Austin Film Festival Announces 2012 Conference Panelists

The Austin Film Festival & Conference continues its week-long exchange of ideas between industry icons and new visionaries with an impressive line-up of speakers and panelists for its 19th go-round, listed below.

Writers & Filmmakers
    •    Dan Angel, R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour, Young Blades, Night Visions, Goosebumps
    •    John August, FRANKENWEENIE, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, BIG FISH, CHARLIE'S ANGELS
    •    Alec Berg, THE DICTATOR, EUROTRIP, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Seinfeld
    •    Michael Brandt & Derek Haas, Chicago Fire, WANTED, THE DOUBLE, 3:10 TO YUMA, 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS
    •    Aline Brosh McKenna, WE BOUGHT A ZOO, 27 DRESSES, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
    •    Billy Brown, The Haunting Hour, John Carpenter’s Body Bags, Night Visions, Goosebumps
    •    Scott Z. Burns, CONTAGION, THE INFORMANT, THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    •    Kell Cahoon, The Larry Sanders Show, Newsradio, Just Shoot Me, King of the Hill, Method and Red, Psych
    •    Etan Cohen, MEN IN BLACK III, TROPIC THUNDER, IDIOCRACY, King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-head
    •    Peter Craig, BAD BOYS 3, THE TOWN
    •    Evan Daugherty, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
    •    Pen Densham, ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, MOLL FLANDERS, HOUDINI 
    •    Pamela Gray, writer CONVICTION, A WALK ON THE MOON, MUSIC OF THE HEART, Once and Again
    •    David Guggenheim, SAFE HOUSE
    •    Phil Hay, R.I.P.D. ‘13, CLASH OF THE TITANS, AEON FLUX, CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL
    •    Eric Heisserer, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010), FINAL DESTINATION 5, THE THING (2011)
    •    Brian Helgeland, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, MAN ON FIRE, MYSTIC RIVER, PAYBACK, A KNIGHT’S TALE
    •    Kyle Killen, Awake, Lonestar, THE BEAVER