25 New Faces of Indie Film 2006

You might not have a damn clue as to who these folks are (I’d say I’m familiar with half the names) but this annual list compiled by FILMMAKER MAGAZINE is a precursor for many folks you’ll be foaming at the mouth for their original projects to come. Producers, writers, directors and actors are highlighted and ranked by the folks at. This year’s crop has actually got a name that I’d put at the top of my list. Number 8 – Carter Smith gave us the short film that was selected for Cannes and Sundance and it is perhaps my favorite of the year with Bugcrush. Our correspondent Barbara Celis would probably rank the Pastor brothers (#17 on the list) as a pair to watch for. Below I’ve included some links to some of these folks work, but obviously for the complete 25 you would want to head over here.

1) Olivia Thirlby – actress: The Secret
, Snow Angels
2) Linas Phillips director/actor,
3) Ham Tran – writer/director: Journey from the Fall

4) So Yong Kim director: In Between Days, Treeless Mountain
5) Scott Z. Burns – director/producer: PU-239, The Informant,
6) Antonio Campos – writer/director,

7) Gary Huggins – writer/director,
8) Carter Smith – writer/director,
9) Astra Taylor – writer/director : Zizek!
10) Michele Civetta, Coin Locker Babies
11) Esther Robinson – writer/director
12) Alex Karpovsky – writer/director
13) Aurora Guerrero – writer/director
14) Eunhee Cho – writer/director
15) Neistat Brothers – writer/director
16) Nee Brothers – writer/director
17) Pastor Brothers – writer/director: Untitled Pastor Bros. project
18) Michael Tully – writer/director

19) Paul Soter – actor/writer/director
20) Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy – producers: Don’t Let Me Drown

21) John Maringouin – writer/director
22) Sameh Zoabi – writer/director
23) Kevin Jerome Everson – writer/director
24) Todd Rohal – writer/director
25) PJ Raval – DP/writer/director