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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 31, 2004
Entertainment Executive
ALAN BREWER
has been elected as
President of the Board of Directors
for
THE NASHVILLE FILM
FESTIVAL’s upcoming 36th season.
Nashville, Tennessee
-- The
Nashville Film Festival has named
entertainment executive
Alan Brewer to the post
of President of its 2004-2005 Board of Directors. Celebrating its 36th
season, the
Nashville Film Festival has become one of the premiere film
festivals in the United States, as the only festival in the U.S. where
the winning feature film automatically can qualify for Academy Award
consideration.
Music and Film Industry veteran Brewer will continue efforts to
expand the national cachet of the festival, capitalizing on the festival’s
unique ties to the music industry and utilizing his own history as a film and
music producer.
ALAN BREWER began
producing films for Miramax and Universal Pictures in the mid 1980's, and his
music production work ranges from recording soundtracks for films such as Tokyo
Pop, The Burning, and B.C. Rock, to working with acts as diverse as classic
rocker Pete Townshend, Japanese supergroup Hound Dog, and the upcoming debut
album for the all-girl country band Cowboy Crush on Curb-Asylum Records. In
addition to his current work as record producer and his post with the Nashville
Film Festival, Brewer and his company BME are also completing music supervision
duties on an upcoming TV special for Viacom/CMT. BME, with offices in Nashville
and Los Angeles, is an integrated entertainment company that encompasses its
in-house music publishing and production divisions, as well as a consulting
business with music clients such as Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman and hard rock
band Slaughter, and film production companies Crystal Lake Entertainment and
Mythic Films.
THE NASHVILLE FILM FESTIVAL is one of the most
sought after festivals for burgeoning filmmakers, as one of only 20 U.S.
festivals with Academy Award consideration given to the winners of three film
categories – Feature, Animation and Short. Enjoying its most successful
festival to date in 2004, the NaFF hosted talent such as Lisa Niemi, Patrick
Swayze, Rick Schroeder, Emmylou Harris, Tim McGraw and Christine Vachon,
screening films from around the world, many of which have gone on to
international notoriety. With its unique ability and mandate to bridge the
music and film industries, the NaFF presents seminars that bring together master
filmmakers, music supervisors and executives from Los Angeles, and Nashville’s
talent pool of songwriters, composers, actors and directors. Past attendees
include Olympia Dukakis, Matthew McConaughey, Lily Tomlin, Oprah Winfrey, Andrew
Mason and John Waters, while its prestigious Freedom in Film Award (given in
conjunction with the First Amendment Center) has been presented to such honorees
as Robert Redford, Susan Sarandon and Harry Belafonte.
For additional information:
on Alan Brewer -
www.BMEmusic.com
on the Nashville Film Festival -
www.NashvilleFilmFestival.org
Contact:
Mason Cooper • 818.470.1018 •
infowest@bmemusic.com
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