Our Team
It is only because we are a strong team of individuals working together that Austin Film Meet is what it is.
Please take a moment and get to know us!
H.Cherdon – Founder & Director
As the founder of Austin Film Meet, Cherdon uses her varied experience in the creative arts to encourage and mentor fellow filmmakers and artists in the local film community. An actress and on-camera personality, she has appeared in more than 40 stage productions, two...
Brandon Boggs – Founder & Technical Director
A graduate of UT of Austin, Brandon has called Austin home for more than 16 years. For the past 8 years, he has been self-employed as IT and networking consultant. Because Brandon and technology are such good friends, he can work wonders on computers and all things...
Reneaux Ruffin – Wordsmiths Director
I'm a military brat who seeks to find the natural in the supernatural. I resonate with characters that are passionate, flawed, and always a little goth. I seek the comedy in tragedy and the magic in music. Magical realism, LGBTQ+ stories, and POC leads are recurring...
Catrin Efkin – Promotions
I'm Catrin Efken, an editor and screenwriter who focuses primarily on story-based films and LGBT+ media. I adore creating and helping with media in general but have taken a focus in film and writing/editing for TV.
Mark Parker – Facebook Group Moderator & Event Staff
Here’s what Mark had to say… I find little more magical than the process of taking an idea in ones' head and transforming it into a story that tells itself. Long on the sidelines watching the stories others' have created, it's time for me to tell my own and to help...
Previous Staff & Volunteers
Aslan Hollier – Wordsmiths Coordinator / Facebook Group Moderator
I received my B.A. in Theatre Performance and Creative Writing from SFA. I’ve written two short plays that have been produced and performed, one of which was done twice. ‘Circled in Red’ was performed at SFA School of Theatre, then again at The Hyde Park Theatre as...
Tim Griggs – Composer, Sound Tech & Event Staff
Tim Griggs is an award-winning composer and sound engineer. He has been composing film music since 2011 and producing records since 2005. In 2015, he won Best Musical Score at Austin’s 48 Hour Horror Film Festival. He then won an award in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest...
Audrey Lee McGuire – AFM Newsletter Editor
Audrey, a true native of Austin, is a multimedia producer & editor with over eight years of experience in television, film and video production, specializing in videography and post-production. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in...
Christopher “Moonlight” Cooksey – Art Show Director, Photographer, Videographer
Christopher "Moonlight" Cooksey has lead a life of many experiences. He's been a goth, an artist, an art teacher, and animator, and a director. He's framed pictures, sold clothes in malls at Christmas time, ushered at movies theaters, but he's also brought to life the...
Brooke Ostrom – Community Outreach
Brooke Ostrom is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi with a degree in Communication - Media Studies. She moved to Austin to participate in festivals, gain more media production experience, and get lost in a new city. Brooke is interested in...
Judith Ruder – Promotions
Judith Ruder - Promotions After founding and operating a citywide nonprofit childcare co-op (5 years) followed by a children’s services business (15 years), Judith has turned her attention to edutainment production. Having become quite involved with Austin Film Meet,...
Lorelei Supapo – Video Host
A self-described “geeky tech girl”, Lorelei ignored all of her creative impulses and pursued a career in project management. After graduating from Houston Baptist University with a BA in English and Communications, she went on to work in the insurance, advertising,...
Lauren Morris & Robert Mitchell – Sound
Lauren Morris & Robert Mitchell - Sound Lauren Morris, Owner and Engineer for Scorpion Sound in Austin, Texas writes, produces and engineers commercial music and film scores, and creates stylistic sound design and foley since 2005. Lauren has released two CDs of...
Rodney Barry – Photographer
Rodney Barry - Photographer Rodney Barry was born in Beaumont, Texas and after fi nishing high school and 8 years in the military decided to make a career for himself in the arts. He graduated from Al Collins Graphic Design School in 1993 and won the Founders Award...
Joel Valle – Writer
Joel Valle - Writer Joel Valle went to the New York Film Academy and also has a Degree in Quality Control in Management. Having knowledge on filmmaking and business has given him insights on how to approach independent filmmaking from an entrepreneurial standpoint. He...
Past Sponsors, Volunteers and Contributors
Austin School of Film, Guy Goldstein (Writer Duet), Aslan Hollier (Actor, Screenwriter), Audrey McGuire (Editor, Producer), Grizzly Moose (Screenwriter), Tim Griggs (Composer), Kathryn Danforth (Actress), Caesar Morales (Hospitality Team), Timothy Brummett (Writer’s Critique Group Coordinator), Leina Cochrane (Web Promotions), Don R. (Wordsmiths Manager), David Pencil (Hospitality Director), Bryan Lane, Jay Bratcher, Robert Murphy, Val Gameiro of Ideal Scene Productions, Rodney Barry, Dale Kennemer of Austin All Arts, Jeffrey Buras, Dan’l Terry, Marc Tucker, Alan Freeling, Bragitta, Bryan Lane, Dusty Oakley, Hannah Morgan, Kate Cleary, Kathy Swift, Leina Cochrane, Leng Wong, Mario Martinez, Marjorie Eber of GreenSet, Monica Smith of Juju Foto Factory, Phil Curry, Richard Hererra, Laurent Dupepe, Joe Handley, Amy Tekell and Ryan Mozek of Placid Sound, Bryan Lane and Kate Cleary of Austin City Limitless Productions, Rita Sharon, Stephanie Harrison of AfterParty Productions, Rachel Stivers, Humblebee Media, Brian Morgan of Missing Shoe Films, Jeffrey Buras (Cinematographer), Philip Hardage (Assistant Director), Zeb Eckles, Marjorie Eber (GreenSet), Eva Radke, Lauren Selman, Ken Rector (IATSE), Leah Weinberger of Edgen Media, Laurent Dupepe, Clint Watson, Joel Valle, Robert Arjet.
Venue Sponsors
Batch Coffee, The Mister Tramps, Taco More on Riverside, Opal Divine’s Penn Field, Brass House Tavern, Maggie Mae’s on 6th, BLUE Theatre & Jenny Gravenstein, Austin’s Pizza on South Lamar, Waterloo Ice House on Burnet, Joe’s Crab Shack on Riverside in Austin, Stompin’ Grounds North, Stompin’ Grounds South, Artz Rib House, Dave and Buster’s, Austin’s Pizza on Guadalupe, Sherlock’s Pub, The Iron Cactus, Green Mesquite Even our members have opened their homes to us. Thank you! Beky Hayes, Kathy Swift, Louis Weyrich of Shades of Strange.
Wanna Help?
We need help managing and maintaining our group and a wide variety of volunteer positions are available. Get more Volunteer Information.