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Founder: Owen Brainard is a native Arkansan, and a graduate of Little Rock Central High School. He attended Middlebury College in Vermont, as well as the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, and is currently the President of Brainard Capital Management, LLC. His interest in bringing more film related events to Arkansas dates back to his time living in both New York City and Austin. Both cities have thriving film festival scenes that helped nurture their creative strengths, so when Owen began spending more time in Little Rock, he wanted to help the city develop its own film identity. |
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Founder: Jamie Moses lives in Little Rock with his wife Memory and their two children. Jamie was educated at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the London School of Economics, and has 9 years of sales and leasing experience with Moses Tucker Real Estate in Little Rock, Arkansas. As part of the Moses Tucker team, Jamie has been intimately involved with the redevelopment and expansion of downtown Little Rock, including the River Market district. Jamie’s vision for the Little Rock Film Festival is to invigorate more arts and culture into the downtown Little Rock scene. |
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Founders and Creative Directors: Brent and Craig Renaud were raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. They started working in film 10 years ago in New York, and have produced films for HBO, Discovery, PBS, CBS, MTV and ESPN in places like Kosovo, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Bolivia, China, Pakistan, and Iraq. Their most recent films OFF TO WAR and DOPE SICK LOVE have earned the Renaud brothers an Emmy and Director’s Guild nomination, an Overseas Press Club Award, an International Documentary Association Award, and top honors at the San Francisco International Film Festival and the Tokyo Video Festival. They currently have a film showing on HBO about the 50th Anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. |
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Executive Director: Jack Lofton is a native Arkansan who is currently pursuing a joint degree at the UALR Bowen School of Law and Clinton School of Public Service. Graduating with a degree in both political science and drama from Lyon College, he pursued the latter while living in Los Angeles where he produced short films and documentaries. He is passionate about the power of film to bring about social change and is excited to be working with the LRFF to highlight the achievements of international filmmakers and showcase the talents of Arkansans. |
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Programmer/Festival Coordinator/Shorts Programmer: Jacob LeMaster was born in Little Rock and raised in Benton. He graduated from Augustine College in Ottawa, Canada, and is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a degree in Radio/Television/Film. From 2005-2008 he was a reporter and film critic for KUAR, Little Rock’s NPR member station. |
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Assistant Festival Coordinator/Programmer: Levi Agee graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas with a B.A. in Digital Filmmaking and a minor in Writing. He then entered into the only Master of Fine Arts Program in Digital Filmmaking in the state at UCA but left to become a Video Editor and Visual Effects Artist for 360 Filmworks at Stone Ward advertising agency in downtown Little Rock. Levi is also the host of Cameras on the Radio, a radio show about film, on KABF 88.3fm, presented by the Little Rock Film Festival. |
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Assistant Festival Coordinator: Amman Abbasi is a young independent filmmaker, whose short films have been played at a few international film festivals, including the Toronto Film Festival. He is an active artist who is currently working on a feature length film with his brother, Yousuf Abbasi. Aside from film, he makes music and recently landed a record deal with a California-based record label. |
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Special Events/Development Coordinator- Anne Moore |
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Director of Communications: Susan Altrui
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Education and Youth Program Director: Casey Sanders |
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Special Events Coordinator/Music Video Competition: Mike Poe |
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Hospitality Coordinator: Sarah Richardson |
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Technical Director: Steve Stone |
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Web and Program Design: Len Rayburn |
