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“Spindletop is now my favorite Texas festival. It’s unpretentious, and dedicated. 
It’s a terrific resource for Texas filmmakers to learn, network and showcase their work!” 
— Tasca Shadix, screenwriter, Book of Stars  

Seminar Information: Speakers

Film festival speakers have experience in animation, production, financing, special effects, cinematography and editing. With experience on projects ranging from indie film to Oscar-nominated blockbusters, these filmmakers are in touch with what it takes to survive in Hollywood and the film industry.

Click here for 2005 speakers.

List of Past Speakers

Andy Anderson - Director and Screenwriter
Kelly Asbury - Director and Animator
Tina Andrews - Screenwriter
Charity Burton - producer
Gabrielle Burton - director
Kat Candler - Screenwriter and Director
Greg Carter - Independent Producer/Director
Alfred Cervantes - Houston Film Commission
Katie Cokinos - Director and Screenwriter
Rodney Lee Conover - screenwriter / actor
Courtney Davis - Producer/Writer/Director
Ellen Dimler - trailer editor
Linda Dowell - Houston Screen Actors Guild
Donald Elson - actor
Valerie Elson - actor
Wendy English - Screenwriter and Producer
JD Feigelson - Producer, Screenwriter, and Director
Michael Fong - gaming artist
Will Gerard - Actor
Bryan Goldsworthy - Director
Stuart Gordon - Director and Screenwriter
Scott Griessel - screenwriter / producer / director
Anna Harrison - producer
Chris Hrasky - Director
Casey Kelly - Director and Screenwriter
Mary Lampe - Southwest Alternate Media Project
Ann-Marie Lindstrom - screenwriter
John Merriman - Writer/Director
Stephen Mims - Director and Screenwriter
Michael Miner - Writer/Director
Brett Moses - screenwriter / actor
Ed Neumeier - Writer and Producer
Marco Perella - Actor
Alex Rappoport - director of photography
Frank Reynolds - Editor
David Schmoeller - Writer and Director
Tasca Shadix - Screenwriter
Elisabeth Sikes - Austin Film Society
Scott Smith - Director of Photography
Paul Stekler - documentary filmmaker / director
Mordecai "Mookie" Weisbrod - computer animator
Kurt Volk - Director and Screenwriter
Marvel Wakefield - Director and Producer
Gary L. Watson - Director of Photography
Sean Welch - Oscar-nominated producer
Laura Wiegand - Media Arts Grants Officer, Texas Commission on the Arts
Steve Wolf - Special Effects