PHIL HWANG
Writer and director Phil Hwang has produced two live action feature films, “Geek Mythology” and “Completely, Totally, Utterly.” In addition, he recently developed a feature length animated film based on his award winning screenplay, “Going, Going, Gone” for Amazon Studios. In 2009, he won the grand prize in the Slamdance screenplay contest for “Male Order Bride.” Phil also wrote and produced two comic book series ‘Escape To The Stars’ and ‘Hey, Boss!’ He is currently in pre-production for a supernatural thriller called “Dial And You Die.”
SEAN KINNEY
Award-winning filmmaker Sean Kinney is a physical comic. He has worked for such companies as Disney, Warner Brothers, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, ESPN, Miramax, Film Roman, History Channel, Discovery Channel, FOX Family, the Game Show Network and others. As the CEO and Creative Director for 1 Stooge Entertainment, Sean is actively pursuing his life long goal of bringing vaudeville back to the silver screen. Most recently the Telly Awards has named Sean Kinney as a three-time winner in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards for his work on the music video project titled “Professional Pretender.”
MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN
Author, writer, producer, and director. Credits include the Student Emmy award-winning short film “The Fourth Trimester” and the feature film “Of Love & Betrayal.” Michael has been a volunteer for the Sundance Film Festival for 20 years.
RHODERYC CHARLES MONTGOMERY
As a scribe, Montgomery has been a finalist in international screenplay competitions including being a two-timer with the Academy’s Nicholl’s Fellowship. He has also been a judge for the Sci-Fi Channel and Slamdance feature screenplay and feature film contests. He’s been a programmer for various festivals including the American Cinemateque. His directorial debut was short “The Beast” that premiered in the Cannes film festival main competition. His second short “Broadcast 23″ premiered in the main competition at Sundance.
Besides prepping the feature “The Messiah Complex,” Montgomery is also on the upcoming jury’s for the Louisville Film Festival and the Pan-African Film Festival.
