2012 Short Short Story Festival Judges
Each year, a different jury panel is assembled from participants in the Spoiler Alert Radio film interview show from the previous year.
Each of the two programs has a different jury panel reviewing the six top films in that program.
The judges rate the films on the basis of visual and audio presentation, storytelling, originality, and overall appeal.
This year's jury comprises creative talents with diverse backgrounds in directing, editing, cinematography, composition, art direction and production design. Judges hail from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Laurence Bennett
Production Designer, USA (L.A./Oregon)
Known for: The Artist, The Next Three Days, Crash, In the Valley of Elah, Traitor, The Company You Keep
Check out his website, resumé and interview.
Monika Willi
Film Editor, Austria
Known for: Amour, The White Ribbon, The Piano Teacher, Whore's Glory, Workingman's Death
Check out the website for her latest film Amour, her resumé and interview.
Mark Suozzo
Film Composer, USA (N.Y.C.)
Known for: Damsels in Distress, American Splendor, The Last Days of Disco, Sound and Fury, Metropolitan
Check out his website, resumé and interview.
Seher Latif
Casting Director, India
Known for: Zero Dark Thirty, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Eat Pray Love, Outsourced
Check out her LinkedIn page, resumé and interview.
Alain Dessauvage
Film Editor, Belgium
Known for: Bullhead; Moscow, Belgium; Oxygen, Oscar-nominated shorts
Check out his website, resumé and interview.
Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatsky
Director/Producer, USA (Brooklyn) and Canada (Montreal)
Known for: The Patron Saints, Francine
Check out their website, interview, and resumés for Brian and Melanie.
Ofer Inov
Director of Photography, Israel
Known for: Time of Favor, Campfire, Beaufort, Fluchkes
Check out his vimeo page, resumé and interview.
Bill and Turner Ross
Documentary Filmmakers, USA (Ohio/New Orleans)
Known for: 43565, Tchoupitoulas
Check out their website, interview, and resumés for Bill and Turner.
Greg Hooper
Art Director/Set Designer, USA (L.A.)
Known for: Known for: The Avengers, The Artist, Moneyball, The Next Three Days, State of Play, Planet of the Apes
Check out his website, resumé and interview.
Michael Andrews
Film Composer/Musician, USA (L.A.)
Known for: Donnie Darko; Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story; Cyrus; Bridesmaids; Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Check out his website, resumé and interview.
Kari Perkins
Costume Designer, USA (Austin)
Known for: Bernie, Dazed and Confused, Fast Food Nation, A Scanner Darkly, Puncture, Mud
Check out her website, resumé and interview.
Andy Hafitz
Film Editor, USA (N.Y.C.)
Known for: Bully, Damsels in Distress, Don't Let Me Drown, The Last Days of Disco, Keane, Here
Check out his website, resumé and interview.
Arnau Quiles
Film Editor, Spain
Known for: Chico and Rita, A.Visualist
Check out his resumé and interview.
Nick Higgins
Director of Photography, USA (N.Y.C.)
Known for: First Position, Countdown to Zero, Comicon: Episode IV, A Day In The Life, Secrets of the Mongolian Archers
Check out his website, resumé and interview.
Mike Ott
Director, Writer, Educator - USA (L.A.)
Known for: Analog Days, Kid Icarus, Littlerock, Pearblossom Hwy
Check out his website, resumé and interview.