Film Series Judges

Pre-screening Judges:

Penny Phillips
Producer

Cheryl Bacon
has worked in television production and news for over thirty years. She is currently an editor at Fox Television. She is also the Treasurer of NABET-CWA 53, the largest broadcast local in the United States.

Kevin R. Fraser, DGA
Segment Director for Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Documentary Producer,

Allessandro Zezza
Director of Photography

Finalists Jury Panel Members:

K.C. Schillhahn
Documentary Producer

Tal Vigderson
Managing director of Icebox.com

Larry Parker
Mole-Richardson Co.

John Ketcham
A prolific producer and director with a great vision to carry tough projects and see them through to the end. John’s highlights in his longtime involvement in the film industry are the The Hurricane which garnered Denzel Washington an Academy Award nomination and his directorial debut I Accuse.

Jacek W. Laskus, ASC
Directory of Photography
He has also taught cinematography at California Institute of the Arts, The American Film Institute and The Maine Photographic Workshop. A native of Poland, cinematographer Jacek Laskus' extensive film and television credits include films lensed in the US and abroad. His most recent project took him to Nepal where he shot Stoneward Productions' Katmandu project for director Sandy Smolan and his latest feature Multiple Sarcasms, starring Timothy Hutton and Mira Sorvino, was shot on location in NYC.

Diane Estelle Vicari
Immediate Past President of the IDA
Founder of DOCdance Productions