MEET THE TEAM

Chris Weidner – President

Born and raised in Houston, Chris Weidner studied filmmaking and screenwriting under the veteran eye of filmmaker Andy Anderson at the University of Texas at Arlington. Chris worked in a variety of other roles on a number of films before writing and producing his first feature film, My Comfortable Stranger, which was distributed on DVD by Starling Films for Outlaw 8 Productions.

Since then, Chris has gone on to work as a Video Editor / Videographer for the Texas hunting website, TexasHuntFish.Com, as well as, write and direct the festival favorite short film, Newlybleds.

Currently residing in Austin, Chris is in development on two films, including his original horror feature film, Sorrow’s End, and devotes every remaining waking hour to making ShortFilmTexas.Com the number one online community for Texas filmmakers.

Shawn Hunter – Vice President

Shawn first fell in love with film while pursuing a degree in accounting (yep) and quickly changed professional gears. He would receive his diploma in basic and advanced filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and return to Austin, Texas to begin his professional filmmaking career.

On the western feature film, Heathens, Shawn met some fine filmmakers and went on to form the company, Outlaw 8 Productions with several of the fine folks from the Heathens crew – one of which was Chris Weidner.

Over the past several years Shawn has worked as a producer, director, director of photography,editor and even a bad actor.

While retaining his role at ShortFilmTexas, Shawn is also a founder of the independent music video site switchburn aaannnnnd he is also the Site Manager for the movie community website GotchaMovies.com.

For Short Film Texas, Shawn hopes to create a true community – a place for Texas filmmakers to support each other and a one-stop shop for Texans to “Prepare, Produce and Project.”

Brett Fletcher – Movie Critic / Movie Reviewer

Brett has enjoyed film addiction since childhood, watching everything from Robert Rodriguez to Ingmar Bergman. Fortunately, Brett became a film critic and contributing writer for GotchaMovies.com while earning his BA in Rhetoric and Writing from the University of Texas at Austin.

Although Brett can enjoy anything, he loves dark dramas, documentaries, witty comedies and anything violent. Brett’s film criticism has appeared on many sites, including PopCultureMadness.com, AllTrailers.net and TheCinemaSource.com. For an unbridled indulgence in cinema, check out his blog.

CONTACT US

For Short Film Submissions:

Short Film Texas
Attn: Submissions
7601 Rialto Blvd. #2328
Austin, Texas  78759

Acceptable digital formats include MPEG, AVI, Quicktime (MOV, MP4, M4V), Windows Movie and Flash.

For Cast/Crew Call Submission:

Visit and complete the Cast and Crew Call Submission Form

For Texas Filmmaking News:

please email:info@shortfilmtexas.com

To Submit A Texas Film For Review:

please email: brett@shortfilmtexas.com

For Advertising:

please email:advertising@shortfilmtexas.com

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