>Co-founder, Executive Artistic Director and event manager of the Manchester Film Festival 2002. Raised $350k to stage this event.

>Collaborators Ian Roy, Michael Hill & Michael Ellenbogen.

>Advisors William H Macy, Ken Burns, Steve Zahn, Jack Foley, Gary Winick, Ismail Merchant, David Breashears, Spalding Grey, Eleanor Bergstein, WD Richter, Ray Hartwick, Gerald M Levin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Neal Slavin, Fisher Stevens, Rhonda Tollefson, David Wasco, Treat Williams, Edgar Landsbury, Monte Hellman, Chris Eyre, Steven Bach & Charlotte Ayanna. 

>Attendees included Burt Reynolds, F Murray Abraham, Steven Bach, Abel Ferrara, Ray Hartwick, Jack Foley, John Irving, Gerald M Levin, David Marconi, Emily Russo, Carly Simon, Ally Sheedy, Charlotte Ayanna, Larry Thorpe, Rhonda Tollefson, Ron Tsuruda, Gary Winick, WD Richter, Larry Fessenden, Doron Eran, Eleanor Bergstein, Alison Benson, David Breashears, Elliot Grove, Ray Hartwick, Michael Wong, Craig Yanagi, Steve Mahrer & David Leitner.