SILVERDOCS JURIES
2006 Sterling Feature Award Jury
Michelle Byrd, Executive Director of the Independent Film Project (IFP)
Christoph Jörg, Senior Commissioning Executive at Arte France
Steven Markovitz, Festival organizer and co-founder of ENCOUNTERS: South African International Documentary Festival
2006 Short Film Jury
Rachel Grady, Co-director of BOYS OF BARAKA and JESUS CAMP
John Pierson, Independent film "guru", author of Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema
David Wilson, Filmmaker and Festival Director of True/False Film Festival in Missouri
2006 DOCS Rx Jury
Neal Baer, President and CEO, Global Health Council
Nils Daulaire, President and CEO, Global Health Council
Don Edkins, Executive Producer, STEPS Global Documentary Project
Arlene Donnelly Nelson, Filmmaker and 2005 Sterling Award Winner, Short Film, POSITIVELY NAKED
Pascal Villeneuve, Chief of Health, UNICEF
2006 Music Doc Jury
Peter Gabriel, Renowned multi-platinum recording artist and political activist
Keven McAlester, Filmmaker and 2005 Music Award winner for YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME
Tracy McKnight, Co-founder and president of Commotion Records
2005 Sterling Feature Award Jury
Ally Derks (Chair), Director of the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Don Edkins, executive producer for the STEPS global documentary project on democracy
Stanley Nelson, Emmy-winning documentary producer/writer/director, whose work includes THE MURDER OF EMMETT TILL
Etienne Sauret, Award-winning filmmaker (COLLATERAL DAMAGES, WTC: THE FIRST 24 HOURS) and cinematographer (Eugene Jarecki's WHY WE FIGHT)
Gail Silva, Director, Film Arts Foundation
2005 Short Film Jury
Kelly M. DeVine, Supervisor of films acquisition for the Independent Film Channel
Chad Lorenz, Managing Editor for Washingtonian Magazine
Mark Ruppert, Creator and co-executive producer for the 48 Hour Film Project
2005 Music Doc Jury
Penelope Spheeris, Director of the critically acclaimed DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION series, as well as numerous mainstream Hollywood films (WAYNE'S WORLD)
Doug Pray, Director of music documentary features SCRATCH and HYPE!
Ondi Timoner, Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner for DIG!
2004 Sterling Feature Award Jury
Richard Peña (Chair), Director of the New York Film Festival
Gillian Caldwell, Executive Director of the human rights organization WITNESS, and director of BOUGHT & SOLD
LisaGay Hamilton, Director, BEAH: A BLACK WOMAN SPEAKS and former series regular on ABC's THE PRACTICE
Michael Renov, Professor of Documentary Film at the University of Southern California
Sandra Sobieraj, Washington Bureau Chief, People Magazine
2004 Short Film Jury
Jeff Krulik, Eclectic producer and director of such films as HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT
Caroline Libresco, Sundance Film Festival Senior Film Programmer
Alexandra Pelosi, Filmmaker (JOURNEYS WITH GEORGE)
2003 Jury
Karen Cooper, (Chair), Director of Film Forum
Susan Hannah Hadary, Academy Award®-winning producer (KING GIMP)
Larry Kirkman, Dean of the School of Communication at American University
Ruby Lerner, President of Creative Capital
Jonathan Stack, Emmy and Academy Award®-winning filmmaker
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