Keith Brooks/Bean Dip Productions
Keith Brooks is an actor, writer, and director that has no idea how to write a bio. Which is ironic, because a vast majority of his work stems from some sort of autobiographical inspiration. An avid nunchuck enthusiast and fan of all things Neve Campbell, along with his production partner he is the co-owner of Bean Dip Productions. Together they have created such films as Deadpool: A Typical Tuesday, To Wong With Kung Fu: Thanks For Everything, a 6 Year Old and an 8 Year Old, M is for Manscapping, and Greg’s Got Doritos.
Darrell Hazelrig/New Puppet Order
Darrell C. Hazelrig is a writer, director and film producer based in Atlanta, GA. He began writing and directing films at the age of twelve in Alabama. After graduating from Georgia State University he made his film festival debut with the 2003 film, The Business. In 2005, his autobiographical short film, Airband was an Official Selection of several festivals, including the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, and went on to win the ACE award at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival. He followed this success with 2008’s experimental short film Therapy which played the festival circuit across North America from 2008 – 2010. Darrell then began an ongoing relationship with the Atlanta puppet community, becoming a founding member of the New Puppet Order, and contributing to the puppet oriented films Shadow Puppets (2010, as Director of Photography) and The Wind Up Boy (2011, as co-director) as well as creating his own puppet film, The Dark Companion which made its film festival debut at the 2012 Atlanta Film Festival, and went on to win Best Film at the 2012 Laugh Track Comedy Film Festival in Denver, CO as well as receive as Special Jury Citation at the 2013 Oxford Film Festival. Hazelrig directed the latest NPO short film Ed is a Portal which debuted at the 2013 XPT showcase at the Center for Puppetry Arts.
Terrell Sandefur/Macon Film Festival
Terrell Sandefur is relationship broker, publicist, social media manager, creator of Macon Man Comics and founder and owner of The SoChi Gallery – an art and event venue in Macon, Georgia.
He is the president of the Macon Film Festival and has served as the festival’s marketing chair and emcee since 2006. Through his involvement with the film festival, Terrell has met many filmmakers who have asked him to take part in their productions, including Final Acts, Zombie Crush, The Razzle, Followed, Stuck!, and The Naked We.
Terrell has worked on films in a variety of capacities, including media relations, social media management, casting, location scout, production manager, prop master and actor. He is a huge proponent of Georgia filmmaking and has helped facilitate several films to be shot in Macon. Terrell has also produced a few films and is excited to currently be working on Installation.
Terrell lives in Macon, Georgia with his wife and twin teens.