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MARCH 15, 2017
GUESTS EXPECTED TO ATTEND
THE 60TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Guests Listed Alphabetically by Film Title & by Name
(Guest schedules subject to change)
ALPHABETICALLY BY FILM TITLE/AWARD
Title
Guest Name
Role
American Paradise (Shorts 1)
Joe Talbot
Director
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George
Lucas’s THX 1138
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George
Lucas’s THX 1138
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George
Lucas’s THX 1138
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George
Lucas’s THX 1138
Beach Rats
Aniruddha Das
Musician
Brian Fairairn
Musician
Nathan Lee
Musician
Steve Savale
Musician
Eliza Hittman
Director
Bending The Arc
Pedro Kos
Director
Bending The Arc
Cori Stern
Producer
Bill Nye: Science Guy
David Alvarado
Director
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Tom McFadden
Panelist
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Bill Nye
Subject
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Henry Rosenthal
Producer
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Eugenie Scott
Participant
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Jason Sussberg
Director
Break of Day (Shorts 2)
Kyoungju Kim
Director
Brown Penny (Shorts 6)
John Dai
Director
Brimstone & Glory
Affonso Goncalves
Producer/Editor
Brimstone & Glory
Viktor Jakovleski
Director
Brimstone & Glory
Dan Janvey
Producer
Brimstone & Glory
Kellen Quinn
Producer
By the Time It Gets Dark
Visra Vichit-Vadakan
Actor
The Cage Fighter
Jeff Unay
Director
The Cage Fighter
Joe Carman
Subject
The Cage Fighter
Andrea Meditch
Executive Producer
The Cage Fighter
James Orara
Producer
The Cage Fighter
Frank Scheuring
Sound Supervisor
The Cage Fighter
David Teague
Editor
The Cage Fighter
Ben Winwood
Composer
California Dreams
Nicole Arbusto
Producer
California Dreams
Jan Bezouska
Sound Designer
California Dreams
Heika Burnison
Producer
California Dreams
Isolda Dychauk
Actor
California Dreams
Alex Gioulakis
Producer
California Dreams
Mike Ott
Director
California Dreams
Cory Zacharia
Actor
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The
Great Blondino and Other Delights
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The
Great Blondino and Other Delights
Antonella Bonfanti
Guy Maddin
Director of Canyon
Cinema
Special Guest
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The Great
Blondino and Other Delights
William T. Wiley
Director
Casting JonBenet
Kitty Green
Director
Chasing Coral
Jeff Orlowski
Director
The Cinema Travellers
Shirley Abraham
Director
The Cinema Travellers
Amit Madheshiya
Director
Citizen Kane with William R. Hearst III
David Thomson
Presenter
Citizen Kane with William R. Hearst III
William R. Hearst III
Special Guest
City of Ghosts
Matthew Heineman
Director
A Date for Mad Mary
Charleigh Bailey
Supporting Actress
A Date for Mad Mary
Juliette Bonass
Producer
A Date for Mad Mary
Seána Kerslake
Lead Actress
A Date for Mad Mary
Darren Thornton
Director
A Date for Mad Mary
Colin Thorton
Co-Writer
Defender
Jeff Adachi
Director, Subject
Defender
Jim Choi
Director
Defender
Corey Tong
Producer
Discreet
Travis Mathews
Director
Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary
Carlton Evans
Co-Founder
Dolores
Brian Benson
Producer
Dolores
Peter Bratt
Director
Dolores
Jessica Congdon
Co-Writer/Editor
Dolores
Dolores Huerta
Subject
Dolores
Lora O’Conner
Associate Producer
Dolores
Ben Zweig
Donkeyote
Chico Pereira
Post Prod Supervisor/
Assistant Editor
Director
Edge of Alchemy (Shorts 3: Animation)
Stacey Steers
Director
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Are…
Terence Nance
Director
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Are…
Norvis Nance
Performer
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who Are…
Choreographer
El Mar La Mar
Naima RamosChapman
Joshua Bonnetta
Everything Else
Natalia Almada
Director
Everything Else
Dave Cerf
Producer
Everything (Shorts 3: Animation)
Greg Rice
Producer
Family Life
Alicia Scherson
Director
Father and Daughter (Shorts 5)
Chenglin Xie
Director
The Force
Linda Davis
Producer
The Force
Lawrence Lerew
Producer
The Force
Peter Nicks
Director
The Future Perfect
Nele Wohlatz
Director
George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can
Wait
George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can
Wait
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Eleanor Coppola
Director
Davia Nelson
Moderator
Jacob Garchik
Composer
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Evan Johnson
Director
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Galen Johnson
Director
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Guy Maddin
Director
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Kronos Quartet Band
Musician
Director
Gut Hack (Shorts 1)
Mario Furloni
Director
Gut Hack (Shorts 1)
Kate McLean
Director
Half-Life in Fukushima
Mark Olexa
Co-Director
Happy Birthday Mario Woods (Shorts 2)
Mohammad Gorjestani
Director
The Hero
Brett Haley
Director
Hidden Figures
Jan Berkeley
NASA Panelist
History of Magic: Ensueño (Shorts 3: Animation)
José Luis González
Director
Hotel Salvation
Adil Hussain
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Maude Apatow
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Ellen Burstyn
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Asa Butterfield
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Peter Livolsi
Director
The House of Tomorrow
Alex Wolff
Actor
The Human Surge
Eduardo Williams
Director
I Called Him Morgan
Kasper Collin
Director
I Called Him Morgan
Randall Kline
Panelist
If I Were Any Further Away, I'd Be Closer to Home
(Shorts 4)
Rajee Samarasinghe
Director
I Love Dick
Kevin Bacon
Actor
I Love Dick
Griffin Dunne
Actor
I Love Dick
Sarah Gubbins
Writer
Incredible Jessica James, The
Jim Strouse
Director
Infinity Baby
Kris Boustedt
Editor
Infinity Baby
Lindy Boustedt
Editor
Infinity Baby
Bob Byington
Director
Infinity Baby
Martin Starr
Actor
In Loco Parentis (Student Life)
Nease Ní ChianáIn
Director
In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2)
Jason Blalock
Director
In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2)
Jen Bradwell
Editor
It Is What It Is (Shorts 4: New Visions)
Cyrus Yoshi Tabar
Director
Landline
Eisabeth Holm
Co-Writer, Producer
Landline
Abby Quinn
Actor
Landline
Jenny Slate
Actor
Leaning Into the Wind
Thomas Riedelsheimer
Director
Leaning Into the Wind
Felix Riedelsheimer
Camera Assistant
Leaning Into the Wind
John Caulkins
Producer
Leaning Into the Wind
Leslie Hills
Producer
Leaning Into the Wind
Stefan Tolz
Producer
Life After Life
Li Zixin
Producer
Life After Life
Zhang Hanyi
Director
Long Strange Trip
Amir Bar-Lev
Director
The Lost City of Z
James Gray
Director
Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Dave Mullins
Director
Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Dana Murray
Producer
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Tom Hagerman
Musician
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Shawn King
Musician
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Jeanie Schroder
Musician
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Nick Urata
Musician
Marie Curie. The Courage of Knowledge
Moogega Cooper
Moderator
Marjorie Prime
Michael Almereyda
Director
Marjorie Prime
Uri Singer
Producer
Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy
Life
Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy
Life
Missing Part of Me (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Tom Luddy
Award Recipient
Todd McCarthy
Moderator
Elizabeth Hewlett
Director
More THINGS in Film
Conrad Guevara
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
Jonn Herschend
Director
More THINGS in Film
Thao Nguyen
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
Lindsey Tully
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
Sean Uyehara
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
Lana Williams
Presenter
Motherland
Ramona S. Diaz
Director
Muhi – Generally Temporary
Tamir Elterman
Director
Muhi – Generally Temporary
Director
N.O.VI.S. (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Rina CastelnuovoHollander
Harley Maranan
Nobody Speak
Brian Knappenberger
Director
Director
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Cornelius Boots
Musician
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Cooper Crain
Musician
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Rob Frye
Musician
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Jerome Hiler
Director
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Will Oldham
Musician
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Daniel Quinlivan
Musician
Paris Opera
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Director
Paris Opera
Matthew Shilvock
SFOPERA
Park
Sofia Exarchou
Director
Patti Cake$
Danielle Macdonald
Actress
Patti Cake$
Geremy Jasper
Director
Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Cassidy Curtis
Animator
Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films)
David Eisenmann
Producer
Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Alexis Harte
Musician
People You May Know
Sherwin Shilati
Director
People You May Know
Shelley Stevens
Producer
People You May Know
Kaily Smith Westbrook
Producer/Actor
People You May Know
Nick Thune
Actor
People You May Know
Usher Raymond
Actor
People You May Know
Lisa Smith
Actor
People You May Know
Justin Klosky
Actor
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman
Leeson: Tania Libre
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman
Leeson: Tania Libre
Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1)
Lynn Hershman
Leeson
B Ruby Rich
Director
Maida Brankman
Producer
Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1)
Patrick X Bresnan
Director
Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Adam Geiser
Director
Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Aaren Stade
Director
Real Artists (Shorts 1)
Cameo Wood
Director
Scared Very Scared
Jay Rosenblatt
Director
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Crystal Chararria
Associate Producer
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Nate Gold
Producer/DP
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Kenny Holmes
Producer/DP
Moderator
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Ryan Holmes
Associate Producer
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Matt Schrader
Director
Score: A Film Music Documentary
John Debney
Subject
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Elva Yanez
Associate Producer
Scrap Dolls (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Aude Cuenod
Director
Serenade for Haiti
Owsley Brown
Director
Serenade for Haiti
Father David Cesar
Musician
Serenade for Haiti
Christy McGill
Producer
Serenade for Haiti
Anne Flatte
Producer
Serenade for Haiti
Bernadette Williams
Musician
State Of Cinema
Ed Catmull
Presenter
78/52
Alexandre O. Phillippe
Director
78/52
Subject
Summer Camp Island (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Tere Carrubba
(Hitchcock’s
Granddaughter)
Nick Cross
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Joshua Gamson
Moderator
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Nats Getty
Guest
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Gigi Gorgeous
Subject
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Barbara Kopple
Director
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Ian Roth
Special Guest
A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie
Ethan Hawke
Actor
A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie
Aisung Walsh
Director
A Tribute to Gordon Gund: The Illumination
Willie Brown
Presenter
A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice
James Ivory
Director
A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice
David D’Arcy
Moderator
A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla
Debra Birnbaum
Moderator
A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla
John Ridley
Director
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Kahn: My Name is Khan
Shah Rukh Khan
Actor
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Kahn: My Name is Khan
Brett Ratner
Moderator
Two or Three Things That Frighten Me in Vertigo:
David Thomson Master Class
Untitled, 1925 Part Three (Who Cares. Who Sees:
Experimental Shorts)
Valentina
David Thomson
Presenter
Madi Piller
Director
Ben Guez
Director
Art Director
Valley of a Thousand Hills (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Jess Colquhoun
Director
Walking Out
Matt Bomer
Actor
Walking Out
Alex Smith
Director
Walking Out
Andrew J. Smith
Director
Walking Out
David Storm
Production Designer
Watershow Extravaganza (Shorts 4: New Visions)
Sophie Michael
Director
The Wedding Ring
Ramahou Keita
Director
The Wedding Ring
Magaajyia Silberfeld
Lead Actor
Whose Streets?
Damon Davis
Director
Whose Streets?
Lucas Farrar
DP
Whose Streets?
Sabaah Jordan
Director
Whose Streets?
Chris Renteria
Co-Producer
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
Jem Cohen
Director
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Joan Chen
Director
ALPHABETICALLY BY GUEST NAME
Guest Name Full
Role
Title
Shirley Abraham
Director
The Cinema Travellers
Jeff Adachi
Director, Subject
Defender
Natalia Almada
Director
Everything Else
Michael Almereyda
Director
Marjorie Prime
David Alvarado
Director
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Maude Apatow
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Nicole Arbusto
Producer
California Dreams
Kevin Bacon
Actor
I Love Dick
Charleigh Bailey
Supporting Actress
A Date for Mad Mary
Amir Bar-Lev
Director
Long Strange Trip
Brian Benson
Producer
Dolores
Jan Berkeley
NASA Panelist
Hidden Figures
Jan Bezouska
Sound Designer
California Dreams
Debra Birnbaum
Moderator
A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla
Jason Blalock
Director
In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2)
Matt Bomer
Actor
Walking Out
Juliette Bonass
Producer
A Date for Mad Mary
Joshua Bonnetta
Director
El Mar La Mar
Antonella Bonfanti
Cornelius Boots
Director of Canyon
Cinema
Musician
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The
Great Blondino and Other Delights
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Kris Boustedt
Editor
Infinity Baby
Lindy Boustedt
Editor
Infinity Baby
Jen Bradwell
Editor
In the Wake of Ghost Ship (Shorts 2)
Maida Brankman
Producer
Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1)
Peter Bratt
Director
Dolores
Patrick X Bresnan
Director
Rabbit Hunt (Shorts 1)
Jean-Stéphane Bron
Director
Paris Opera
Owsley Brown
Director
Serenade for Haiti
Willie Brown
Presenter
A Tribute to Gordon Gund: The Illumination
Heika Burnison
Producer
California Dreams
Ellen Burstyn
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Asa Butterfield
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Bob Byington
Director
Infinity Baby
Joe Carman
Subject
The Cage Fighter
Tere Carrubba
(Hitchcock’s
Granddaughter)
Rina CastelnuovoHollander
Ed Catmull
Subject
78/52
Director
Muhi – Generally Temporary
Presenter
State Of Cinema
John Caulkins
Producer
Leaning Into the Wind
Dave Cerf
Producer
Everything Else
Father David Cesar
Musician
Serenade for Haiti
Joan Chen
Director
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Crystal Chararria
Associate Producer
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Jim Choi
Director
Defender
Jem Cohen
Director
World Without End (No Reported Incidents)
Kasper Collin
Director
I Called Him Morgan
Jess Colquhoun
Director
Valley of a Thousand Hills (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Jessica Congdon
Co-Writer/Editor
Dolores
Moogega Cooper
Moderator
Marie Curie. The Courage of Knowledge
Eleanor Coppola
Director
Cooper Crain
Musician
George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can
Wait
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Nick Cross
Art Director
Summer Camp Island (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Aude Cuenod
Director
Scrap Dolls (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Cassidy Curtis
Animator
Pearl (Shorts 5)
David D’Arcy
Moderator
A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice
John Dai
Director
Brown Penny (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Aniruddha Das
Musician
Damon Davis
Director
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s
THX 1138
Whose Streets?
Linda Davis
Producer
The Force
John Debney
Subject
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Ramona S. Diaz
Director
Motherland
Griffin Dunne
Actor
I Love Dick
Isolda Dychauk
Actor
California Dreams
David Eisenmann
Producer
Pearl (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Tamir Elterman
Director
Muhi – Generally Temporary
Carlton Evans
Co-Founder
Disposable Film Festival 10th Anniversary
Sofia Exarchou
Director
Park
Brian Fairairn
Musician
Lucas Farrar
DP
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s
THX 1138
Whose Streets?
Anne Flatte
Producer
Serenade for Haiti
Rob Frye
Musician
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Mario Furloni
Director
Gut Hack (Shorts 1)
Joshua Gamson
Moderator
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Jacob Garchik
Composer
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Adam Geiser
Director
Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Nats Getty
Guest
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Alex Gioulakis
Producer
California Dreams
José Luis González
Director
History of Magic: Ensueño (Shorts 3: Animation)
Kitty Green
Director
Casting JonBenet
Nate Gold
Producer/DP
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Affonso Goncalves
Editor/Producer
Brimstone and Glory
Gigi Gorgeous
Subject
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Mohammad Gorjestani
Director
Happy Birthday Mario Woods (Shorts 2)
James Gray
Director
The Lost City of Z
Conrad Guevara
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
Ben Guez
Director
Valentina
Tom Hagerman
Musician
Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Brett Haley
Director
The Hero
Zhang Hanyi
Director
Life After Life
Alexis Harte
Musician
Pearl (Shorts 5)
Ethan Hawke
Actor
A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie
William R. Hearst III
Special Guest
Citizen Kane with Will Hearst
Matthew Heineman
Director
City of Ghosts
Jonn Herschend
Director
More THINGS in Film
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Director
Elizabeth Hewlet
Director
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman
Leeson: Tania Libre
Missing Part of Me (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Jerome Hiler
Director
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Leslie Hills
Producer
Leaning Into the Wind
Eliza Hittman
Director
Beach Rats
Elisabeth Holm
Co-Writer, Producer
Landline
Kenny Holmes
Producer/DP
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Ryan Holmes
Asscociate Producer
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Dolores Huerta
Subject
Dolores
Adil Hussain
Actor
Hotel Salvation
James Ivory
Director
A Tribute to James Ivory: Maurice
Dan Janvey
Producer
Brimstone and Glory
Viktor Jakovleski
Director
Brimstone & Glory
Geremy Jasper
Director
Patti Cake$
Evan Johnson
Director
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Galen Johnson
Director
The Green Fog -- A San Francisco Fantasia
Sabaah Jordan
Director
Whose Streets?
Ramahou Keita
Director
The Wedding Ring
Seána Kerslake
Lead Actress
A Date for Mad Mary
Shah Rukh Khan
Actor
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name is Khan
Kyoungju Kim
Director
Break of Day (Shorts 2)
Shawn King
Musician
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Randall Kline
Panelist
I Called Him Morgan
Justin Klosky
Actor
People You May Know
Brian Knappenberger
Director
Nobody Speak
Barbara Kopple
Director
This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Pedro Kos
Director
Bending The Arc
Nathan Lee
Musician
Lawrence Lerew
Producer
Asian Dub Foundation, Live Score of George
Lucas’s Film THX 1138
The Force
Peter Livolsi
Director
The House of Tomorrow
Tom Luddy
Award Recipient
Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life
Danielle Macdonald
Actress
Pattie Cake$
Guy Maddin
Special Guest,
Director
Amit Madheshiya
Director
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The
Great Blondino and Other Delights, The Green Fog - A San Francisco Fantasia
The Cinema Travellers
Harley Maranan
Director
N.O.VI.S. (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Travis Mathews
Director
Discreet
Todd McCarthy
Moderator
Mel Novikoff Award: Tom Luddy: A Long Happy Life
Tom McFadden
Panelist
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Christy McGill
Producer
Serenade for Haiti
Kate McLean
Director
Gut Hack (Shorts 1)
Andrea Meditch
Executive Producer
The Cage Fighter
Sophie Michael
Director
Watershow Extravaganza (Shorts 4: New Visions)
Dave Mullins
Director
Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Dana Murray
Producer
Lou (Shorts 5: Family Films)
Norvis Nance
Performer
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who…
Terence Nance
Director
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who…
Davia Nelson
Moderator
Thao Nguyen
Participant
George Gund Award: Eleanor Coppola: Paris Can
Wait
More THINGS in Film
Nease Ní ChianáIn
Director
In Loco Parentis (School Life)
Peter Nicks
Director
The Force
Bill Nye
Subject
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Lora O’Conner
Associate Producer
Dolores
Will Oldham
Musician
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Mark Olexa
Co-Director
Half-Life in Fukushima
Jeff Orlowski
Director
Chasing Coral
Mike Ott
Director
California Dreams
Chico Pereira
Director
Donkeyote
Alexandre O. Philippe
Director
78/52
Madi Piller
Director
Daniel Quinlivan
Musician
Untitled, 1925 Part Three (Who Cares. Who Sees:
Experimental Shorts)
Parallel Spaces: Will Oldham and Jerome Hiler
Abby Quinn
Actor
Landline
Kellen Quinn
Producer
Brimstone and Glory
Brett Ratner
Moderator
A Tribute to Shah Rukh Khan: My Name is Khan
Naima Ramos-Chapman
Choreographer
18 Black Girls/Boys Ages 1-18 Who…
Usher Raymond
Actor
People You May Know
Chris Renteria
Co-Producer
Whose Streets?
Greg Rice
Producer
Everything (Shorts 3: Animation)
B Ruby Rich
Moderator
John Ridley
Director
Persistence of Vision Award: Lynn Hershman
Leeson: Tania Libre
A Tribute to John Ridley: Guerrilla
Felix Riedelsheimer
Camera Assistant
Leaning Into the Wind
Thomas Riedelsheimer
Director
Leaning Into the Wind
Jay Rosenblatt
Director
Scared Very Scared
Henry Rosenthal
Producer
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Ian Roth
Special Guest
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Rajee Samarasinghe
Director
If I Were Any Further Away I'd Be Closer to Home
(Shorts 4)
Steve Savale
Musician
Alicia Scherson
Director
Asian Dub Foundation Live Score of George Lucas’s
THX 1138
Family Life
Matt Schrader
Director
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Jeanie Schroder
Musician
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Eugenie Scott
Panelist
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Frank Scheuring
Sound Supervisor
The Cage Fighter
Matthew Shilvock
SFOPERA
Paris Opera
Sherwin Shilati
Director
People You May Know
Magaajyia Silberfeld
Lead Actor
The Wedding Ring
Uri Singer
Producer
Marjorie Prime
Jenny Slate
Actor
Landline
Alex Smith
Director
Walking Out
Andrew J. Smith
Director
Walking Out
Lisa Smith
Actor
People You May Know
Kaily Smith Westbrook
Producer/Actor
People You May Know
Aaren Stade
Director
Rapid Transit (Shorts 6: Youth Works)
Martin Starr
Actor
Infinity Baby
Stacey Steers
Director
Edge of Alchemy (Shorts 3: Animation)
Cori Stern
Producer
Bending the Arc
Shelley Stevens
Producer
People You May Know
David Storm
Production Designer
Walking Out
Jim Strouse
Director
The Incredible Jessica James
Jason Sussberg
Director
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Cyrus Yoshi Tabar
Director
It Is What It Is (Shorts 4: New Visions)
Joe Talbot
Director
American Paradise (Shorts 1)
David Teague
Editor
The Cage Fighter
David Thomson
Presenter
Colin Thorton
Co-Writer
Two or Three Things That Frighten Me in Vertigo:
David Thomson Master Class
A Date for Mad Mary
Darren Thornton
Director
A Date for Mad Mary
Nick Thune
Actor
People You May Know
Stefan Tolz
Producer
Leaning Into The Wind
Corey Tong
Producer
Defender
Lindsey Tully
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
Jeff Unay
Director
The Cage Fighter
Nick Urata
Musician
The Man with a Movie Camera with DeVotchKa
Sean Uyehara
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
Visra Vichit-Vadakan
Actor
By the Time It Gets Dark
Aisung Walsh
Director
A Tribute to Ethan Hawke: Maudie
Eduardo Williams
Director
The Human Surge
Lana Williams
Presenter
More THINGS in Film
William T. Wiley
Director
Bernadette Williams
Musician
Canyon Cinema 50: Guy Maddin Presents The
Great Blondino and Other Delights
Serenade for Haiti
Ben Winwood
Composer
The Cage Fighter
Nele Wohlatz
Director
The Future Perfect
Alex Wolff
Actor
The House of Tomorrow
Cameo Wood
Director
Real Artists (Shorts 1)
Chenglin Xie
Director
Father and Daughter (Shorts 5)
Elva Yanez
Associate Producer
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Cory Zacharia
Actor
California Dreams
Li Zixin
Producer
Life After Life
Ben Zweig
Post Prod
Supervisor/ Assistant
Editor
Dolores
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To request interviews or screeners, contact your Festival Press Office contact.
For photos and press materials visit sffilm.org/press
60th San Francisco International Film Festival
The longest-running film festival in the Americas, the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) is an
extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities. The 60th edition
runs April 5–19 at venues across the Bay Area and features nearly 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards with close to
$40,000 in cash prizes, and upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests.
SFFILM
Presenter of the San Francisco International Film Festival, SFFILM is a year-round nonprofit organization delivering
screenings and events to more than 100,000 film lovers and media education programs to more than 10,000 students and
teachers annually. In addition to its public programs, SFFILM supports the careers of independent filmmakers from the Bay
Area and beyond with grants, residencies, and other creative development services.
For more information visit sffilm.org.
This press release is available online at sffilm.org/press/releases
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