2015 Jury Members and Awards Presenters - Arpa International Film Festival

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2015 Jury Members

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Arpa Film Festival Jury member Danny Buday

DANNY BUDAY – is an award-winning filmmaker who wrote and directed the feature film Battle Scars, starring Zane Holtz, Heather McComb, Ryan Eggold, with Fairuza Balk and David James Elliott. Acquired by TriCoast Worldwide at the American Film Market (AFM), Battle Scars world premiered as an official selection of the G.I. Film Festival in Washington D.C. where the film was awarded the prestigious Founders’ Choice Award. Danny graduated from the American Film Institute (AFI) masters directing program in 2005, where he wrote, directed, and composed the score for the award-winning thesis film Dependency, which was recognized as an official selection of the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, the Cameraimage International Film Festival, official nominee of the A.S.C. Heritage Cinematography Award, and voted Best Student Film at the Dallas Deep Ellum Film Festival. After from AFI, Danny was hired to write for Barry Josephson’s production company Josephson Entertainment (Enchanted, Bones) and wrote an early draft of the highly-acclaimed adaptation Veronika Decides To Die for author Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) and Sriram Das. Danny was subsequently hired to write for Academy Award nominated producer Michael O’Hoven (Capote).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Arpa Film Festival Jury member Heather McComb

HEATHER McCOMB – Actress and producer who made her film debut as the lead in Frances Ford Coppola’s “New York Stories”. Since then, she has continued to work with some of today’s most acclaimed directors including David Gordon Green, Bryan Singer, Martha Coolidge and Wayne Wang. Heather’s feature film credits include: “Apt Pupil,” “The Joyriders,” “Oceans of Pearls,” “Cornered” and many more. She also had notable television shows including; “Prison Break,” “House M.D,” “The Mentalist” to name a few.

Ms. McComb recently starred and produced “Battle Scars” which won the Founder’s Choice Award at the 2015 G.I Film Festival in Washington D.C., and she has a recurring guest role in the hit series “Ray Donovan”.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Arpa Film Festival Jury member Ingrid Urich-Sass

INGRID URICH-SASS – Producer, Director, Script Supervisor,has worked as a Script Supervisor in the film industry since 1988. Some of her credits include: Clear and Present Danger, A Walk in the Clouds, Harold & Kumar’s Santa Stash, The West Wing, In Treatment, Curb your Enthusiasm, and many others. She has produced & directed a number of independent short films, and assisted new film makers in realizing their dreams. She has had the privilege of working with some of the best directors in the industry: Ridley Scott, David Jackson, Alejandro Gonzalez, Kenny Ortega, Philip Noyce, Jason Reitman, Lesley Linka Glatter, Brad Silberling, Bret Ratner, Rodrigo Garcia and many others. As a hobby, she does still Photography, and has been published in magazines, and print ads.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] Arpa Film Festival Jury member Michael Swinney

MICHAEL SWINNEY – Founder and Managing Partner of Absolute Certainty, Inc., which has a slate of film, television and live events in development. Swinney was formerly CEO of various companies held by Iwerks Entertainment, Sony Corporation of America and George Lucas. He is an award-winning producer of television commercials and has produced films and other media for theme parks and visitor attractions in numerous international locations. He has had significant day-to-day experience in managing companies in the entertainment, hospitality, media and leisure industries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Arpa Film Festival Jury member Gabriela Revilla Lugo

GABRIELA REVILLA LUGO Gabby Revilla Lugo is an independent producer, writer, and founder of Revek Entertainment. Over the past couple of years Revilla has produced, co-produced or executive produced several titles including The Gallows, Justin Lerner’s Some Kind of Hate, The Automatic Hate, and Paramount Insurge’s, Drunk Wedding. Other noteworthy films she’s been involved in have included Matthew Lillard’s directorial debut, Fat Kid Rules The World, winner of the Audience Award at the SXSW Film Festival, and Antonia and Peter Bogdanovich’s, Phantom Halo. She has also produced short film projects for Universal, Right of Way Films, and Blumhouse. Most recently, Gabby line produced Damien Chazelle’s, Whiplash, which won the Sundance Jury Selection Short Film Award in 2013. The feature version of the film took the Jury Selection prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Her company also owns GNR Casting & Talent which has cast and booked TV and multi-media projects for Adult Swim, USA, E!, Esquire, AOL, Café Mom, GSN, Bravo, and others.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]

2015 Arpa Film Festival Awards Presenters

Arpa Film Festival Award Presenter Michael Arabian

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MICHAEL ARABIAN, director & producer

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Arpa Film Festival Jury member Ingrid Urich-Sass