2016 Lone Star Film Festival

Liz earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick. Her debut feature, BREAD AND BUTTER, was called “an absolute must-watch... Read More →

Director/Writer: Emanuele Mengotti was born in 1986 in Venice, Italy. He studied acting and he discovered his vocation for directing in 2009, when I wrote and directed his first short film. After that experience, he quit acting and he focused solely on directing. In 2015 he direct his short film “The writer” Selected at Lone Star Film Festival, The Venice Film week and San Antonio Film Festival. In January 2016 he worked on... Read More →

Amanda Milius was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of director/screenwriter John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Jeremiah Johnson, Dirty Harry, Big Wednesday) and actress Celia Kaye. She was exposed to a lot of B-films, Westerns, classics and art films both from her parents and from her first job working at a local arthouse video store in Los Angeles. She is forging a style influenced by these films but with her own take on themes of... Read More →

Josh Wolff is a Chicago-based filmmaker with an MFA in Cinema with a directing concentration from DePaul University. He spent over 10 years working and acting in theatre, including an artistic apprenticeship at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Since then, he has written, produced, and directed award-winning short films that have played in festivals across the country, including the Columbus International Film and Video Festival, the Illinois... Read More →