Derek Horne Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

In four years I improved the program quality of the festival and brought in high profile guests. The 2020 festival had confirmed Military Wives to be our opening night film with actress Kristin Scott Thomas and director Peter Cattaneo in attendance. As director of programming, I wrote film descriptions and copy for the printed programs, introduced films and moderated Q&A's after the film screenings. As festival manager, I oversaw operational procedures, box office, guest hospitality, sponsorships and patron donations.

Hot Springs, Arkansas

I was instrumental in raising the quality of programming in my five years with the festival. I curated a solid lineup of feature and short films and specialty sidebar programs at this Academy-Accredited festival that also happens to be the oldest documentary festival in the country. Some highlights from my work with the 2018 festival included programming Free Solo and Period End of Sentence (both went on to win Oscars four months later); creating and moderating the Truth In Journalism Vs. Fake News panel and sidebar; and securing and presenting our Award recipients Brett Morgen and Sally Jo Fifer. I also updated the brand through suggesting a new logo and attracted PMK to publicize the festival.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

Curating a stellar program of feature films, documentaries, and short films at the annual film festival held in October. Introducing the film screenings and moderating the Q&A discussions with the filmmakers and audience after the screenings.

Sarasota, Fl

Orange, Ca.

Consulted with students on their festival and distribution strategies for their short films. Lectured in classes on film festivals and marketing films. Negotiated the sales of our student films to distribution companies, television channels, and sales agents. Promoted our student films to festival programmers. Coordinated the class trip to the Sundance Film Festival for 10 years. Coordinated class trips to the Cannes Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival. Coordinated logistics for Busan West, a biannual Asian Film Festival, and programmed a short film competition in conjunction with Busan International where the two award winners were screened at the festival in South Korea. Coordinated logistics for two UFVA Conferences. Read and reviewed admissions files for prospective students.

Anaheim, Ca.

Curated ten solid theme programs of short films. Our two jury award winners (God of Love & The Lost Thing) went on to win Oscars four months later. God of Love won our Jury Award for Best Live Action Short Film and The Lost Thing won our Jury Award for Best Animated Short Film. The Gruffalo won our Audience Award for Best Animated Short Film and also ended up being nominated for the 2011 Academy Awards. Also, coordinated a high school film contest as well as the jury for the short films.

Researched story ideas. Interviewed filmmakers. Wrote articles. Edited other writers' articles. Coordinated Emerging Filmmaker Showcase in Cannes for two years where we hosted award-winning students in Cannes and screened their films at the festival.

New York, N.Y.

Reviewed and acquired short films for leading short film streaming website. Handled filmmaker relations and contracts. Wrote copy for the website. Attended trade shows to promote the website. Shortbuzz.com was acquired as the film division for the multi-media website iCast.com