Academy Award nominated judge: Producer
Alexandra Rose whose credits include NORMA RAE, OVERBOARD, FRANKIE & JOHNNY. Ms. Rose is an excellent evaluator and champion of aspiring talent.
She is committed to mentoring young filmmakers.
TONY SAFFORD
Executive VP of Worldwide Acquisitions for Twentieth Century Fox, a position which combines both creative and business skills to acquire film projects for all Fox divisions, domestic and international, including Fox Searchlight. Recent acquisitions include SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, THE WRESTLER, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and ONCE. Prior to joining Fox in 1996, he was Senior VP of Acquisitions at Miramax. Before this he was an acquisitions executive at New Line. Between 1985 and 1990 he was the Program Director of the Sundance Film Festival.
Ross Siegel
Ross Siegel has been the Director of Creative Affairs at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM), one of two production executives overseeing the studio’s slate of Direct-to-DVD movies from development through distribution, since May 2007. Some of the films Ross has overseen include INTO THE BLUE 2: THE REEF, PICTURE THIS (which starred Ashley Tisdale), LEGALLY BLONDES, HIT & RUN, among others. Future films Ross is currently overseeing include remakes of BACK TO SCHOOL and MR. MOM, as well as a reinvention of the horror classic, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR. Prior to joining MGM, Ross was Director of Development from 2004 to 2007 at the production-management company Guy Walks into a
Bar, which produced ELF starring Will Ferrell and MEET DAVE starring Eddie Murphy during his tenure. He also set up several other projects while Director of Development, including CRISIS CONTROL at ABC/Touchstone, CAMP SACHEM at Revolution Studios, and OXLEY’S ROAD at Lakeshore Entertainment.
Christopher Lockhart
Christopher is the Story Editor at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, where he finds projects for "A" list actors including Denzel Washington, Steve Martin and Mel Gibson. He lectures on screenwriting around the country and has been featured in THE WRITER magazine and Fox Morning News. His writing workshop, “The Inside Pitch,” was filmed for local television and earned him a Los Angeles Area Emmy nomination. He co-produced the horror film THE COLLECTOR, which was released nationwide in July, and is writer/producer on a feature length documentary called MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS (in post production). Chris has an MFA in dramatic writing from NYU’s film school.
Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton
The writers of SAW IV, V, VI, FEAST and THE COLLECTOR. Marcus and Patrick were winners ofProject Greenlight. Marcus is also the director of The Collector
TREVOR ENGELSONTrevor is Producer on the 2010 release of REMEMBER ME at Summit Entertainment starring Robert Pattinson, Pierce Brons
on and Leena Olen, directed by Allen Coulter. He also is an Executive Producer on the 2009 release of ALL ABOUT STEVE at Fox 2000, starring Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper. Trevor was a Co-Producer on LICENSE TO WED for Warner Bros which stars Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski and was directed by Ken Kwapis. Alongside his partner, Nick Osborne, he also received an Executive Producer on ZOOM for Sony which starred Tim Allen, Chevy Chase and Courtney Cox, and a Co-Executive Producer on ABC Family’s Christmas comedy MARY CHRISTMAS. Underground Films has a diverse set of projects set up at different studios and financiers including RAJ REDDY PALACE PEACOCK at Warner Brothers, the CLASS ACT, with Halle Berry attached to star at Walden, SOCCER MOM at New Line, TALES FROM THE WISHWORKS FACTORY at Universal and ANIMALS at Sony. Trevor grew up in Great Neck, New York. Graduated from USC undergrad in 1998. Worked at Endeavor as an trainee before joining Nick as his assistant initially at his earlier company O/Z Films. O/Z had a first look deal with Phoenix. In 2001 O/Z Films, metamorphisized into Underground Films and Management. One company dedicated to producing quality films and finding and managing the careers of talented clients.
www.undergroundfilms.net
JULIE RICHARDSON
Ms. Richardson’s strong relationships span the entire entertainment industry. She has worked or is working with such renowned filmmakers as Frank Darabont (GREEN MILE, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION), Michael Mann (HEAT, MIAMI VICE), Peter Medak (RULING CLASS, ROMEO IS BLEEDING), and Randall Wallace (BRAVEHEART, WE WERE SOLDIERS), as well as best-selling authors John Farris and Dr. Lois Frankel.
Having developed a vast slate of premiere film and television properties, Ms. Richardson sold A RHINESTONE ALIBI to Paramount. Her current development slate includes FACT CHECKER, with Natalie Marciano and Michelle Chydik’s 26 Films (STARTER FOR 10, THE WEDDING DATE), SNOW JOB, by John Robert Marlow.
JANET JEFFERIES - Producer at A Band Apart who has produced such wonderful films as PULP FICTION and INGLORIOUS BASTARDS!!
GEORGE COLLINS, Literary Manager at Infinity Management whose clients wrote the HOTTEST PILOT on CBS, "SHIT MY DAD SAYS" starring William Shatner. Yes, based on the tweet "Shit My Dad Says." Congratulations, George!
Mac Torluccio - Creative Executive Intrigue Entertainment
Anne Lower - consultant, Save the Cat! Enterprises. Script consulting.
Cindy McCreery - a graduate of the Walt Disney/ABC Feature Writing Fellowship program for the 2002-2003 year. Her script POWDER PUFFS got her into the program and was sold to Disney after she finished the fellowship. After the sale of POWDER PUFFS Cindy immediately wrote and sold her next feature spec script, SOCCER MOM to New Line Cinema. In the fall of 2005 Tollin Robbins and Josephson Entertainment approached Cindy with the true story of Maria Pepe, the first girl to play in the Little League. Cindy came up with a pitch with the producers and sold the pitch to Nickelodeon Films. In 2006 National Geographic Films hired Cindy to rewrite ELEPHANT WILD and later in 2007 in partnership with Warner Brothers, they hired her again to develop and write FREE WILLY: ESCAPE FROM PIRATES COVE which will be released in March of 2010. Also in 2007 Cindy sold a pitch of a revamped BABY BOOM for MGM. In late 2008 Disney Channel hired her to adapt the book, RISING STAR into a Disney Channel Original movie. She is also a screenwriting professor at UCSB.
Stay tuned as we are currently confirming many more A-List Pros!
