Film Invasion L.A. Filmmakers Board

The Filmmakers Board is a jury of Alumni who determine the Filmmakers Awards. These are active filmmakers who have been Official Selections at Film Invasion Los Angeles, Film Invasion Lima, or Sherman Oaks Film Festival. When a film receives a Filmmakers Award it is recognition from their peers.

Aaron Bennett

  • SOFF 2025 — Jokers Wild

Alan Fischer

  • FI-LA 2021 — The Imaginary State

Alyson Croft

  • FI-LA 2025 — Jesus Loves Me
  • SOFF 2025 — Jesus Loves Me
  • SOFF 2025 — TWEENS

Andrew Cochrane

  • FI-LA 2024 — The Carrier

Angelica Campion

  • FI-LA 2021 — Squirrel Mountain ‘Iggy To The Rescue’

Bella Zoe Martinez

  • FI-LA 2025 — Once More, Like Rain Man

Benedek Koszorus

  • FI-Lima 2026 — Boulevard de la mort
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Brian Elliott

  • SOFF 2020 — Age of Bryce

Camille Corbett

  • SOFF 2023 — The Island

Chad Andrews

  • SOFF 2025 — The Butchers
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Chandra Bond

  • SOFF 2020 — Good Counsel
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Charlie Paulin

  • SOFF 2025 — Outed

Cheryl Bookout

  • SOFF 2021 — Women of Steel
  • SOFF 2022 — Inside the Beauty Bubble
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Chloe Tolderlund

  • SOFF 2025 — Fledged

Chris Fiore

  • FI-LA 2025 — Broadway & Swan

CJ Grooms

  • SOFF 2024 — Glass Ceiling
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Covello Schneider Collaborative

  • FI-LA 2025 — Becoming an Oyster
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Daniel Piñeros

  • SOFF 2025 — Don’t Watch This

Emma Elizabeth Steiger

  • SOFF 2025 — Wait To Tell Mother

Erjan Leroy Nurhassen

  • FI-Lima 2026 — Fleeing Shadows

Gerrit Van Woudenberg

  • FI-LA 2024 — Quantum Suicide
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Glenn Kopelson

James Oxyer

  • FI-LA 2022 — Sorry
  • SOFF 2024 — Hey Man
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Jannik Ehret

  • FI-LA 2025 — Paisano Overhang

Jeffrey Thompson

  • SOFF 2018 — Because We Can

Jess Paul

  • SOFF 2024 — Burying Baby

John Schlag

  • SOFF 2025 — Panes Taking
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Josiah Polhemus

  • SOFF 2025 — The Falling

JT Doran

  • FI-LA 2025 — More Dead Than Living
  • SOFF 2025 — More Dead Than Living
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Kai Brown

  • FI-LA 2025 — The Anatomy of Jane Doesn’t Exist

Karina Wolfe

  • SOFF 2021 — Lou
  • FI-Lima 2026 — Lou

Kristina Sullivan

  • SOFF 2025 — What If … You Had The Perfect Person

Lee Caruso

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Matt Steinauer

  • FI-LA 2023 — Mind Thief
  • SOFF 2023 — Mind Thief

Maureen Meehan

  • SOFF 2025 — Gilgo Beach

Maximilian Curnow

  • SOFF 2025 — Out of the Fire

Megan Elizabeth Barker

  • SOFF 2025 — His Forbidden Sword
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Michael Ross

  • FI-LA 2021 — Woman of Courage

Michael Vaughn Hernandez

  • FI-LA 2016 — Martyr
  • FI-LA 2019 — WORTHY
  • SOFF 2022 — Moments: Castle
  • SOFF 2022 — Moments: Mother
  • SOFF 2022 — Moments: Six

Naosheen Ahmed

  • SOFF 2025 — Pandaal

Nick Roth

  • FI-LA 2024 — Hanky Panky

Notoki Motion Pictures

  • FI-LA 2024 — Fear
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Oneika Mays

  • SOFF 2025 — Blur
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Pedro Patricio

  • FI-LA 2020 — Kids Don’t Die

Peter Kangas

  • SOFF 2025 — The Falling

Quinn Bailey

  • FI-LA 2020 — Cold Hard Blood

Regina Pigsley

  • FI-LA 2022 — The Phoenix
  • SOFF 2022 — The Phoenix
  • FI-LA 2023 — Matched

Ren Olivieri

  • SOFF 2024 — The Trade
  • SOFF 2025 — Rob Roy

Rich Van Tine

  • FI-LA 2019 — STUCK
  • FI-LA 2025 — FEARLESS
  • SOFF 2025 — Until the Candle Burns Out
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Rosalie Alspach

  • FI-LA 2020 — The Hostess
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Sassy Mohen

  • FI-LA 2022 — How to Hack Birth Control
  • FI-LA 2024 — On the Hook

Scarlett Redmond

  • SOFF 2021 — Contact High
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Scott Cassidy

  • FI-LA 2020 — Passenger Man
  • FI-LA 2022 — Happy Birthday

Shawn Welles Linzey

  • FI-LA 2025 — PICKLE VISION
  • SOFF 2025 — PICKLE VISION

Shelley Daniels

  • SOFF 2020 — The Resentful Angel
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Sohany Singh

  • FI-Lima 2026 — Rule of Three

Steph France

  • FI-LA 2024 — GASP

Tatiana Blackington James

  • SOFF 2023 — Homologies
  • SOFF 2025 — LAWYERED UP
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Ted Knighton

  • FI-LA 2021 — Cinema

V.R. Marianne Zahn

  • SOFF 2025 — The Desert Shrine

Vicki-Ann Bush

  • SOFF 2024 — The Geranium Deaths

Vidhya Iyer

  • SOFF 2025 — Giving Mom the Talk

Xochi Blymyer

  • FI-LA 2023 — Hey Alexa
  • SOFF 2023 — DICTATOR’S CUT
  • FI-Lima 2026 — Hey Alexa
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