Thursday, October 2, 2014

Malone Alumni Featured Guests at Canton Film Festival

2007 Malone University Graduates and Open Film filmmakers Jake and Erin Brown Thomas are returning to Canton as guests of the 2014Canton Film Festival.  The Canton Film festival is hosting  

a Q&A session with Erin and Jake on Friday, Oct. 3rd at 3:30 at the Palace Theater.

The couple will share their thoughts on directing, producing, scriptwriting and the creative and competitive business of filmmaking.  Their most recent collaboration, Hotwire the Movie (https://www.facebook.com/HotwireMovie/info?ref=page_internal), directed by Erin written by Jake is doing well on the festival circuit.

Both Jake and Erin are listed on IMDB and your can find their complete filmography here.  Erin (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3367798/) and Jake (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3737381/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2).

Jake and Erin have also served as jury members for the Open Frame Film Festival, most recently in 2014.  Both describe their involvement with the Open Frame Film Festival while students at Malone as influencing their desire to work in the industry and as helping them build their filmmaking skill sets.