The Institute brings diverse industry professionals to Tucson for classroom and public presentations for the benefit of students, faculty, the presenting professionals, local filmmakers, and the public. The Institute emphasizes dialogue among filmmakers, the public, and industry decision makers.
Visits to Tucson for presentations at The University of Arizona or at community venues were supported by the Hanson Film Institute for the following media professionals and scholars:
Nanobah Becker
Ronnie Clemmer
Will Conroy
Marcus De Leon
Craig Huston
Debra Granik
John Kilkenny
Ben O'Dell
Julia Pecano
Robert Richter
Ari Sandel
Lorna Soroko
Kevin Townsley
Jamie Turner
Dan Vebber
Lisa Vebber
Annabel Wong
2007
Max Alvarez
Nanobah Becker
Mark Berman
William Boddy
Andre Bormanis
Pearl Bowser
Jason Brandt
Charles Burnett
Cade Bursell
Ronnie Clemmer
Heather Courtney
Miguel Coyula
Tracey Deer
Edmundo Desnoes
Francois Dompierre
Tamara Falicov
Carlos Gutierrez
John Heinsen
Dave Jordan
Julianne Jordan
Phil Knittel
Billy Luther
Joel Madison
Mark Crispin Miller
Nilesh Patel
Suzan Pitt
Murray Pomerance
Bob Ray
Kat Rodriguez
Jordan Rosenberg
Lorna Soroko
Lisa Vebber
Amy Villarejo
2006
Gonzalo Amat
Ricardo Bacallao
Evan Blackford
Pearl Bowser
Mark Braun
Diego Cantano
Rob Chatlin
Ronnie Clemmer
Jackie Cook
Roger Corman
Chris Eyre
Beto Gomez
Carlos Gutierrez
John Heinsen
Nadav Kurtz
Faye Lederman
Dennis Leoni
Brian Levant
Scott MacDonald
Stanley Nelson
Roberta Pearson
Mike Plante
Heather Rae
Marcia Ring
Damon Romine
Joel Schlemowitz
Byron Shah
Lorna Soroko
John Trudell
Jerry Whitworth
Caveh Zahedi
Alumni Panelists:
Eyde Belasco
Peggy Johnson
Minda Martin
Rachael Nez
Edward Noeltner
Michael J. Shoel
Michael Toubassi
2004-2005
Yarelli Arizmendi
Sergio Arau
Aaron Baker
Karen Bernstein
Kirby Dick
Mark Jordan Legan
Larry Blackhorse Lowe
Michael Donaldson
Chris Eyre
Zachary Feuer
Ted Griffin
Hal Hartley
Clive Holden
Bennie Klain
Dennis Leoni
Brian Levant
Bill Plympton
Rachel Raimist
Patrick Roddy
Lisa Rinzler
Dr. Beverly Singer
Lisanne Skyler
Cauleen Smith
Lorna Soroko
Michael Speier
Ellen Spiro
Jerry Whitworth
Christine Vachon
Mario Vega
Elizabeth Weatherford
Mark Wilding
Alumni Panelists:
Jason Brandt
Tobias Datum
Lisa Fowle
Kevin Jarvis
David McClafferty
Derek Oishi
Sean Olson
Georgina Riedel
Mark Russell
Toshi Takatsuka
Christina Wood
