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Adam Hastings is the Vice President of Theatrical Marketing at Pure Flix Entertainment, where he’s managed campaigns for theatrical releases including the box office hit “God’s Not Dead” and the upcoming “God’s Not Dead 2”. He’s also the associate producer of films such as “Do You Believe?” starring Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Golden Globe winner Cybill Shepherd, “This Is Our Time” starring Oscar nominated Eric Roberts, and “The Book of Esther”.

Derrick Williams is the Senior Vice President of TDJ Enterprises, where he works closely with Bishop TD Jakes. He is also the co-producer of “Sparkle” and the executive producer of films such as “Miracles from Heaven”, “Heaven is for Real”, “Black Nativity”, and “Woman Thou Art Loosed”. Over the last 20 years, through his company Favor International, Derrick has offered services in five major areas: live events; film and television; business development; marketing; and artist management. He has orchestrated the production of numerous events ranging from fundraisers, award shows, stage plays, live recordings, screenings, seminars, concerts, tours, conferences and corporate events. For the past 17 years Derrick has facilitated all aspects of Bishop TD Jakes' entertainment division, including producing feature films, television productions, and stadium conferences. Derrick has worked closely with organizations such as the Congressional Black Caucus, Universal Studios, FOX Entertainment Group, Clear Channel Enter

Charles Baker has starred in shows such as Golden Globe winning “Breaking Bad”, “Colony”, and “The Blacklist”, and movies such as Oscar nominated “Wild”, Golden Globe winning “Temple Grandin”, "To the Wonder" by Oscar nominated Terrence Malick, and the upcoming "The Neon Demon" by Cannes film Festival winner Nicolas Winding Refn.

Kim Hudson is the author of “The Virgin’s Promise”, a groundbreaking new theory on archetypal screenplay structure endorsed by legendary screenwriting expert Chris Vogler. She is a graduate of Vancouver Film School and the International School of Analytical Psychology Zurich. She teaches extensively on the theory of the Virgin’s archetypal structure.

Emmy award winning FX make-up artist Ben Rittenhouse has worked on movies such as Oscar winning “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”, Oscar Winning “Ray”, Golden Globe nominated “Kill Bill Volume 1”, and Golden Globe nominated “Kill Bill Volume 2”, as well as “Men in Black 2”, “Blade 2”, “The Hills Have Eyes”, “The Hills Have Eyes 2”, “Sin City”, “Ray”, “Planet of the Apes”, “Austin Power in Goldmember”, “Serenity”, “Employee of the Month”, and “The Hulk”, amongst many others. He is also an instructor at the Academy of Makeup Arts in Nashville, Tennessee.

Pamela Jaye Smith is a mythologist, author, international consultant and speaker, and award-winning writer-producer-director with over thirty years experience in features, TV, music videos, commercials, documentaries, corporate and military films – in Hollywood and around the world. Her co-authored script “The Cuban Circuit” was a winner at the 2015 Bahamas International Film Festival's first Writers Residency Program. Pamela is the author of “The Power of the Dark Side”, “Inner Drives”, “Symbols.Images.Codes”, “Beyond the Hero's Journey”, “Show Me the Love”, and “Romantic Comedies”. Pamela is the founder of Mythworks and co-founder of Mythic Challenges and the Alpha Babe Academy. Clients and credits include Fox, Microsoft, Paramount, Disney, Universal, RAI-TV Rome, National Film School of Denmark, LA and Marseille WebFests, and many more. Pamela is a frequent jurist and panelist for script contests and film festivals. She is the myth expert for the Special Features on Fox's “Ice Age: Continental Drift” movie

Golden Globe nominated Carlo Siliotto has composed music for over 70 films, including titles such as “Miracles from Heaven”, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny”, “The Punisher” and “Fluke”.

Matthew Margeson is a composer for movies such as Oscar nominated “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, Oscar nominated “Wreck-It Ralph”, Oscar nominated “Captain Phillips”, “Kick-Ass 2”, “This is the End”, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”, “X-Men: First Class”, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”, “The Expendables”, and “Eddie the Eagle” which is currently in theaters nationwide.

Oscar nominated and Emmy Award winning John Debney is considered one of the most prolific and successful composers in Hollywood. His unique ability to create memorable work across a variety of genres, as well as his reputation for being remarkably collaborative, have made him the first choice of many top level producers and directors. His work as a composer includes films like “Iron Man 2”, “The Stoning of Soraya M”, “Bruce Almighty”, “Evan Almighty”, “Sin City”, “The Passion of the Christ”, “Elf”, “Spy Kids”, “The Emperor’s New Groove” and the upcoming film “The Young Messiah”.

Forest Conner is the in-house data scientist for digital distribution company VHX, where he analyzes both filmmaker and audience behavior to create insights into effective models of distribution for independent films. VHX is a digital distribution platform that empowers independent artists and distributors to sell video content and connect directly with their audience. Forest graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2006 with a dual-degree in Computer Science and Psychology, specializing in Artificial Intelligence Research. He subsequently worked in the tech world until his entry into the dual MBA/MFA program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Stern School of Business. Through this dual-degree program, he focused his study on independent film production and entrepreneurship in the film industry while also producing numerous award-winning short films and web series. In addition, he is a 2014 fellow of NYU’s Cinema Research Institute where he explored the connections between film and audience through

For the past ten years, award-winning Lyle Workman has been Judd Apatow's go-to composer for virtually all his films, including “The 40-Year Old Virgin”, “Superbad”, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, and “Get Him to the Greek”. His latest release with Judd Apatow is the Netflix Original Series “Love”, which is now available for viewing.

Barry Landis is the President and CEO of Ribbow Media Group, a digital film marketing agency that has executed amongst others the online campaigns of “Risen”, “Woodlawn”, “Captive”, “God’s Not Dead”, “The Giver”, “Little Boy”, “Son of God”, “Earth to Echo” and the number one box office hit “War Room”. Prior to Ribbow Barry was a partner at the Working Title Agency, overseeing the theatrical release of box office hit “God’s Not Dead”. And he has also held the title of Vice President of Howard Books/Simon & Schuster during which time he oversaw the releases of publications by best selling authors Karen Kingsbury, Dave Ramsey, and Duck Dynasty. Barry’s illustrious entertainment career also includes roles as President of the Word Label Group at Warner Bros Records, and Vice President & General Manager of Atlantic Records Christian division, during which time millions of units were sold.

Ali Faulkner has starred in movies such as “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”, “Butcher Boys” and “Bad Kids Go to Hell”. She’s also starred as the lead in “The Song”, which was nationally theatrically released in 2014 by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Affirm.

Bobby Downes has produced more than a dozen feature films for the faith market. Beginning in 1999, Bobby produced his first independent feature film “The Moment After” and its sequel “The Moment After 2: The Awakening”, both of which were acquired by Sony Pictures. Bobby then produced “Mercy Streets” starring Oscar nominated Eric Roberts and again worked with Roberts in “Six: The Mark Unleashed”, which also starred Stephen Baldwin and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Both films were acquired for distribution by Sony Pictures. He subsequently executive produced for Ralph Winter on the adaptation of Frank Peretti's best-selling novel “The Visitation” distributed by 20th Century Fox. And he has also produced “The Lost Medallion”, “The Redemption of Henry Myers”, and “Hoovey”. Bobby’s most notable film was based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Karen Kingsbury: “Like Dandelion Dust”, which starred Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Emmy award winner Barry Pepper, and was released by Twentieth Century Fox after

Richard Ramsey is the director and writer of “The Song” which was theatrically distributed in 2014 by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He is also the artistic director of City on a Hill Productions, a faith-based multimedia company known for “Not a Fan”, which to date has sold over 1 million units.

Carole Dean is the president of From The Heart Productions, a nonprofit company that works for filmmakers as a fiscal sponsor and is now partnered with Indiegogo for crowdfunding. Through this platform Carole awards three film grants a year valued at more than $100,000, with past grants totaling more than $2 million. Each year, Carole appraises and consults on over 1,000 films and trailers to help prepare them for funding.  During her career Carole has helped filmmakers raise over $10 million for their documentaries, features, and short films. She is also the author of “The Art of Film Funding: Alternative Financing Concepts”.

Alex Neustaedter stars in "Ithaca", in the lead role of Homer, alongside Oscar winner Tom Hanks and Golden Globe nominated Meg Ryan. He also stars as Bella Thorne’s love interest in the upcoming film "Shovel Buddies", and USA network's new TV series, "Colony," from the Emmy award winning executive producer and writer of “Lost” - Carlton Cuse.

Doug Jones is a veteran of film acting with roles in major box office hits such as “Hocus Pocus”, “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”, “Hellboy” and its Oscar nominated sequel “Hellboy II: The Golden Army”, and Oscar winning “Pan's Labyrinth”, as well as the Emmy nominated TV series “Falling Skies”, and the Golden Globe nominated TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. He is renowned for his roles in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres, often wearing heavy makeup to play nonhuman characters.

Meg DeAngelis is an actress and social media superstar with over 4.3 million YouTube subscribers and 1.6 million Instagram followers. Meg has starred in the series “Royal Crush” and movies “The Giant King” and “Summer Forever” with Alyson Stoner, as well as the upcoming Dreamworks release “Trolls” in which she stars alongside Oscar nominated Anna Kendrick, Golden Globe nominated Justin Timberlake, Russell Brand and Gwen Stefani. Her latest film “Dance Camp”, was produced by John Chu as one of the first features to premiere on YouTube’s new subscription service YouTube Red.

Christopher Kenworthy is a screenwriter, director and producer of countless commercial projects and music videos, numerous short films, and a feature called “The Sculptor's Ritual”. He's the best-selling author of the renowned film book series “Master Shots” which includes Volume 1, 2 and 3, “Master Shots: Story”, “Master Shots: Suspense”, and “Master Shots: Action”. He's also the author of two well-reviewed novels and numerous critically acclaimed short stories. His latest film books are “Shoot Like Tarantino”, “Shoot Like Spielberg” and “Shoot Like Scorsese”.