2019 Austin Film Festival & Conference

Matt Dartnell is a California-bred literary manager with a deep love for film, television, podcasts, and the unique voices and strange perspectives that generate these stories. His specialty is helping creatives navigate the ups and downs of Hollywood while developing great material... Read More →

Milan Kumar Chakraborty is a 15-year veteran of the film industry after a career as a Certified Public Accountant. He started his career at Warner Bros. ("WB") and New Line Cinema ("NLC”), where he performed detailed reviews of 10 feature film productions with budgets ranging from... Read More →

Bryce Norbitz is the Director of Scripted Programs at Tribeca Film Institute where she empowers filmmakers through grant programs, workshops, screenings and events. Bryce curates scripted projects for TFI Network, the filmmaker/industry market at Tribeca Film Festival, and provides... Read More →

Carrie Isgett is a literary manager and producer at Lit Entertainment, where she focuses on making sure everyone feels like they can see themselves represented onscreen, whether it be gender, sexual orientation, race, or unique backgrounds. She majored in theatre at the College of... Read More →

Michael Brandt is the co-creator of “Chicago Fire” along with its subsequent spinoffs  “Chicago PD, Chicago Med, and Chicago Justice.” Brandt directed multiple episodes as well.  Brandt wrote the features “3:10 to Yuma,” “Wanted,” “2 Fast 2 Furious,” “Catch... Read More →

Fatimah Asghar is a poet, screenwriter, educator and performer. Her work has appeared in many journals, including POETRY Magazine, Gulf Coast, BuzzFeed Reader, The Margins, The Offing, and the Academy of American Poets. Her work has been featured on news outlets like PBS, NPR, Time... Read More →

Miranda Sachetta is a composer based out of Los Angeles, specializing in television, film, and other media. She holds a Film Scoring degree from Berklee College of Music in her hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. Miranda's music can be heard on shows including the Transformers: Prime... Read More →

Kelly Williams has produced numerous films which have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival including this year’s Next selection, LIGHT FROM LIGHT, directed by Paul Harrill and starring Jim Gaffigan. Past Sundance premiere’s include the 2019 Independent Spirit Award Winning... Read More →

Jonathan Duffy is an award winning producer recently nominated for the 2019 Film Independent SpirIt Producers Award. Based in Oakland California, Jonathan is a co-founder of Ten Acre Films along with long time producing partner Kelly Williams. Jonathan was a fellow in the 2018 Rotterdam... Read More →

Keith Maitland is the director of TOWER, winner of the Critics’ Choice Award for Most Innovative Documentary in 2016, as well as the Emmy for Best Historical Doc.He is currently wrapping post-production on a new doc, Dear Mr. Brody, a psychedelic journey into the heart (and bank... Read More →