The Team
Jonny Copp – Director
Mark Reiner – Producer
Jose Yavari – Art Director
Mick Follari – Webmaster
Ben Alexandra - Data and Tech Director
Brady Liljemark - Director Chile
"Nacho" Morales - Director Chile
Raphael Lagrange - Communications and Development Chamonix
Sara Close – Logistics and LNT Partner
Monika Bunting - Student Program and Development
Adam Broadbent – Film Editor and Creative
Russell Holcomb – Technical Production
Meryem Erzoz - Workshop Coordinator
Chris Archer - Attorney
Kinley Jackson - Accountant
Julia Wieck - PR
Pete Takeda - Writer
Jer Collins - Animation and Motion Graphics
Andy Sowar - Website / Video Editor
Additional Film Selection Committee Members:
Annisa Houser (Professor) – France
Kirk Peterson (Entertainment Promoter) - USA
Isaac Savitz (Builder) - USAStuart Swineford (Web Consultant/Designer) - USAPemba Sherpa (Mountain Guide and Pilot) – Nepal
Tyler Young (Film and TV Program Director) – USA
Naomi Guy (Climber) – UK
Abbey Smith (Writer) - USA
Special Thanks to:
Kristo Torgersen, Jeff Alexander, Eric Rosenblum, Lenore Sparks, Jim Nigro, Dan Howley, Elizabeth Indart, Micah Dash, Adele Shnopf, Molly and B-side, Kate at Communikey. John and Phyllis Copp and all of our friends, family and volunteers who help make our events powerful and worthwhile.
Jonny Copp, born in Singapore in '74, has had his passport stolen by a monkey in India, been stuck in a crevasse for four days in the Himalaya, been given a test run with a machine-gun in Pakistan, been robbed in Reno, and has starved in Patagonia. He is known for his climbing, photography, writing and high level alpinism. He has made cutting edge first ascents of some of the steepest walls and mountains worldwide. Jonny's photography, writing and film footage has been used in magazines, books and movies. He is the Founder and Director of Adventure Film.
Mark has traveled the world from the Mountains of Kashmir to wild rivers in Chile. He is a Musician, River Guide, Photographer and the man in charge of Filmmaker Relations, Festival Film Submissions, Tour Event Coordination and more. A man of many talents, you'll also see him on stage with mic in hand as the Emcee for Adventure Film events worldwide. He is one of the main voices of Adventure Film, and the Fest wouldn't exist without him.
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A graduate of Brown University, Mick is also a world traveler, alpinist and climber, teacher, photographer/writer, musician and home builder. His photography first led him into designing and building websites, his math and science training prepared him for the problem-solving of programming. Mick works with schools on math and physics curricula; he teaches courses and has authored books and articles in those subjects. He's been programming CSS, Javascript, ASP.NET, C#, and ActionScript for about 3 years. This film festival was birthed in his basement; escaping involvement was never an option ;)
Ben Alexandra, Web Programmer/Technical Director
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Ben Alexandra is the founder and owner of Trakkware, Inc., a Boulder-based web development firm. He enjoys climbing, playing hockey, snowboarding, hiking, drinking coffee or good wine. He's been helping with the festival since the first year and hopes to for many years to come
We are especially grateful to the film selection committee members who volunteer their time to create a program of the most adventurous and inspiring films of the year and to the filmmakers who sacrifice blood sweat and tears.We have more Bios to add here...comin soon.