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LA Film Fest appoints Stephanie Allain as Festival Director
Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Spirit Awards, announced the selection of accomplished film producer Stephanie Allain as its new Los Angeles Film Festival Director, starting immediately.
From 1996-2000, Allain served as President of Jim Henson Pictures, where she produced Muppets From Space, Elmo In Grouchland and Caroline Thompsonʼs Buddy. In 2000, she headed production at 3 Arts Entertainment, producing Biker Boyz and Good Boy! In 2004, she formed her own production company, Homegrown Pictures, and produced Craig Brewerʼs Hustle & Flow, which won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, an Academy Award® for Best Original Song and earned a Film Independent Spirit Award and Academy Award® Best Actor nomination for Terrence Howard. In 2005, she produced Sanaa Hamriʼs directorial debut, Something New, for Focus Features, with the film earning two nominations for the NAACP Awards. She also produced Brewerʼs Black Snake Moan, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci. In 2008, Allain traveled to her native New Orleans to produce Hurricane Season, starring Forest Whitaker and Taraji P. Henson, for The Weinstein Company. Most recently, she produced Tina Gordon Chismʼs directorial debut, We The Peeples, starring Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington, which will be released by Lionsgate in 2013. Allain is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America. She recently sat on the Board of Film Independent and currently serves on the Board of Women In Film. She has chaired the Spirit Awards Nominating Committee, juried numerous festivals and has taught at USCʼs Peter Stark Program and the Entertainment Studies Division of UCLA. She lives in Los Angeles with her composer husband, Stephen Bray, and their fast emptying nest. 25.01.2012 | Editor's blog Cat. : Academy Award advocate America American film directors Cannes Caroline Thompson Christina Ricci Cinema of the United States Co-President composer coordinator Craig Robinson Darnell Martin David Ansen Director Doug Jones Entertainment Entertainment executive Festival Festival Artistic Film festival Film Independent Film Producer Forest Whitaker Gloria Campbell Human Interest Human Interest Independent Spirit Award Jenn Wilson Jim Henson Pictures John Singleton Josh Welsh Kerry Washington Los Angeles Los Angeles Film Festival Maggie Mackay Managing Director New Orleans Person Career president Producer Production Programmer Quotation Rebecca Yeldham Robert Rodriguez Samuel L. Jackson Sanaa Hamri Sean Mc Manus Stephanie Allain Stephanie Allain Stephen Bray Sundance Sundance Sundance Film Festival Taraji P. Henson Telluride Terrence Howard the 2005 Sundance Film Festival the Audience Award the Cannes the Los Angeles Film Festival The Weinstein Company Tina Gordon Chism UCLA Usher Utah Vice President Women In Film PEOPLE
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