Writers

Derek Leverette is a Videofest News Journalist.

Vaness Willoughby is an undergraduate at Emerson College currently working as an Editorial Intern for The Independent.

Gillian Moody is a freelance writer, editor and blogger. Check out her website at www.gillianmoody.blogspot.com.

Amanda Axelson is a writer and teacher living in Los Angeles.

Abra Moore graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a BA in English. Although she is a Rhode Island native, 2008 is her first experience working for the Rhode Island International Film Festival. She was also recently a judge in the 48 Hour Film Festival.

Erica Ginsberg can be reached at erica -AT- docsinprogress -DOT- org.

Randi Cecchine is a New York City based independent filmmaker currently editing her feature documentary Trail of Feathers; The Missile Dick Chicks Take on America and finishing up a new set of interviews to accompany a DVD re-release of her personal documentary Scrambled; a Journey Through Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

Jen Swanson is a freelance writer living in New York City.

Steven Abrams is a writer living in Austin, Texas.

Cynthia Close is the executive director of Documentary Educational Resources. More information is at www.der.org.

Nikki Chase is a freelance writer in Boston. She can be contacted at nikki_chase@emerson.edu.

Denise Burrell-Stinson is a writer and journalist living in New York City. She has a bachelors degree in Politics from Princeton and is an MFA candidate in creative writing at Columbia.

Laura is a writer and teacher.

Macauley Peterson recently earned his Masters in Film Studies from the University of Amsterdam. He is currently producing multimedia content for the Internet Chess Club and ICC Chess.FM, and may be reached at MacauleyPeterson.com.

Therese Shechter is a documentary filmmaker, graphic designer, writer and reporter. Learn more at www.trixiefilm.com.

Lynn Tryba is a writer and an editor who lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in a number of national magazines, including Psychology Today and the Robb Report. Links to her work are compiled at LynnTryba.com.

Randy Steinberg works at Boston University where he teaches a screenwriting class and is the Film and Television department's Motion Picture Industry Coordinator. To learn more about his writing projects please visit: www.scriptsages.com.

Dane Young is an independent film maker from New York City. He is currently working on his next film project Beat Down, starring Dan Franzese.

Born in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, and raised on the North Shore of Boston, Rufus Chaffee just recently completed his feature film debut as writer/director/producer of Divine Intervention.

Dorothy Blyskal is an Emerson College graduate, hailing from Easton, Pennsylvania. She has been a contributing writer for myriad periodicals including Sesame Street Magazine and Wired. She is currently a freelance script writer, having written scripts for everything from corporate videos to commercials to recruitment videos.

Darren Dahl is a writer living in Asheville, North Carolina.

Mariel Lynn DiSibio is currently pursuing her Master's in Arts & Culture Journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She is a freelance writer for The New York Times and for The Independent. She can be reached by email at marieldisibio@yahoo.com.

David Tamés is a producer, videographer, editor, and media technologist who advises clients on a range of topics including production planning, post-production work flow, and delivering video on the web.