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The National film festival for young Film Makers

The National film festival for young Film Makers The National film festival for young Film Makers

Meet The Judges

Michelle Eisenreich

Michelle Eisenreich

Michelle Eisenreich

Multiple award-winning film industry veteran

  • 2018 Oscar and BAFTA winner for Visual Effects; Blade Runner 2049
  • 2019 Oscar for Visual Effects ; First Man
  • Worked on many films and video games, including: Prometheus, Vampire Diaries, Pacific Rim, 2 Fast 2 Furious, X-Men 2 and many others
  • Attended school in Blythewood, SC

Rebecca Tucker

Michelle Eisenreich

Michelle Eisenreich

Co-Founder and Vice President of the Beaufort Film Society

  • Beaufort International Film Festival Director
  • Producer, director and writer at Sandbar Productions
  • Military documentary film maker
  • Member of the Carolina Film Alliance and the International Documentary Association

Ron Tucker

Michelle Eisenreich

Ron Tucker

Beaufort International Film Festival Director

Documentary film maker and owner of Sandbar Productions

  • Provider of content to many TV providers including: History Channel, National Geographic, ABC, NBC, CBS and BBC
  • Board Member of the Carolina Film Alliance

Xavier Blake

Stephen Wunderli

Xavier Blake

Sr. EEP Specialist and Producer at SCETV

  • Co-National Coordinator at US INPUT
  • Southeast Regional Emmy winner
  • Two-time Telly Award winner
  • Over 18 years of production experience

Titus Davis

Stephen Wunderli

Xavier Blake

Electronic Field Production Specialist at SCETV

  • Freelance camera operator and editor
  • Telly awards for "Remembering Charleston" and "A True Likeness"
  • Author (Poetic expressions of Humanity) and Spoken Word artist
  • Motivational Speaker

Stephen Wunderli

Stephen Wunderli

Stephen Wunderli

Award winning video story teller and writer

  • Created Cinematic stories for the Children's Miracle Network, National Hospice Association and others
  • Multiple award winner: WMMY, CINE, ADDY, Communication Arts and more
  • Honored by the United Nations for his work in promoting peace and civility in the media

Stephen McClean Folks

Stephen McClean Folks

Stephen McClean Folks

Producer/Director at SCETV

  • 40 years in public television
  • Producer of many award-winning documentary films for the Carolina Stories series
  • Producer/writer for "The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution"
  • Manager for the "South Carolina Hall of Fame Project"
  • Mentor to new film producers

Dan Rogers

Stephen McClean Folks

Stephen McClean Folks

Senior Project Manager at SouthCarolina Film Commission

  • Promotes South Carolina as a destination for film producers
  • Promotes and develops film making talent in the state of South Carolina
  • Has recruited films in South Carolina such as: The Patriot, The Prince of Tides, Forrest Gump, The Notebook and others. 

Matthew Duckworth

Stephen McClean Folks

Matthew Duckworth


Video Producer/Editor/Director

  • Producer at Bascomb Productions (www.bascombproductions.com)
  • Multimedia Producer for Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
  • Produces "I'll Show You", a YouTube series of simple how-to videos about making videos, including topics on editing and mobile filmmaking.
  • Co-taught a weekend Dishonesty Film-a-thon wit


Video Producer/Editor/Director

  • Producer at Bascomb Productions (www.bascombproductions.com)
  • Multimedia Producer for Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
  • Produces "I'll Show You", a YouTube series of simple how-to videos about making videos, including topics on editing and mobile filmmaking.
  • Co-taught a weekend Dishonesty Film-a-thon with best selling author Dan Ariely (www.danariely.com) and Oscar winner Yael Melamede. (www.saltyfeatures.com)

Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

Screenwriter/Producer/Actor 

  • ALMOST PARIS, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and Audience Choice Award (Beaufort International Film Festival) and Best Screenplay (Golden Door Film Festival), amongst others; available on numerous platforms, including Amazon Prime, from Freestyle Digital Media 
  • Appears in the features ANNABELLE HOOPER AND T

Screenwriter/Producer/Actor 

  • ALMOST PARIS, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and Audience Choice Award (Beaufort International Film Festival) and Best Screenplay (Golden Door Film Festival), amongst others; available on numerous platforms, including Amazon Prime, from Freestyle Digital Media 
  • Appears in the features ANNABELLE HOOPER AND THE GHOSTS OF NANTUCKET, available on Netflix, and THE DEPTHS, available on iTunes 
  • Numerous shorts include THERAPY, BRO (Best Homegrown Comedy, Garden State Film Festival); NIGHTINGALE (Opening Night selection, Golden Door Film Festival); SWUNG (Lou Costello Award for Comedy Short, Garden StateFilm Festival) 
  • Extensive theatre credits include LILITH IN PISCES (Hudson Guild/NY Summerfest); ON GOLDEN POND (Hampton Theatre Co.); BLITHE SPIRIT (Dragonfly/Forum); BLACK TIE and HAY FEVER (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket); KING LEAR (Shrunken Shakespeare); THE BIG FUNK (The Drove); THE KING STAG (Edinburgh Fringe) and YES, VIRGINIA... (Threadbare/WHUD 100.7) 

Thaddeus Jones

Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

Filmmaker/Writer/Director/Artist

  • CEO of Fanatik Productions and Five Elements Studios
  • Director of Programming ay the Nickelodeon Theater, Columbia, SC

Films include:

  • Pieces (2019)
  • Betrayal (2020
  • The Harvest (2018)
  • The Down Downs: Jena 2013



James Jude Courtney

Wally Marzano-Lesnevich

James Jude Courtney

Actor, Screenwriter, Stunt Double and Stunt Performer 

  •  Plays the part of Michael Myers in Halloween (2018) and in the upcoming Halloween Kills (2021)
  • Acted and performed stunts in a wide variety of movies and TV films, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer

About Us

Raymond (Ray) Smith

Doko Film Fest founder and Festival Director & Documentary film maker 

  • Educator at the University of South Carolina
  • Producer and Director at Modos Media
  • Producer and Director of "Voices from Vietnam: Reflecting at the Wall" which aired on SCETV and PBS across the United States


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