Judging Procedures

All films entered into competition are eligible for the Grand Teton Award (Best of Festival).  Category finalists will be notified by July 15. Judging of the finalists will be conducted by a jury of experts immediately prior to the Festival, with winners announced at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner on Thursday, October 4. The jury reserves the right to withhold an award in any category or to create new awards for films deserving special recognition.

Past Final Jurors Include

Kohei Ando - HD Director and Filmmaker
Allison Argo - Producer/writer/director
Michael Apted - Motion Picture Film Director
Wolfgang Bayer - Wildlife Cinematographer
Thom Beers - CEO/Executive Producer, Original Productions
Dr. Eugene Clark - Marine Biologist and Animal Behaviorist, TV Consultant
Tim Cowling - Executive Producer, CACI Productions Group
David Dugan - Chairman of Windfall Films
Dr. Sylvia Earle - Oceanographer, Author, Lecturer
Richard Foster - Wildlife Cinematographer
Phylis Geller - Head of Norman Star Media and partner, New Voyage Communications
Al Giddings - Motion Picture and Wildlife Filmmaker
Dione Gilmour - Head of Natural History Unit, Australian Broadcasting System
Michael Hill - TV Critic, Washington Post Magazine
Mitsuaki Iwago - Filmmaker and Director, NHK Japan
Dennis B. Kane - Former Vice President and Director, National Geographic Society and former President, ABC/Kane Productions International
Michael Lessac - Theatre-Artistic Director and Founding Producer, Colonnades Theatre Lab
Eugene Linden - Author
Tim Liversedge - Wildlife Cinematographer
Terence Malick - Motion Picture Film Director
Tom Mangelsen - Wildlife Photographer and Filmmaker
Mary Jane McKinven - Editor and Communications Executive
Andrew Neal - Former Head Natural History Unit BBC, TV Consultant and Executive Producer
Cathe Neukum - President of Neukum Pictures
Tom Perlmutter - Director General, National Film Board of Canada
Howard Rosenberg - TV Critic, Los Angeles Times
Alan Root - Wildlife Filmmaker/conservationist
Ileane Rudolph - Writer
Victoria Stone - Director, Cinematographer, Producer
M.A. Partha Sarathy - Filmmaker, Environmentalist

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