HATCHfest

Alumni Mentors

"Each of us can remember a time in our lives when a brush with someone we admired changed our life´s path forever. HatcH is creating those moments. By bringing together seasoned veterans with the most talented students in the arts, experiences are shared and horizons brighten. The mentors below arrive in Bozeman, Montana on a mission to share knowledge and inspiration."

ACTORS

Peter Fonda (Ghost Rider, The Limey, Ulee´s Gold, Easy Rider)
Michael Keaton (Out of Sight, Batman, Beetle Juice)
Jeff Bridges (Seabiscuit, The Big Lebowski, Fearless)
Brian Geraghty (When a Stranger Calls, Art School Confidential, Jarhead, We Are Marshall, Bobby)
Anthony Mackie (Million Dollar Baby, She Hate Me, We Are Marshall)
Samantha Mumba (Nailed, Johnny Was, The Time Machine)
Bill Pullman (Zero Effect, Independence Day)
William Fitchtner (Nine Lives, Crash, Armageddon)
Margot Kidder (Crime and Punishment, Superman)
Rick Schroder (Black Cloud, NYPD Blue, Lonesome Dove)
Dean Cain (Lost, Runaway, Lois & Clark)
Wes Studi (Into the West, Edge of America, Dances With Wolves)
Eddie Spears (FAME, Alone with a Stranger)
Michael Spears (Into the West)
DeLanna Studi (Edge of America, Dreamkeeper)
Huntley Ritter (September Dawn, Bring it On)
Nia Peeples (General Hospital, Blues Brothers 2000, Firedog)
William Katt (The Greatest American Hero, Jawbreaker, Whacked)
Julia Jones (Black Cloud, Three Priests, The Look)
Russell Means (Cowboy Up, Pathfi nder, Last of the Mohicans)

DIRECTORS

David Anspaugh (Rudy, Hoosiers)
Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil)
Jon Amiel (Academy-Award Nom, Entrapment, Somersby)
Rodrigo Garcia (Gia, Four Rooms, Mi vida loca, Lola )
Michael Anderson (Millennium, On the Waterfront)
John Mulholland (MODA Entertainment Documentaries)
Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Edge of America)
Gabrielle Savage Dockterman(Missing in America)
Kevin Noland (director/producer, Americano)
William Katt (Firedog, Twin Falls, Idaho)
John Dahl (Rounders, The Great Raid)
Kevin Lewis (The Third Nail)
Curtiss Clayton (Rick)
Darren Lemke (Lost)
Kevin Noland (Americano)
Todd Jeffery(Moonlight Basin Outstanding Filmmaker Award, ´04)
James Pellerito(Moonlight Basin Outstanding Filmmaker Award, 05)

PRODUCERS

Jonathan Krane ( Basic, Domestic Disturbance, Swordfish, The General's Daughter)
Basil Iwanyk (We Are Marshall, Firewall, Laws of Attraction, Mindhunters)
Jonathan Sanger (The Producers, Suspect Zero, Vanilla Sky, MI: II)
Dick Shepherd (Breakfast at Tiffany´s, The Hanging Tree)
Scott Duthie (September Dawn, Firedog)
Patrick Markey (A River Runs Through it, Horse Whisperer)
Dennis Bishop (World Without Waves)
Julie Lynn (Nine Lives, Twin Falls Idaho)
Charlie Ebersol (Ithuteng)
Scott Duthie (Firedog, September Dawn, River´s End)
Barnet Bain (What Dreams May Come)
Linda Stewart (Commercial Production, over 150 Awards)
Kevin Matossian (September Dawn, Lost)
Clark McCutchen (Production Attorney, Americano, Spun)

INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES

Jim Brubaker (President of Physical Production Universal Studios)
Erica Huggins (Producer, and Senior Exec Imagine Entertainment)
Dan Lin (Senior VP of Production at Warner Brothers)
Greig McRitchie (Sr VP Post-production Universal Studios)
Murray Weissman (Murray Weissman and Associates)
Christopher Aronson (Fox Distribution, HATCH Jury)
Craig Dehmel (Fox Distribution, HATCH Jury)
Brittany Ballard (New Market Film, HATCH Jury)
Bert Manzari (Montana Film Council, HATCH Jury)
Megan O’Neill (Atom Films, HATCH Jury)
Matt Mueller (Total Film Magazine, HATCH Jury)
Tom Boland (Former VP Paramount, Vanilla Sky, Jimmy Neutron)
Kristina Kreska (B.D. Fox and Associates)
Brian Fox (E.T., Batman, The Matrix)

PROFESSORS

Steve Shor(USC, UCLA)
Dennis Aig (Montana State University)

INDUSTRY CREW

Rene’ Haynes (Casting Director, The New World, Edge of America)
Scott Chestnutt (Editor, The Great Raid, Rounders)
JP Gabriel (Gaffer, MTV Movie Awards, Northfork)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jack Green (Unforgiven, Girl, Interrupted, The 40 Year Old Virgin)
Vilmos Zsigmond (Oscar Winner :: Close Encounter of the Third Kind, Melinda and Melinda)
David Klein (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks II)
Crayton Smith (Cinematography Agent)
David Butler (Aerials, True Lies, Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now)
Andrew Laszlo (Newsies, Innerspace, Poltergeist II)
Chris Patterson (Warren Miller Films)
Jeff Laszlo (Hundreds of Commercials)
Matt Arkins (Over 500 Commercials, Music Videos)

MUSIC

Jackson Browne (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy-nominated)
Bruce Langhorne (Composer, The Hired Hand)
Ray Gmeiner (VP Virgin Records)
Sean O'Connell (CEO of Music Allies)
Etienne De Rocher
Jonah Smith
Toubab Krew
JD Souther (Singer/Songwriter : Heartache Tonight, Best of My Love)
Nellie Mckay (Musician, ComposerRumor Has It)
Kostas
Stephen Perkins (Co-founder Jane's Addiction)
Willie Waldman
Michael Spears
The Samples
Tony Furtado
Ryan Montana
Brandy Vaughan(Gibson Guitar New Musician winner '04)
Chris Webster (Gibson Guitar New Musician winner '05)
Marhsall Maclean (Gibson Guitar New Musician winner '06)

WRITERS

Richard Price (Sea of Love, Ransom, Clockers, The Color of Money)
TJ Lynch ( A Plumm Summer)
Jamie Linden (We Are Marshall, The Dogs of Babel)
Tom J. Astle (Failure to Launch, Get Smart)
Gregg Hurwitz (The Tower, Minutes to Burn, The Kill Clause, Program, Trouble Shooter)
William "Gatz" Hjortsberg (Angel Heart, Legend)
Angelo Pizzo (The Game of Their Lives, Rudy, Hoosiers)
James Crumley (The Far Side of Jericho)
Jaimie Harrision
Marcus Stevens (Buck Brannaman, Curve of the World)
Mark Sullivan (Purifi cation Ceremony, Serpent's Kiss)
Jessica Mecklenburg (HUFF)
Diane Cairns (Literary Agent ICM, Packaged Fatal Attraction, Thelma & Louise)

JOURNALISM

Michael Finkel (The New York Times, True Stories)
Jeff Pohlman (Emmy-nominated Journalist, CNBC)
Sharon Swart (Variety, HATCH Jury)
Brad Markel (Photographer, White House Journalist)
Mike Hegedus (CNBC Correspondent, Mike on the Money)
Jean Oppenheimer (Writer, Cinematographer Magazine)
Gerard Miller (Cameraman, CNBC)
Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil)
Elliot Kotek (Editor and Chief Moving Pictures Magazine)

PHOTOGRAPHY

Jeff Conger (Professor Graphic Design MSU)
Dan Cox (Covers of National Geographic, Photography, Outdoor Photographer)
Frank Masi (Feature Film Photographer, Lady in the Water, War of the Worlds)
Will Brewster
Audrey Hall
Brad Markel

ARTISTS

Deborah Butterfield
David Lemon
Dennis Harrington
Rocky Hawkins
Nolan Salix
Gennie DeWeese

FASHION

David Evangelista (Five-time Emmy-Award Nominee Stylist)
Virgil Oritz (Fashion, Native Spotlight)
Jay Calderin (Founder of Fashion Week Boston, featured in Vogue, Elle)
Mike Townsend (Business End, Shoes, Jeans)
Eric Niccole (Orthodox Clothing)

DESIGN

Jody Turner (Trend Expert, Designer, GAP, Apple Pro)
Jeffrey Conger (ID Magazine's Top 50 Designers in the US)
Guy Seese (Saturn, Motorola, Dell, Nike, Microsoft, Gold Clio Winner, Hybrid Award Winner by the Art Director's Club)
Brian Fox (E.T., Batman, The Matrix)
Rick Hughes (Chairmen of Media Arts U of M)

TECHNOLOGY

Paul Dumais (CEO Moose Factory, Uwink)
Nolan Bushnell (Founder of Atari, Chucky Cheese, Uwink)
Jim Banister (Author "Word of Mouse", former CEO Warner Interactive)

ATTORNEYS

Eric Weissmann Weissmann, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, Grodin & Evall LLP
Christopher Shulte Merchant & Gould
Andrew Ehard Merchant & Gould