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FILMMAKER BIOSVISITING FILMMAKERSLOCAL FILMAKERS
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John Cameron Mitchell
Mitchell directed, wrote and starred in the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he received the Best Director and Audience awards at the Sundance Film Festival and the Grand Prix at Deauville Film Festival. The film was honored as Best Directorial Debut by the National Board of Review and the L.A. Film Critics Society. Mitchell was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor. He was executive producer of Jonathan Caouette's award-winning documentary Tarnation (2004). His latest film Shortbus (2006) won awards at the Zurich, Athens and Gijon Film Festivals. He has directed music videos for the bands Bright Eyes and Scissor Sisters. FILMFORWARD DIRECTOR’S SPOTLIGHT | AUG 22 | 7:00 PM | VANCITY THEATRE HOLD UP AT THE HEIST | AUG 22 | 9:30 PM | THE CENTURY HOUSE MASTERCLASS | AUG 23 | 7:00 PM | VANCITY THEATRE FOLLOW MY VOICE | AUG 24 | 7:00 PM | CINEMARK TINSELTOWN 
Todd Ahlberg
Filmmaker Todd Ahlberg began his career in production in 1987 at San Francisco Production Group, a leading post and special effects house in San Francisco. Since then, he has worked as producer/ director on a number of film and online projects, including The Pyramid for web-based broadcaster American Cybercast. In December of 2002, he completed the documentary film Hooked, an exploration of the “online cruising” phenomenon within the gay culture. The documentary screened at over 40 film festivals worldwide, and was acquired for distribution by MTV Networks’ LOGO, as well as Film Threat DVD and Music Video Distributors (MVD). He most recently completed Meth, a documentary film illuminating the crystal methamphetamine culture within the gay community (www.methmovie.com). METH | AUG 19 | 7:00 PM | CINEMARK TINSELTOWN 
Brooke Sebold
Brooke Sebold has been producing, directing and editing documentary films in the Bay Area for the last four years. In late 2006, along with co-directors Benita and Todd Sills, Brooke completed her first feature length documentary Red Without Blue. The documentary has screened at over 40 film festivals and museums around the world, and has garnered glowing reviews in the Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Variety, The Seattle Times, The Advocate, Now Magazine and dozens of others. Red Without Blue is the recipient of numerous awards including the Audience Choice Award at the Slamdance Film Festival and the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, the HBO Jury Award at the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film festival, the Best Documentary Award at the Athens Film & Video Festival and the Festival Director’s Award at the Silverlake Film Festival. RED WITHOUT BLUE | AUG 18 | 7:00 PM | CINEMARK TINSELTOWN 
Arturo Perez Torres 
Jonah Markowitz Starting in development at Columbia Pictures, he soon transitioned into physical production, with a focus on art direction. Within two years, Markowitz was inducted into the Art Directors Guild. As an assistant art director, he worked on such films as Blue Crush, The House of Sand and Fog, Meet The Fockers and Rocky Balboa. He then went on to Art Direct Universal’s We Are Marshall, and Production Design the Sundance Jury and Audience Award winning feature Quinceañera. Concurrently, Markowitz wrote and directed the acclaimed short films, I Left Me and Hung Up, which played at over 100 film festivals worldwide. Shelter marks Markowitz’s feature directorial debut. |
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