It was the second off-the-record summit convened by the UCLA Center for Communication Policy and the American Cinema Foundation in the past 1-1/2 years, an ongoing effort to invite a free exchange of ideas - out of the glare of media - among groups with opposite interests.
com, will have their films reviewed by a competition judging panel made up of film and water management experts to include: * Gary McVey, Executive Director, American Cinema Foundation * Timothy Brick, Chairman, Metropolitan Water District * Amanda Pope, Associate Professor, University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts * Philip Sokoloski, Manager of Communications, FilmL.
The critically acclaimed writer, director and producer will join current judges Gary McVey, executive director of the American Cinema Foundation, and Amanda Pope, associate professor at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts, in reviewing filmmaker submissions and choosing a winner at the competition's final screening event at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden on October 11, 2008.
1, 2008 will be reviewed by a panel of judges that includes: * Gary McVey, Executive Director, American Cinema Foundation * Amanda Pope, Associate Professor, University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts * Robert Glennon, Professor, University of Arizona's Rogers College of Law and author of Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping And The Fate Of America's Fresh Waters Now open for submissions, The 2008 Intelligent Use of Water Film Competition is accepting all narrative, documentary, animated, experimental and/or student-made short films (1-10 minutes in actual or excerpted run time) that explore methods and ideas to responsibly manage and utilize earth's most precious resource.
Babylon 5 has received numerous awards including two Emmys, two consecutive Hugo Awards, the Ray Bradbury Award for Dramatic Screenwriting from the Science Fiction Writers of America, five English Media aCult TV' Awards, the E Pluribus Unum Award from the American Cinema Foundation, the Sci-Fi Universe Reader Choice Award for Best TV Series and was the winner of the TV Guide Poll for Best Sci-Fi Show.
Her prior professional background includes serving as counsel for the American Federation of Television and Radio Arts, assistant general counsel for Golden West Broadcasters and as founding executive director of the American Cinema Foundation.
