Supporters of the Directors Chair

Matthew Pantaleno: Executive Director - If you ever dreamed of having your own television show, then Community Access is a wonderful tool and a great place to get started. Volunteer producers across the country serve as tremendous assets to the communities, neighborhoods and people they represent. In an age of ever-growing and changing technology, the Community Assess function has become increasingly important. Everyone deserves a voice and the right to express their ideas and concerns involving the community. I would like to personally extend to you a gracious invitation to find out more about Community Television and how you can get involved.
www.sictv.org

Craig Spector is a bestselling author, editor, screenwriter, producer, and musician, with eleven books published, millions of copies sold, and reprints in nine languages. His fiction has been published by Bantam Books, Harper Collins, Pocket Books, Arbor House, and others; film and television work includes A Nightmare On Elm Street; The Dream Child and projects for ABC, NBC, Fox Television, Hearst Entertainment, Davis Entertainment Television, New Line Cinema, Beacon Pictures, and Wonderful World of Disney. His latest novel, Underground, was published with Tor Books; he is also executive producer and writer of the indie feature Get On The Bus: The Documentary, currently in production. Spector is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston MA and an alumni of the Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta GA.
www.craigspector.com

Richard Christian Matheson is a novelist, short story writer, screenwriter/producer, and musician. He has written and produced more than 500 episodes of television for over thirty prime time series including Hunter, Quincy, Simon and Simon, Magnum P. I., Amazing Stories, and Tales From The Crypt, and at age 20 was the youngest writer Universal Studios ever put under contract. He has written television projects for Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Aaron Spelling, Joel Silver, Richard Donner, and John Landis. Recent television projects include episodes of Showtime’s Masters of Horror and TNT’s Nightmares & Dreamscapes. His five feature films include Three O’ Clock High, and Loose Cannons. Matheson wrote, directed and produced the short film Arousal showing in this film festival.
www.richardchristianmatheson.com

David Winning has a successful career as a feature film and television director; with currently nine features to his credit and over Eighty episodes of television – including work on seventeen different series. His first two independent features led to an award-winning sixteen year stint as guest director for Paramount Pictures Television, MGM, Cannell Films, ABC Television, Hallmark, Nickelodeon, Disney, PAX, NBC and FOX. His episodic work has garnered international awards including eleven first place golds overall at the 1992-2004 Houston Film Festivals, the 1995 Gold Hugo and two Silver Hugo’s from the Chicago International Film Festival, and four national GEMINI nominations for Best Director/Dramatic Series. His works include: Street Justice, Friday the 13th series, Andromeda, Earth: Final Conflict, Stargate:Atlantis and Dinotopia to name a few. Look for one of his features, showing in the festival.
www.davidwinning.com