Our Judges

	Marty Katz Marty Katz has been involved in the motion picture and television industries for over thirty years and has served in a variety of producing and executive positions in charge of production. In October 1992, following an eight year association with The Walt Disney Studios that included the position as Executive Vice President, Motion Pictures and Television Production, he formed his own independent production banner, Marty Katz Productions, which was based at Disney and had an exclusive overall arrangement with the studio. Under his banner, Mr. Katz produced the comedy hits "Man of the House" starring Chevy Chase and Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and "Mr. Wrong," starring Ellen DeGeneres and Bill Pullman. Marty Katz joined The Walt Disney Studios in 1985 as Senior Vice President, Motion Picture and Television Production, and in that role was responsible for overseeing all aspects of physical production (including post production) for the studio's various production banners -- Disney, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures; all projects and series for Walt Disney Television; as well as productions for the Theme Parks and Feature Animation, among them the feature hits "Down and Out in Beverly Hills", "Good Morning, Vietnam", "Dead Poet's Society", "Pretty Woman", "The Little Mermaid" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Three years later, he was promoted to the post of Executive Vice President and continued to oversee the physical production side of the studio's rapidly expanding motion picture and television slate. In 1996, Marty Katz Productions began operating independently with offices in Santa Monica and in 1997 was Twentieth Century Fox's Supervising Producer on James Cameron's "Titanic". He produced "Reindeer Games,"directed by John Frankenheimer, and starring Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron, and Gary Sinise. In 2001, he produced "The Four Feathers," directed by Shekhar Kapur and starring Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson, and Wes Bentley. Currently, Marty Katz has several projects in development and is one of the Producers of the recently released "Love Ranch," directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Helen Mirren, Joe Pesci and Gina Gershon.
	Erik Brown Erik was born and raised in Helena, Montana and grew up in a family of still photographers. While helping a family friend with a documentary film project he became enamored with "moving pictures" and went on to obtain a degree in motion picture production from Montana State University. Getting his first break as the film loader on an independent feature directed by Mike Newell and shot by academy award winning cinematographer Robert Elswit called "Amazing Grace and Chuck", Erik went on to work his way up through the camera department ranks and has been one of the industry's top 1st Assistants for twenty years working with numerous academy award winning and academy nominated cinematographers and directors. Erik still calls Montana home and whenever he's not on location can usually be found taking advantage of Montana's numerous outdoor activities.
	Mike Fantasia Mike was working for the US Forest Service near Libby Montana when Steven Spielberg brought the John Goodman, Richard Dreyfuss picture "Always" to Montana. After serving as the Location Liaison for the US Forest Service Mike jumped into location management working on films such as "A River Runs Through It", "Heat", "Blow" and "Catch Me If You Can". He has gone on to be a Supervising Location Manager and Production Manager on features such as "Munich" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".
	Sten Iversen Sten Iversen is the head of the Montana Film Office, a branch of the Montana Department of Commerce. He has been with the film office for 15 years, and has been the director since 2001. Sten assisted and did freelance location scouting work for Montana Film Office in 1995. Upon graduating from Montana State University in 1996, Sten went to work full time at the film office as a location coordinator. In 2000, Sten was promoted. He is now in charge of marketing Montana as a filming location, managing and improving Montana's filming incentive program, scouting with producers and directors who wish to film in Montana, and overseeing personnel and budget matters. Sten was instrumental in passing Montana's film production incentive program, the Big Sky on the Big Screen act, and has shepherded the legislation through 4 legislative sessions. Sten was elected to the board of directors of the Association of Film Commissioners International four years ago, and serves on the executive board of directors as Treasurer. Over the course of his career, Sten has worked with over 50 feature films that chose Montana as their location, 38 of which shot in Montana when Sten was the film commissioner. During that same time, hundreds of commercials, TV show, still projects, and documentaries have built Montana's economy with the positive economic impact they bring to the state.