an array of individuals who live and work outside the stereotypical 9 to 5 environments. With a low-tech approach to documentary film and sensitivity to his subjects and their environment Sillen’s work gives an unobstructed view into the lives of a number of uniquely talented artists and trade workers. His work has been seen at all over the world including Sundance, Berlin, Seattle, London, New York, and our very own Macon Film Festival.

Peter Werner

Werner is an award-winning Director and Producer in film and television. He has won Academy Awards and Emmy Awards, and won an Oscar for his first documentary.

 

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