Planning Committee

Martin Banks

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Martin has a 25-year career in the television and entertainment industries. Moving his family from the New York City area to San Diego in 2000 to find a slower pace of life, Martin opened Video Gear Rentals in the summer of 2004. After less than a year in business, it was obvious that San Diego needed an independent filmmakers group, so Video Gear Rentals proudly became the founding sponsor of San Diego Filmmakers.

Dan Margules

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Dan is an award-winning filmmaker. His first film, Begleiter, starring Ken Osmond ("Leave it to Beaver") won the Golden Oosik at the Anchorage International Film Festival in Alaska and the Golden Honu at the Big Island Film Festival in Hawaii. In 2006, he wrote the feature screenplay "The Legend of Boomer Jack" for Twinstar Entertainment. He is currently adapting his feature screenplay "West of 5" into a series of novellas.

Aaron Matthew Kaiser

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Aaron's professional producing credits date back to 1999, when he was a contributor to the Emmy award-winning program Fresh Point on XETV Fox6 in San Diego. Since then, he has logged well over 100 hours of programming experience, has produced four award-winning projects (including the short films Three Lives and Wannabe and the music video for Christine Evans' "Give It Up"), and is co-creator of the animated series concept Dr. von Kaiser, which was a finalist in the Slamdance Teleplay Competition.

Gerald "Wade" Varney

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In addition to being a co-founder of San Diego Filmmakers, Wade is Vice President of Programming for North County Videomakers and has produced and directed many corporate videos and over 200 TV commercials. His work has won numerous first place industry awards including the Cindy Award, Golden Eagle Award, Golden Camera Award, and the AAF's "Best in the West" Award for his commercials. In 2007, Wade's experimental short, "Flaming Chicken," took home the Grand Festival Award at the Berkeley Film Festival.

Robert Anthony Hubbell

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Mr. Hubbell, the "Idea Guy," is founder and President of robertanthonyhubbell.com, a digital media company that creates digital films, e-books, digital music, an e-zine, and digital audio/video webcasts - all specifically designed to encourage people to think critically and explore new ideas. Robert has over twenty years experience writing, directing and performing theatre, music, dance and film. He has won several awards and continues to garner accolades from industry peers for his originative and innovative writing, directing, and performances.