Montclair State Film Forum – Ken Ross & Louis V. Galdieri

Ken Ross Co-Producer/Director Ken is an award-winning director and cinematographer whose work ranges from documentaries and independent experimental films to commercials, music videos and long formats. His work has appeared on ABC, HBO, Lifetime, Nickelodeon, and PBS. His experimental films Blessed in Exile and Crisis in Utopia have won numerous awards and have been shown extensively in museums, film showcases and colleges around the country. Ken was a founder of the Collective for Living Cinema, Inc., a non-profit film art center in NY. He has taught film production and aesthetics at Bard College, Vassar College and SUNY Purchase.

Louis V. Galdieri Co-Producer/Director Louis V. Galdieri has directed film and video shoots and hundreds of interviews around the world. He has written both short and long format films and has collaborated and consulted on a broad range of film projects, from documentary to feature, from story development to post-production. His work has received support and recognition from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Jerome Foundation, the Illinois Humanities Council and the Puffin Foundation, among others.