OtherInterviewees

In addition to the interviewees listed in the TABLE OF CONTENTS, I also spoke with the following individuals during the 600+ hours of research for this manual, and those interviews inform this Creating Film Festivals book:

•Ruby Rich – Critic, author, and media arts consultant

•Mark Finch – Frameline- San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; London International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

•Jill Jacobs – Frameline

•Nancy Fishman – Frameline Distribution

•Bob Hawk and Peter Moore – FAF Festivals Seminar

•Nicole Barens – Film Arts Festival

•Lissa Gibbs – Film Arts Festival

•Julie Mackaman – Film Arts Foundation -fundraising

•Jennifer Maytorena Taylor – Cine Accion - ¡Festival Cine Latino!

•Gina Hernandez – Cine Accion - ¡Festival Cine Latino!

•Linda Blackaby – Co-author, In Focus - Philadelphia Festival of World Film

•Mary Smith – Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame – Black Filmworks Festival of Film & Video

•Ruth Cohen – Sundance Institute- development

•Steve Anker – San Francisco Cinematheque

•Frankie Sanders – PCTV/Global Africa Cable Festival - Laney College (non-oper.)

•Paul Blake – East Bay Video Festival

•Jack Walsh – Living Room Festival- KQED Public Television

•Tod Booth – San Francisco International Film Festival -Theatre Operations

•Marcus Pun – Mill Valley Film Festival and Videofest -projection

•Judith Lit – On Screen- Women’s Film Festival (non-oper.)

•Steve Seid – Pacific Film Archive

•Jan Klingelhofer – On Screen- Women’s Film Festival (non-oper.)

•Angie Rose – National Educational Film & Video Festival (NEFVF) - Competition

•Ron Light – NEFVF - Competition

•Toni Hanna – NEFVF - programming

•Kate Spohr – NEFVF - administration

•Sue Davies – NEFVF - administration

•Jacky Miccuci – NEFVF - office management

•Richard Lee, attorney – Setting Up Non-Profits: FAF seminar

•Gustavo Vázquez – San Antonio CineFestival

•Gretchen Elsner-Sommer – Women in the Director’s Chair Film and Video Festival

•Pepe Vargas – Chicago Latino Film Festival

•Irene Griego – Sacramento Women’s Center (non-oper.)

•Heather Montonye – Mill Valley Film Festival – financial/office management

•Nic Calderaro – Video Refusé (non-oper.)

•Susan Kuchinskas – Video Refusé (non-oper.)

•Kris Humphrey – San Jose State Visual Artists Film and Video Festival

•Paul Mayeda-Berges – SF International Asian American Film & Video Festival

•Nicole Stanford- Wine Country Film Festival

•Mark Donaldson – Projection- various festivals and venues

•Michael Jeung – NAATA distribution

•"Sid" Blackstone – Crest Theatre, Sacramento

•Mary Cranney – Utah Short Film Festival

•Jenni Olson – Frameline- SF International Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival

•Marilyn Borchardt – Environmental Film Festival

•Bob Donn – San Francisco International Film Festival - Schools at the Fest

•Rick Pestana – San Francisco International Film Festival - Box Office

•Gary McVey – AFI/ Los Angeles International Film Festival

•Anne Bray – LA Freewaves Festival

•Rich Cummings – Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

•Mark Smolowitz – San Francisco International Film Festival

•Amy Capen – San Francisco International Film Festival

•Alan Cole – Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

•Ron Levaco – Marin County National Film and Video Competition

•Wayne Salazar – Honolulu Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

•Abe Ferrer – Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

•Linda Mabalot – Visual Communications- Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

•Michael Sydnor – San Francisco International Film Festival- publicity

•FAF Film Festivals Panel- 1995: John Cooper - Sundance, Lissa Gibbs- FAF, et al.

•Robin Hettelman – Council on Foundations Film and Video Festival

•Mark Wilken – Humboldt International Student Film Festival – Humboldt State Univ.

•Richard Rovatti – Castro Theatre, manager

•Ken Karn – Cinequest- San Jose Film Festival

•Ginnie Waters – Mill Valley Film Festival Interactive/Multimedia Showcase