The following film industry professionals comprise TFA’s National Advisory Board and lend their expertise and support to our Stubbornly Independent cause.

• Michelle Bryant, Editor, IMDB/Amazon
• Gloria Campbell, Managing Director, Los Angeles Film Festival
• Shane Danielsen, Screenwriter/former Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival
• Elliott Gould, Actor
• Gordy Hoffman, Screenwriter
• Nancy Kennedy, Development Director, Seattle International Film Festival
• Rolfe Kent, Film & Television Composer
• Stewart Nusbaumer, Freelance Film Writer
• Basil Tsiokis, Programming Associate, Documentary Features, Sundance Film Festival/Documentary Film & Festival Consultant
• Jacob Wolters, Oscilloscope Pictures
• Erin Wyatt, Partner, Seismic Productions Entertainment Marketing

The Filmmaker Advisory Board is comprised of alumni filmmakers who have brought their movies to the Tallgrass Film Festival. They offer programming suggestions, lead educational workshops and serve as ambassadors for TFA and Wichita throughout the world.

• Laura Lee Bahr (Jesus Freak, The Little Death)
• Scott Bloom (Call Me Troy)
• Anne Buford (Elevate)
• James Choi (Made in China)
• Ash Christian (Petunia, Fat Girls)
• Geoff Edgers (Do It Again)
• Stephen Kessler (Paul Williams Still Alive)
• HP Mendoza (Fruit Fly)
• Lee Gillentine (Things I Don't Understand)
• Christopher Metzler (Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea, Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone)
• Ben Rekhi (Bomb The System, Waterbourne, Car Babes)
• David Syner (House of Numbers)
• Denny Tedesco (The Wrecking Crew)
• Cassie Jaye (The Right to Love: An American Family)
• Stephanie Riggs (The Standbys)
• Esther Cassidy (Year of The Living Dead)
• Rob Kuhns (Year of the Living Dead)
• Ishai Setton (The Kitchen)
• Alonso Mayo (The Story of Luke)
• David Spaltro (Things I Don't Understand)