San Diego Filmmakers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

	DAN MARGULES - PRESIDENT - Send Dan an Email! 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 - VICE PRESIDENT - Send Aaron an Email! 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.

	MARTIN BANKS - Send Martin an Email! 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.

	GERALD "WADE" VARNEY - Send Wade an Email! 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- Send Robert an Email! 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.

	TAYLOR RICHARDS- Send Taylor an Email! Bio coming soon.

SPECIAL ADVISORS TO THE BOARD

	KRISTEN MARTIN - Send Kristen an Email! Kristen is currently studying film at Palomar College in San Marcos, California. In high school, she won a Best Actress award for the lead role in "Lend Me a Tenor." In 2002, she worked as a sound editor on the Ted Leitner and Kyle Kraska's radio shows at KFMB. Recently, Kristen shot and edited behind-the-scenes footage in La Jolla for the 2006 3-D IMAX film Deep Sea 3D and before that she was an underwater cinematographer for a longboard surfing documentary. In 2005, she produced the short film Bar Moments, which premiered at the San Diego Film Festival.

	ROBERT MASON - Send Robert an Email! Robert is an independent audio engineer, producer, and voice talent based in San Diego. He is the owner of Doghouse Productions, a digital recording and post-production company specializing in words and sounds for film and audio productions. Robert has been creating and recording sound for 30 years, during which time he has worked in a wide variety of genres from music and spoken word production, live seminars, and holistic healing programs, to commercials and soundtracks for independent films.

	ACE UNDERHILL - Send Ace an Email! Ace brings over 12 years of experience in the film and television industry, blending extensive technical knowledge with an award-winning artistic edge. He founded Brilliant Screen Studios, a full-service production facility in San Diego, assisting clients such as feature filmmakers, the BBC, NBC, Spike TV, and Delorean Motor Company. In addition to the San Diego Filmmakers Board of Directors, he also serves on the Film Advisory Board to the Government of Costa Rica. When not on the set, he designs filmmaking tools, equipment and software; with U.S. Patents pending.