Scott Cross (film director)
Scott Cross | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | film director, producer, actor, writer, and co-founder Vail Film Festival and Los Cabos International Film Festival |
Scott Cross is an American producer, actor, writer, and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of the Vail Film Festival in Vail, Colorado, co-founder of the Los Cabos International Film Festival[1] in Los Cabos, Mexico, and co-president of Cross Pictures, a film and television production company. The Vail Film Festival has been named "one of the top ten destination film festivals in the world," according to MovieMaker magazine.[2]
Background
[edit]Cross was born in Cape Town, South Africa and raised in New York, United States. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Anthropology. He resides in Los Angeles, California.
Career
[edit]In 2004, Cross co-founded the Colorado Film Institute and the Vail Film Festival. In 2005, Cross helped bring LA's acclaimed Hotel Café to the Vail Film Festival, a partnership that continues to this day.
In 2006, Cross helped secure the Vail Film Festival partnership with Film Your Issue, a national issue film contest, in partnership with the American Democracy Project, featuring 30 to 60-second films. In 2007, Cross initiated and oversaw a partnership between the Vail Film Festival and Product Red. Together, Product Red and the Vail Film Festival launched the RED Vision Contest, a worldwide film competition created by Cross .
By 2007 Cross and his brother Sean Cross had grown the Vail Film Festival to become one of the top ten destination film festivals in the world, according to MovieMaker Magazine.[2]
In 2012, Cross co-founded the Cabo International Film Festival (Originally named Baja International Film Festival).[3] The inaugural edition took place in Los Cabos, Mexico November 14–17, 2012 with Edward Norton as the official festival adviser.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cabo Film Festival Team". Cabo International Film Festival.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 5, 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "First Annual Baja International Film Festival Launches". PR Newswire.
- ^ "Baja Film Fest Enlists Submissions". Variety.