Jury 2016

Steven Paul is a filmmaker, actor, and talent manager, and founder & CEO of Crystal Sky Pictures.

Lara Minassian is an LA-based Armenian artist and educator with an MFA, exhibiting widely across Southern California.

Scott is president of SP Media Group/Atlas Comics, producing nearly 20 films in the past five years with Paramount.

Marc Barson is known for Silent Night (2012), The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (2010), and Groucho Marx.

Spike Seldin is known for The A-Team (2010), Face/Off (1997), and His Way.

Zach S. Staenberg, A.C.E. is an award-winning film editor and producer, best known for The Matrix Trilogy and HBO’s Gotti.

Pearry Teo was a pioneering Singaporean filmmaker and the first from Singapore to direct a Hollywood film.

Max Amini is an Iranian-American comedian, actor, and producer, known for global stand-up tours and TV appearances.

Mark Hefti is a writer-producer known for genre-blending indie films, including the award-winning Tomorrow Is Today.

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