Executive Bios at the IAFT

KACY ANDREWS

Chief Executive Officer, Bigfoot Entertainment

Kacy Andrews has been actively involved in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years. Her diverse resume includes feature films, television and animation. As the CEO and a founder of Bigfoot Entertainment, she has overseen the development of the company’s production facilities and international film school located in Cebu, Philippines. The company has since grown to more than 250 employees both foreign and local. Bigfoot has produced more than 10 feature films in the past few years. Based in LA, she has worked throughout the world and was recently profiled in PEOPLE ASIA Magazine’s 2006 People of the Year issue.

Kacy Andrews has been actively involved in the entertainment industry for more than 20 years. Her diverse resume includes feature films, television series, theater, and animation.

Kacy spent nine years in production and project development at Los Angeles-based Hyperion Studio. This includes work as one of the Producers on Miramax's Playing By Heart (Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands and Angelina Jolie). Kacy's portfolio at Hyperion also includes the feature film Tom's Midnight Garden (Joan Plowright); BoneChillers, a children's television series for ABC (Linda Cardellini); and numerous animated projects such as FOX's Life With Louie (Louie Anderson); HBO's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg); and Paramount Pictures' The Oz Kids (Jonathan Taylor Thomas).

Moving from Hyperion, Kacy had a stint as Vice President of Development at Blue Focus Management where she worked on developing projects for MGM, Disney and Sony. She then dabbled in the dotcom and software arena at Creative Planet and Entertainment Partners.

In 2003, her consulting work at Bigfoot Productions led to the creation of Bigfoot Entertainment and the International Academy of Film and Television. As the CEO and co-founder, she has overseen the set-up and development of the studio located in Cebu, Philippines with offices in Singapore, HK and Los Angeles. The company has since grown to more than 250 employees both foreign and local.

Over the past few years, Bigfoot Entertainment has invested in several feature films, including Shanghai Kiss (Hayden Panettiere), East Broadway (Margaret Cho) and 3 Needles (Lucy Liu, Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh).

During her tenure at Bigfoot, she has served as a Producer of such feature films as; The Curiosity of Chance, Irreversi (Estella Warren), Hui Lui, Within, Girl With No Number, Midnight Movie which aired this past summer on Showtime Network. She has also produced documentaries, 9000 NEEDLES and USS Cooper as well as reality series’ Hollywood Boot Camp. These projects have been shot in such international locations as Belgium, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, The Philippines and Los Angeles. Many have played the film festival circuit and received numerous accolades before going into the marketplace.

Kacy is a recipient of the David Letterman Internship and a Cum Laude graduate of Ball State University with continuing studies at the American Film Institute. In 2000, she was awarded Ball State University's Graduate of the Last Decade and more recently was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award. Since her move to Los Angeles, where she’s based, she has been actively involved with organizations such as Women in Film, Step-Up, and Big Sisters/Big Brothers of Los Angeles. She currently sits on the Board of Governors of Bigfoot Asia Pacific Foundation.

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MARK MARTIN

Executive Director, International Academy of Film and Television

Mark Martin has been in the Entertainment Industry as a Musician, Engineer, Producer, Educator and Entrepreneur for 20 years. He has received multiple Gold and Platinum Record Awards from the RIAA for his work on albums by artists including The Dixie Chicks and Godsmack as well as "The Runaway Bride" Soundtrack. Mark is also currently an invited, voting member of NARAS (the Grammy’s).

Mark served as Vice-President of Marketing/U.S. Operations for international media educator, SAE Institute, responsible for all aspects of marketing, advertising and promotion for SAE’s U.S. Operations, all subsequent to designing, constructing and directing multiple SAE Campuses.

Mark has served as an educational consultant to many post-secondary educational organizations including Media-Tech Institute, Cyber Tex, and The Recording Conservatory of Austin to name a few.

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TIMM DOOLEN

Executive Director of Programs, International Academy of Film and Television

Timm Doolen is currently the Executive Director of Programs at the International Academy of Film and Television (IAFT) and the Director of Creative Development at Bigfoot Entertainment. He started his production career ten years ago making low-budget documentaries, including the award-winning Explaining From The Inside, which analyzed the media coverage of the 1999 Texas A&M University bonfire tragedy that killed twelve students.

In 2003, he assisted producer Bob Cooper at the newly formed Landscape Entertainment and helped work on Sleepover and Mr. Woodcock. Timm then assumed casting director and production coordinator duties on the low-budget feature Think Tank. He has also directed, produced, written and cast several short films, including The Man With No Eyes, which premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel.

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CAESAR DITAN

Vice President, Sales, Marketing and Business Development

Caesar Ditan is an industry professional with over 25 years of top-level management, business development, sales and marketing experience in the academic, broadcast, advertising, and entertainment industries in various domestic, regional, and global markets. He joined Bigfoot in October 2003 as Marketing Director for the International Academy of Film and Television.

As the current Vice President for Sales, Marketing, and Business Development, Caesar continues to promote articulation programs with other academic institutions from the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, the UK, and USA. He completed his Master of Management Program from the University of The Philippines, Cebu.

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JEREMY CUMBIE

IT Manager

A driven and goal-oriented IT Professional, with 11 years of field experience and an impeccable track record of innovation and creative problem-solving, devoted to performance excellence. Even before joining Bigfoot Studios, he has been a leader in his field; skilled in building long-term solutions to complex problems through teamwork, free-flowing communication, and strong analytical skills. He attained the position of Senior IT Systems Manager of UTC Sikorsky Aircraft before becoming the IT Director for Carter Brothers Manufacturing building his project management skills to new heights of complexity. Excels in creating strong relationships with customers to insure long-term stability of projects and confidence in future proposals. Highly adaptable to any situation, he achieved improvements in overall efficiency of projects led by creating personal atmosphere and strong rapport with customers and employees.

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