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2007 Jurors

ROBERT BILHEIMER, Film Producer

THORA BIRCH: Birch's long list of film credits include "Patriot Games", "Clear and Present Danger", "American Beauty", "Monkey Trouble", "Now and Then" and "Alaska" to name a few. Thora lives in Los Angeles and is involved with a number of charities and film festivals and has her own production company.

JAMES BURKE: As part of his company, Entitled Entertainment, James Burke served as executive producer on "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing" starring Matthew McConaughey, John Turturro, Amy Irving and Alan Arkin; and on "Levity" starring Billy Bob Thornton, Morgan Freeman, Holly Hunter and Kirsten Dunst. He was also part of the producing team on the Tony award winning Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" starring Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. As a director, James Burke's award-winning feature film debut, "Aurora Borealis", starring Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis and Louise Fletcher, was released in the Fall of 2006 in Los Angeles, New York and selected cities.

CEVIN CATHELL: Cevin Cathell is the Program Director for the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and the former Program Director for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. She has been a producer of many film projects including "Eve's Bayou".

ROBERT COLLECTOR: Robert Collector is a long-time studio writer, having been headquartered at both Warners and Fox. He's written for numerous industry figures such as Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman and John Carpenter. In 2005, he wrote and directed "Believe in Me", which captured the Rosemount Diamond Award and Best Feature at the 2006 Jackson Hole Film Festival.

RYAN ENGLE: Engle graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in Cinema Television and began his career as an assistant at Kopelson Entertainment in 2001. He eventually became Vice President of Production and oversees all aspects of acquisition and creative development.

JOE FAB: Joe Fab is an award-winning and Emmy-nominated producer and writer with more than35 years experience in film and video production, media and communications, event production and the live presentation of plays and music. His feature documentary film "Paper Clips" was the recipient of the 2004 Jackson Hole Film Festival awards for both Audience Favorite and Best Documentary. Recent television productions include programs for the Discovery Channel and the History Channel, as well as the NBA-focused documentary "Crossover," which he executive produced in conjunction with Penny Marshall and Magic Johnson for Showtime.

JORJA FOX: Actress Jorja Fox currently stars on one of the top-rated series on television, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". Fox also starred on NBC's top-rated series "ER" as "˜Dr. Maggie Doyle' prior to her role as "˜Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano' on "The West Wing". Additional credits include guest turns on "Law and Order" and the historic "coming out" episode of "Ellen". Fox's film credits include "Memento", "How to Make the Cruelest Month" and "The Kill-Off". More recent feature credits include the comedy "Forever Fabulous" and "Down with the Joneses".

MARK LINDSAY: Mark Lindsay, President of Kimmel International, has produced films such as"Breach", "Alpha Dogs" and "United 93". Prior to starting Kimmel International in 2005, he was Sr.Vice President, Head of Sales & Distribution for Miramax International and licensed rights to films such as "Chicago" and "Life is Beautiful". He is presently on the Board of Directors for the Independent Film and Television Alliance.

BRIAN LIU: Brian Liu has over a decade of experience as a designer and photojournalist with published work in a wide range of publications from The New York Times to Rolling Stone Magazine, has done documentary photo/video assignments for clients including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, The Peace Corps, and Iceland air, and more recently DV documentary filmmaking for various independent productions and for major music artists on tour. Liu's feature documentary, "Disarm" won the 2006 Jackson Hole Film Festival Cowboy Award for Best Global Insight.

CLAUDIA PUIG: Movie Critic for Usa Today

JASON WINKLER: Winkler is President and co-founder, Wink Inc. & Big Bang Productions. He has been in film and television production for more than a decade. After graduating from Yale in 1994, he traveled the World as a pro skier, working on both sides by lens - writing, producing and performing in his early productions. Since 1996, Jason has focused entirely on action and adventure sports television production. Having provided dozens of hours of programming to networks including NBC, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Sports, OLN, Discovery, MTV and many more, Jason's skills are widely varied, including producing, directing, writing and editing.