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Judges

Contest Judges

A panel of notable industry professionals conducts the final judging. These stellar jury members represent award-winning writers, producers and development executives.

2007 Judges:

Raynold Gideon, Oscar nominated Writer/Producer: Stand by Me, Starman, Mr. Brooks
Simon Kinberg, Writer: Mr. & Mrs. Smith; X-Men: The Last Stand
Antwone Fisher, Award Winning Writer: Antwone Fisher
Bruce Feirstein, Writer: The World is Not Enough; Tomorrow Never Dies; GoldenEye
Brian Spink: Benderspink management/production

2006 Judges:

Bobby Moresco, Oscar winning Writer/Producer: Million Dollar Baby; Crash
Simon Kinberg, Writer: Mr. & Mrs. Smith; X-Men: The Last Stand
Stuart Beattie, Writer: Collateral; Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2 & 3
Zola Mashariki, Vice President of Production: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Christopher Lockhart, Executive Story Editor: ICM
Michel Shane, EP/Producer: I, Robot; Catch Me if You Can

Previous Contest Judges:

Michael Zoumas: Miramax/Dimension, Sr. VP Production & Development
Maha Dakhil: CAA, agent
Joel Schumacher: Director, Phone Booth; A Time to Kill; Batman Forever; Falling Down; Writer: Phantom of the Opera; St. Elmo’s Fire; Car Wash
Todd Phillips: Director/Writer: Old School; Road Trip; Starsky & Hutch
Eva Mendes: Actress; Training Day, Hitch, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Once Upon a Time in Mexico; with producing partner George Garguervich
American Zoetrope, Francis Ford Coppola's production company
Brent Armitage, Producer (Gross Pointe Blank)
Kathie Fong-Yoneda, Paramount Story Analyst and author
Stephen J. Cannell and Lori Hughes, President and Production Executive at Cannell Motion Pictures
So Yun Kima, Genesis Literary Agent
John Truby and Syd Field, world-renowned screenplay teachers
Andrea McCall, head of Story Department at Dreamworks
Tony Zequeira, Larchmont Literary Agency and Dino Carlaftes,
Metropolitan Talent Agency
Scott Jones, President Artist View Entertainment
Hawk Koch, famed producer and Vice President of the Producers Guild of
America
Marti Blumenthal, partner of Writers And Artists Group International

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