Southern Shorts Guidelines

Judges

Our Judge pool consists of industry professionals who have worked on short films, features and/or TV series and all have IMDB credits or work in video production or education. Judges provide feedback on all entries which are sent to the submitter along with their score sheet. For reasons of security and integrity, we do not disclose which Judges scored which films.

Festival Director Stephen P. Sherwood is an award winning writer, director and editor with more than 70 credits on IMDb, including feature films and TV series. He runs a bi-weekly scriptwriting workshop and has written a three-part sci-fi/fantasy mini-series, three features and more than a dozen shorts to date. He has produced four award-winning short films which have all been shown in multiple festivals and is currently working on a sci-fi fantasy podcast.

Stephen P. Sherwood

Kevin L. Powers is the former Program Director for the Gwinnett Center International Film Festival who is also a writer/producer/director of feature and short films. He’s been working in the independent film industry for over fifteen years and has worked on various shorts, features, web series and documentary. In addition to the SSA, he is also working on a new feature film to be filmed in Georgia with local cast & crew.

Kevin L. Powers

	Joshua is a local Atlanta filmmaker who has lead commercial, narrative, and documentary projects. He works most often in post-production, editing as his specialty. He got his start in filmmaking a decade ago by accident on a zombie comedy movie and has explored most aspects of film since then. He is the sound editor for Atlanta Film Chat.
Joshua Gohlke
	Steve Anderson is a skilled and seasoned Director of Photography and Colorist who has worked on everything from features to TV shows, commercials, industrials and shorts including the series "America's Castles" and the documentaries "A Man Named Pearl," and "Restore America" among many others.
Steve Anderson

	Ted Rubin has been a Producer on many local productions. Having worked in almost every facet of film-production, he has effectively collaborated with cast and crew members on their production and personal needs. Combined with his ability to create efficient and professional sets with hard work and professionalism, he combines Hollywood standards with southern hospitality.
Ted Rubin

	Leonard has worked overseas in video production as a producer, director, vidoegrapher and editor. He is also experienced as a narrator and writer and has worked as a freelance camera operator in Orlando. Most recently, he has working as a certified teacher, teaching video production to students for the Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida.
G. Leonard Conner
	Regina Partee is a graduate of Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film, and a graduate of Full Sail University with a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing. Regina is the writer, director and producer of three local musical stage plays, multiple short films and has written several feature length screenplays. She is currently working on her first middle grade children’s book.
Gina Partee

Deborah Childs, began acting in the eighth grade and found the theatre to be a home base. In 2000, she started acting in the Atlanta area and performed in seven plays that first year. The seventh play, Peachtree Battle, was a huge hit and became the longest running play in Atlanta theatre history. She is most proud that multiple directors call her first when casting and, for her, the more varied the roles the better. She is also on the Executive Board of Georgia Production Partnership (georgiaproduction.org.)

Deborah Childs

Screenwriter and novelist Brian W. Peterson has been entertaining people with his stories since he was a little boy. His creative mind led him to pursue a degree in TV, Film, and Radio, and being trained in screenwriting and literary writing. He has published five novels and has released a Star Trek fan film that lit up the fan film world—The Lost Starship. Find more information at Brian's website, WrittenByBWP.com, or contact him on Twitter: @WrittenByBWP; or Facebook: /WrittenByBWP.

Brian W. Peterson