Creative Director

James is the co-founder and Creative Director of Indika Entertainment Advertising in New York City.  Prior to forming Indika, James created his reputation as a graphic visionary when he set up an in-house creative department at Miramax Films, and served there for four years.  At Miramax, he created groundbreaking campaigns for films such as The Piano, The Crying Game and Strictly Ballroom, and won Key Art Awards for his campaign for Pulp Fiction.

After eleven years, Indika continues to demonstrate innovation and leadership in the creation of poster campaigns for feature length films.  With over 150 movie credits earned, Indika continues operations in Los Angeles and New York serving the marketing needs for major Hollywood studios.  Their diversity, cutting-edge ideas and creative talents are exemplified in posters of such films as The Last Samurai, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Girl Interrupted and Ocean’s Eleven and Twelve

James received his BFA from Parsons School of Art and Design after going to high school at Manhattan’s prestigious High School of Art and Design.  James was born in Quito, Ecuador and is based in New York City.

Producer, President, AAFilmlab

Derek found his love for acting while studying at Cornell University.  He later studied at T.Schreiber Studios.

Following, Derek has starred in a number of film and television roles.  Notable television appearances include:  Saturday Night Live, Discovery Channel’s Cookin’ in Brooklyn, and All my Children.

Notable Film roles include:  Super Hair-o(2005 SFAIFF, SDAIFF, NY, etc.), The Dragon’s Eye, History.

Derek has also starred in various national televison commercials which include: Campbell’s Soup, Napa Auto Parts, Carmax, and others.  Finally, you probably caught him in various modeling campaigns:  Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, ING Bank, and others.

While filming his short: “The Dragon’s Eye”, Derek found his love for producing.  This has led him to pursue further endeavors.

He is now working on producing the 2nd Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout.

http://www.derekting.com

The 2nd Annual 72 Hour* Film Shootout! is a

where teams will have 72 hours to write, edit, shoot, and produce a 6 minute short film.

Competition Date is set for June 17-20, 2005!

***Happy Hour to meet other filmmakers, talents, and crew!  May 25th 6-9pm! Details under Schedule***

The Top Winner:
A chance to create an MTV World Promo!

Top 3 winners:
1 on 1 pitch sessions with MTV industry executives!

Other awards:
Selected Films may be broadcast nationally on the MTV World Channels.

Get your work seen by high profile judges and industry professionals!  They are looking for that diamond in the rough.

Most of All, Have Fun!

Get your teams ready!

THE GOAL: WRITE, SHOOT AND EDIT A SHORT FILM IN 72 HOURS
Team work and complete focus will help you develop a cohesive and
entertaining work which will screen to an eager audience.
New Participant agreement added May 21, 2005

Here are the documents you will need for this competition.

MTV World

ACV