Executive Summary

What: 10th Annual The Method Fest Independent Film Festival

Date: March 27-April 3, 2008

Site: Calabasas, California

• Carlson Family Theatre, Viewpoint School, 23620 Mulholland Hwy., Calabasas, 91302
• Louis B. Mayer Theatre on the Motion Picture & Television Fund's Wasserman Campus, 23388 Mulholland Drive, Woodland Hills, 91371

Mission: Named for the "Stanislavski Method' which brought truth and realism to the world of acting, The Method Fest is the only major film festival in the U.S. that pays homage to the actor. The Method Fest is truly The Actor's Film Festival, a festival of Discovery, seeking breakout acting performances of emerging stars and established actors in story-driven independent films.

Festival Activities: Please see Schedule Page.

Past Honorees:

Lifetime Achievement Award

Julie Harris, Ruby Dee (2006)
Marttin Landau (2005)
Dennis Hopper (2004)
Peter Falk (2003)
Rod Steiger (2002)
James Earl Jones (2001)
Maximillian Schell (1999)

Other Honorees

Actors
The Bridges (Jeff, Beau, Lloyd)
Crispin Glover
Kevin Pollak
Lainie Kazan
John Savage
Karen Black
Kim Hunter
Jon Jacobs
Chazz Palminteri
Ernie Hudson
Monet Mazur
Kelli Garner
Agnes Bruckner

Directors
Mark Rydell
Henry Jaglom
Agnieszka Holland
Martha Coolidge

Casting directors
Mali Finn
Ronnie Yeskell

Festival Alumni (Actors who have won Method Fest awards and/or have attended):

• More than 80 films screened at The Method Fest have been released theatrically or have received Cable TV and home DVD/video distribution deals.
• Actors, filmmakers and films in The Method Fest have received 7 Independent Spirit Award nominations.

Actors featured in Method Fest films

Panelists

• Gary Austin (Groundlings founder)
• Barbara Bain (Actress: Mission: Impossible)
• Joanne Baron (Acting coach: Baron/Brown Acting Studio)
• Timothy Bottoms (Actor: The Last Picture Show, DC 9/11: Time of Crisis)
• Peter Broderick (President, Nextwave Films)
• DW Brown (Baron/Brown Acting Studio)
• Mickey Cottrell (Publicist)
• Ivana Chubbuck (Acting teacher, worked with Halle Berry)
• Lisa Dalton (Co-founder of the International Michael Chekhov Assn.)
• Mark David (Director: Sweet Thing, Intoxicating)
• Joe Dickstein (VP Acquisitions, Mainline Releasing)
• Greg Gardner (Laemmle Theaters)
• Larry Greenberg (Director of Acquisitions, Showtime / Sundance Channel)
• Ron Gilbert (The Actors Studio)
• Chris Gore (FilmThreat)
• Marla Gibbs (Actress: The Jeffersons , This Visit)
• Kirk Harris (RogueArts, Actor, Director loser, My Sweet Killer)
• Robert Hawk (Producer: Chasing Amy; The Slaughter Rule)
• Randi Hiller (Casting Director: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
• Lorrie Hull, Ph.D. (Senior faculty member, Lee Strasberg Institute)
• Lyle Kessler (Screenwriter: Gladiator, Orphans)
• Leonard Klady (Columnist: Variety, Movie City Geek)
• Shirley Knight (Actress: Sweet Bird of Youth; As Good as It Gets)
• Yevgeny Lazarev (Actor: The Saint; Stalin)
• Joe Mantegna (Actor: Joan of Arcadia ; The Rat Pack)
• John Manulis (VisionBox Media)
• Andrea Mia (VisionBox Media)
• Alan Miller (Acting coach, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman)
• David Albert Pierce (Pierce Gorman law firm)
• Stephen Polk (Actor: Amy's Orgasm, Destination Vegas)
• Tom Quinn (Senior VP Acquisitions, Samuel Goldwin)
• Steve Rothenberg (VP Acquisitions, Artisan)
• Mark Rydell (Director: On Golden Pound; The Rose)
• Maximilian Schell (Actor: Judgment at Nuremberg ; A Bridge Too Far)
• William Smithers (Actor: Attack; Papillon; Scorpio)
• Tom Tangen (Interviews of a Lifetime; Founder, L.A. Actors Coalition)
• Murray Weissman (Weissman/Delson Communications)
• Ian Whitcomb (Grammy Award winning recording artist)

Demographic Information