BLUE Ocean Film Festival is a global film festival and conservation summit for underwater filmmakers and marine researchers. A simultaneous community festival will share the best of the film competition with the public and will include presentations from the filmmakers and scientists who created them. Following the festival, a selection of winning films will tour the world, providing those who may not otherwise have access to these great films a chance to learn more about our oceans.
The goal of BLUE Ocean Film Festival is to share at all levels the latest insights on what is happening in our oceans, and to provide tangible ways people can make a difference.
PRESENTED BY MAKE A DIFFERENCE MEDIA FOUNDATION COMMITTED TO USING THE POWER OF FILM TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON IMPORTANT GLOBAL ISSUES
Make a Difference Media program goals are to educate, inspire and motivate.
Debbie Kinder Executive Director (831) 324-0357 dk@blueoceanfilmfestival.org
Charles Kinder CEO
(831) 324-0357 ck@blueoceanfilmfestival.org
GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD
Dan Basta National Marine Sanctuary System/ Director
Arlene Burns BLUE Ocean Film Festival/Director
Tom Campbell Tom Campbell's HD Productions
Barry & Terry Tanner Clark Mandalay Media Arts / Executive Producers
Jean-Michel Cousteau Ocean Futures Society / Executive Producer
Fabien Cousteau Plant a FIsh
Dr. Sylvia Earle National Geographic / Explorer-in-Residence
John Francis, Ph. D. National Geographic Society / VP Research, Conservation & Exploration
Paul Gasek Discovery Networks/ Executive Producer/Senior Science Editor
Gregory D. Bossart, V. M. D., Ph. D. Georgia Aquarium / Senior Vice President & Chief Veterinary Officer Neil Harraway NHNZ, New Zealand / Director Executive Vice President, Marketing & Development
Jim Hekkers Monterey Bay Aquarium / Managing Director
Tim Keeney NOAA/ Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere
Stratton Leopold Paramount Pictures / Executive Producer
Harriet Nimmo Wildscreen / Chief Executive
Kevin McCarey Savannah College of Art & Design /Film and Television Department/Professor
Cristina Mittermeier
ILCP / Executive Director
Chris Palmer Center for Environmental Film American University/ Director Founder | MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation/President
Laura Cantral Joint Ocean Commission/Meridian Institute / Sr. Mediator
Shari Sant Plummer
Code Blue Charitable Foundation / President
Bud Ris New England Aquarium/ President
Lisa Samford Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival / Exec. Director
Mark Shelley Sea Studios Foundation
Greg Stone, Ph.D. Conservation International / Sr.VP Marine Programs
Bob Talbot
Talbot Productions / Founder
Laura Orthwein Vagnone Feodor Pitcairn Productions / Vice President
Charlotte Vick Deep Search Foundation / Google Oceans
Dr. John Welch Sarasota Film Festival/ Founder
Mark Wild National Geographic Television/ Director of International Development
Charles Kinder BLUE Ocean Film Festival LLC / CEO
Debbie Kinder BLUE Ocean Film Festival LLC / Executive Director
Mari Carswell Spyhop Productions / Executive Producer Southern Film Center, Partner
Dave Hazzard Display Point Holdings, Inc. / CEO Make A Difference Media / Board Member
