New Orleans

:::..............................  MATTHEW W. FOGARTY Matthew W. Fogarty is a student at the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, where he serves on the law school’s Interviewing and Appointments Committee and is a member of the Tulane Entertainment and Arts Law Society. Prior to attending law school, Fogarty served in the administration of President George W. Bush as Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel at the White House. He has extensive experience in politics at all levels, and volunteered on his first political campaign in 1994 at the age of 14. Matthew’s entrepreneurial background includes experience working with several early-stage start-up companies, including a prospective Internet lotto company and a medical devices licensing firm. Fogarty is an occasional author of essays and partially-completed screenplays, and has authored or coauthored several articles on U.S. foreign policy in such publications as the Columbia Journal of International Affairs. Additionally, he has been a judge of several undergraduate writing competitions, and is hoping to produce his first short film in the next year. Matthew received his Bachelor of Arts in States, Power, and Conflict from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2001. He is a native of Troy, Michigan. Contact Matt :::.............................. GLEN PITRE Lifelong Louisiana resident Glen Pitre has directed such diverse Academy Award-winners as Robert Duval, Louise Fletcher, Tatum O'Neal, and George Kennedy. Pitre's most recent featureas writer/director, The Man Who Came Back, stars Eric Braeden, Billy Zane, Armand Assante,Carol Alt, Sean Young, and Ken Norton. Additionally, Pitre's work as screenwriter for hire spans drama, comedy, horror, and action-adventure, including five scripts for the late media giant Brandon Tartikoff. In November 2005,Pitre joined the august company of Robert Towne, David Mamet, and others by having his face grace the cover of Written By, the official magazine of the WGA. Among Pitre's numerous documentaries, American Creole premiered November, 2006, on PBS. Hurricane on the Bayou, an insider's look at Katrina which Pitre wrote and co-directed for IMAX legend Greg MacGillivray, is now in worldwide theatrical release. Pitre has also worked extensively as producer, and occasionally as A.D. Born at Cut Off, Louisiana, Pitre worked his way through Harvard by fishing shrimp each summer. By age 25, American Film magazine dubbed him "father of the Cajun cinema" as his low-budget, French dialect "gumbo westerns" broke house records in bayou country theaters. His first English-language movie was the internationally-lauded 1986 Belizaire the Cajun, which was one of the first Sundance Institute Filmmakers' Lab projects to actually get made. Pitre's movies have earned him official selections at Cannes, Toronto, etc.; numerous film festival prizes; an Independent Spirit Award nomination; an honorary doctorate; and a knighthood from France. In 2003, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert acclaimed Pitre "a legendary American regional director." Email Glen