As a filmmaker, the press can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. Learn how to make nice. Or, if you're an aspiring journalist, learn how to make a living. Mentor session signup is open to all Film, Gold and Platinum badge holders at a first-come, first-served basis. Registrants who signed up online must check-in 30 minutes before your mentor time slot to guarantee your spot. Limited on-site signup is also available for a small number of mentor sessions spots and will begin 30 minutes before the first time slot of each session. To sign up for a session with Gerald Peary: http://mentor.sxsw.com/mentors/233 To sign up for a session with Roger Erik Tinch: http://mentor.sxsw.com/mentors/177 To sign up for a session with Brandon Harris: http://mentor.sxsw.com/events/166 To sign up for a session with Scott Foundas: http://mentor.sxsw.com/events/168 To sign up for a session with Farihah Zaman: http://mentor.sxsw.com/mentors/275 To sign up for a session with John Gholson: http://mentor.sxsw.com/mentors/274 To sign up for a session with Dan Kois: http://mentor.sxsw.com/mentors/276 View official listing on sxsw.com
Owner/PublisherFilm ThreatA veteran of the film festival circuit, Film Threat owner Mark Bell is furry, cuddly and near-sighted. Prior to working as a film journalist and critic, Mark held various film production jobs (such as script supervisor and post-production supervisor; supervision... Read More →
Film Critic/BloggerMovies.comWriter for Movies.com and HorrorsNotDead.com, formerly of Cinematical. Currently runs the comic blog GuttersAndPanels.com. Has appeared as an actor in SXSW films HEADCHEESE, MY SUCKY TEEN ROMANCE, and ZERO CHARISMA
Senior editor, cultureSlateDan Kois is a senior editor in the culture department at Slate and a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. He was a founding editor of Vulture, New York magazine's culture vertical. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
Film CriticThe Arts FuseGerald Peary is a long-time film critic, mainly for the late Boston Phoenix, who also directed the feature documentary, For the Love of Movies: the Story of American Film Criticism, and acted in the film, Computer Chess. Currently, he programs the Boston University... Read More →
Online & Digital MediaAlamo Drafthouse CinemaOnline and digital media for @drafthouse, @drafthousefilms and @badassdigest. Curator of @reelizer. Member of #VegasTech.
Filmmaker/Film CriticFARIHAH ZAMAN began working in film as a Programmer for the Film South Asia documentary film festival before moving to New York in 2005, where she was the Acquisitions Manager at independent film distribution company Magnolia Pictures. In 2008 she coordinated... Read More →
