All of the "In Competition" awards are chosen by a jury selected by the CC7D Steering Committee. This year's Jury is still being formed.

Update: We are pleased to announce the the 2009 Jury Members.

Lydia Blanco, Actress
The Terminal, The Holiday, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Shield, CSI, Strong Medicine

Susan Fowler,
Texas Motion Picture Alliance, Vice President and SE Regional Representative

J. Todd Hunter
Founder and Director of Worldfest, The 43rd Annual Houston International Film and Video Competition

Justin Meeks, Filmmaker
The Wild Man of the Navidad

Mark Scott, Corpus Christi City Councilman

BIOS/INFO

Lydia Blanco, Actress

Lydia Blano hails from Corpus Christi, Texas. Before she made her "big move" to LA, She was very involved in the independent film scene with features such as The Right Girl, Beyond Words, and The MO of MI. The short film in which she starred in, Dial M for Maria, has appeared in several festivals and has won many awards.
Since moving to Hollywood, she has worked with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks in The Terminal, and Kate Winslet and Jack Black in The Holiday. She is best known for her role as Maria, Larry David's housekeeper, in HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Memorable credits include: The Shield, CSI, and Strong Medicine.

Susan Fowler bio coming soon.

J. Todd Hunter, Worldfest, Houston International Film and Video Competition

J. Todd Hunter founded WorldFest as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society, in August, 1961. WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the World. It evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April, 1968. Todd is an award-winning producer/director and has been honored with more than 115 international awards for creative excellence in film production, He has been the producer, director, writer and/or cameraman on more than 300 motion picture and video productions.

Justin Meeks, Filmmaker

Justin Meeks was raised in Corpus Christi, TX. After receiving degrees in Psychology and Film from Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, he moved to Austin to pursue acting. He wrote, directed and stars in the film The Wild Man of the Navidad which was selected to screen in the Toronto Film Festival in 2008 and receives a worldwide DVD release August 11, 2009. Meeks recently landed roles on FOX's hit show Prison Break, NBC's Friday Night Lights and the 35mm feature Kings of the Evening. He currently is a published poet, registered Kahuna and co-founder of Greeks Productions. Represented by Linda Mcalister.>.

Mark Scott, Corpus Christi City Councilman

Mark Scott bio coming soon.