80s entertainment (Jaws, Star Wars, Back to the Future), German Expressionism (FW Murnau), Lawrence Kasdan (screenwriter), Linda Seger ("Making a Good Script Great"), Robert Rodriguez ("Rebel Without a Crew")
Directors
Steven Spielberg, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, Robert Zemeckis, FW Murnau, Mike Mills
Awards
Over 90 Awards including: 2 Student Academy Award Nominations (2004), Best Student Film - U.S. Comedy Arts, Jury Award - Hamptons, Best Short - Sidewalk Moving Picture Fest, Best Online Film - Kevin Smith's MoviesAskew, Best Student Film - Savannah Film Fest, Best Narrative and Directing - Carolina Film Fest, Best of Festival - Feyetteville, Best of Festival - IFC Firstlook Film Fest, Best Editing - Bronx Fest, Best Comedy - Paste Magazine, Grand Prize - New Vision Awards 2006, Wetzel Award for Indie Comedy, Best of Fest - Reality Bytes, Best Comedy - Long Island Film Fest, Gold Medal Addy Award - Houston Ad Federation, TFPF grant, Warren Skaaren Endowed Presidential Scholarship
Festivals
Over 250 official selections including: Slamdance, HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Hamptons International, Manhattan Short Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest, New York Comedy Film Festival, Cinevegas, San Diego Film Fest, Hawaii Int’l, Woodstock Film Festival, World’s Fair 2005, Short Shorts (Japan), Hollywood Shorts, Palm Springs Short Film Fest
Professional Affiliations
Brant Rose Agency (LA), Synthetic Pictures (Austin), Austin Film Society, University of Texas at Austin (UTFI), Austin Film Festival, Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Texas Exes
I just moved back to Austin and I am now the Director of Marketing for B-Side Entertainment. Will you be at SXSW? I would love to hear how everything is going!
