A graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Gary is a professional filmmaker, working on everything from commercials and corporate to narratives and documentaries over his 30+ year career. He has filmed all over the country in dozens of states and around the globe in over 15 countries.

His work has premiered at SXSW, Telluride, and AIFF, and screened at festivals worldwide. A 20 year resident of Ashland, he is the founder of Film Southern Oregon, a non-profit that serves to connect and strengthen the Southern Oregon film and media community.

Andrew is a psychotherapist in private practice in Ashland, OR. He has served as a presenter and board member for the Baltimore Psychoanalytic Film Festival and a board member of the Baltimore Society for Psychoanalytic Studies.

Andrew attended graduate school at the University of Chicago and completed post-graduate training and fellowships with the Washington Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis and the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis + Psychotherapy.

He has worked as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist for 15 years and resides in the Rogue Valley with his wife and son.

Joe practiced law for 30+ years, and worked as a Circuit Court judge, Justice of the Peace, bankruptcy trustee, and civil litigator.  He graduated from the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley, law school.  He worked briefly for law firms in Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, and then on North Slope oil royalty litigation in Anchorage, Alaska. 

He has volunteered in community theater, as a teen mentor, for the Britt Festival, and for veterans in Justice Outreach at the VA, among others.  He currently serves on the Oregon CASA Network Board of Directors.  He loves learning, travel, and helping others.  He lives in rural Talent with his wife, Ann, and three fur babies.

Sarahanne is the Director of Special Gifts at Southern Oregon University. Originally from the Chicago area, Sarahanne graduated from University of Oregon before holding a variety of executive positions with the National Press Club, Utah Symphony Utah Opera, Oregon Wine Experience and more. She served in lead volunteer roles for Sundance Film Festival and Community Works and currently serves as a Board member for Kappa Delta Sorority at University of Oregon and as a Commissioner on the Southern Oregon Sports Commission. 

Sarahanne is a seasoned fundraising, event planning, marketing and business development executive with more than two decades of experience in the corporate and non-profit industries. She produced the Grape to Glass: The Oregon Wine Experience with Trish Glose special series for PBS.

She resides in the Rogue Valley with her fur baby Huckleberry.

Jimmy is currently the Marketing and Recruitment Specialist at the College of Arts & Humanities at Southern Oregon University. A lifelong local of Southern Oregon, he's worked in customer service, hospitality, graphic design, marketing but also includes his free time volunteering for all things in the arts. 

As he's been a volunteer with the festival since being an intern in 2013.

Andrew is an attorney with the Ashland law firm Davis, Hearn, Anderson & Selvig, where he specializes in real estate, business, and trust/probate litigation.  He was born and raised in the Rogue Valley and graduated from Southern Oregon University and the University of Oregon School of Law.  Following a clerkship with the Oregon Court of Appeals, he practiced law for 10 years in Portland, Oregon before returning home.

Andrew cherishes the Rogue Valley's vibrant cultural scene and has a longstanding love of independent film, particularly documentaries.  When he is not at work or watching a movie, he is typically playing tennis or enjoying the outdoors with his dog, Wrigley.