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Antonio Isasi Isasmendi |
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Born in Madrid, on the 22nd of March 1927, he began working in the film industry as a set-builder,screenwriter, producer, and director. Through his own production company he has achieved international audiences through co-productions such as, Scaramouche, of Italian and French production, That Man in Istambul a French, German, and Italian co-production, They Came to Rob Las Vegas of German, Italian, French and U.S.A. Production, The Summertime Killer of French and Italian co-production. His movies are distributed world-wide through Warner Bros., Columbia, Embassy etc...
Later, he produced Scent of a Crime, based on a literature award winning novel at national level, written by Juan Benet.
Well-known actors such as, Lee J. Cobb, Elke Summer, Karl Malden, Raf Vallone, Jack Palance, Olivia Hussey, Gerard Barray, Horst Buchoolz, Lea Masari, Klaus Kinski, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, to name a few have worked under his direction.
A member of various International Jury Commitees present in Berlin, San Sebastian, Malaga, Lorca, etc...
Amongst numerous awards to commemorate his work he has received five as Best Director of the Year, three for Best Movie, four for Screenwriting, five San Jorge de la Critica of Barcelona (Critic Awards)...Ultimately, in the year 2000, the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences of Spain gave him the Goya Honor Award for his life-time achievements in the world of film. |
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Jonathan Debin |
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| North American producer who recently finished filming Silk, and adaptation of the novel by Alessandro Baricco directed by François Giraud (Red Violin) and starring Keira Knightley and Alfred Molina. Debina also produced Sunshine with Ralph Fiennes, 51st State with Samuel Jackson and Max with John Cusak amongst many other productions. |
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Michael Hoenig |
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Composer and music producer. Scriptwriter and composer of the groundbreaking Koyaanisqatsi which won numerous awards, other works include 9 and a half weeks and Departure from the Northern Wasteland. |
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Ronnie Taylor |
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Veteran DOP who shared the Oscar for best cinematography for Gandhi - Richard Attenborough (1982) he also worked on films such as The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), The Experts (1989), Tommy with Ken Russell (1975), and as camera operator in the first Star Wars with George Lucas (1977), and The Big Sleep (1978). He has also worked with talents such as Stanley Kubrick, Dario Argento, and Karel Reisz. |
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Igor Fioravanti |
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Igor Fioravanti has joined the jury for the Ibizaiff - Igor whose
career in moviemaking started in animation has since been the
recipient of numerous awards including two golds in San Sebastian. |
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Demián Bichir |
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Mexican actor who has worked along with Selma Hayek in Time of the Butterflies, Penelope Cruz in Sin noticias de Dios and Victoria Abril in Hipnos. He has also participated in several festivals as a jury member. |
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Steve Norman |
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| The good looking one from the 80’s group Spandau Ballet, presently he lives in London where he is producing and composing music and also has the group Cloudfish. |
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Anwen Rees Hurt |
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British TV producer, at present she is preparing, together with John Hurt, the film Regret not speaking by Richard Kwietniowski. |
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Timothy Burrill |
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Another exciting addition to our jury, Timothy has been Chairman of BAFTA - The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Managing Director of Allied Stars (financing Chariots of Fire and Breaking Glass), Administrator and a Governor of the National Film and Television School and of the Royal National Theatre, Vice-Chairman (Film) of PACT - The Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (representing over 1,000 independent film and television producers in the United Kingdom).
Timothy Burrill was Managing Director of Pathé Productions in London, one of the three companies that won an Arts Council of England National Lottery Franchise. He was on the Board of the British Film Commission and is an Honorary Advisor to the Script Factory and represented the United Kingdom at F.I.A.P.F.
Timothy now lives in London and in the Vaucluse in France. |
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Elfie A. Donnelly &
Paul Arató |
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Elfie A. Donelly is an acclaimed childrens author and screenwriter as well as a member of the German Film Academy. Winner of the prestigious Grimme Award for best sceenplay and the German Award for Youth literature over 60 million copies of her works have been sold and she has been translated into 13 languages.
This summer shooting will start on two movies whose screenplays she wrote together with her husband and working partner Paul Arató. "The little Medicus" directed by Peter Claridge and "Emma Panther", directed by Lars Buechel. Both Elfie and Paul are members of our feature film jury. |
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