Dallas Film Society Artistic Director, James Faust, began as the festival’s Senior Programmer at AFI DALLAS’ inception in 2006. A graduate of Cinema Studies at SMU following Telecommunication/Theatre degrees at Texas Tech University, Faust began his film career as a grip on ARMAGEDDON and once locally produced television Walker Texas Ranger…

T.C. Johnstone is a director and director of photography who has worked on a variety of projects including television (ABD, CBS, NBC, Discovery, CNN), independent films and a documentary with author and pastor Rick Warren. After producing his first feature 10 years ago in Steamboat Springs, Colorado…

Vivien is a born and raised Dallasite who lives with her awesome theology teaching husband, Jon Jordan, and their dog Hoosier Daddy. She loves color, food, traveling, parties, thrifting, time with friends and more food. When she's not designing invitations for The Eclectic Press, you can find her doodling on a chalkboard or daydreaming of what city she and her husband will travel to next. Vivien has an art degree from…

Audrey is Texan by birth, an idealist by nature, a keeper of crazy dreams, and lover of many things. She currently lives in McKinney, Texas, with her musician husband. She is a painter specializing in oil and watercolor. You can find her work in private collections across the United States and parts of Europe and Australia. On any given day, you can find her working from her apartment alongside her tenacious French…

Chief Executive Officer, Eternal Optimist, Visionary, Website Analytics Wonk, Fastest Beard-Grower in The West, Greets Celebrities In Coffee Shops Like Old Friends. Born on a backyard ranch in the hinterlands of Oklahoma City, Bryan is both the face of and brains behind Foot Cardigan. Although most would agree he is by far the least attractive member of the team, Bryan possesses an ursine charisma that puts others at ease while simultaneously…

Megan Wilkes is a small town girl, turned big city entrepreneur. She has a background in interior design and business, and lives in Oak Cliff with her amazing husband and two canine children.…

Kirk Thurmond wants to take you on a ride to remind you why music means so much to people. He wants to give you music, that years from now, will still mean something to you. At age 12, Kirk borrowed a friend’s guitar for a weekend, but returned it a year later. He’s since gone on to share the stage with the likes of Ernie Halter, Green River Ordinance…

Mike Baughman never dreamed of moving to Texas until he fell in love with a Texan and then fell in love with the city of Dallas. Mike is an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church and father of four kids. He attended Duke University for undergraduate work and Princeton Seminary for graduate…

Folk Angel was formed on a cold night in October of 2009. Our desire as a band is to make known the greatness of Jesus Christ and to exalt Him through the music that we create. We write and rearrange traditional Christmas songs, and through that creative process we retell the Gospel story that illuminates all things…

Sarah Seay majored in English and minored in Education at University of Texas in Austin. She is currently lives in Dallas and is a mother to three lovely children -- Margaret, George, and Elizabeth. Her passions have led to: schoolteacher, community volunteer, Chaired Council For Life Volunteer. She has chaired the Legacy Family Retreat, GCA Garden Club, National Charity League…