Andy Van Roon
- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Andy van Roon is a writer/producer/executive producer. He is
Chairman/GM of FILM-COM Financing & Distribution Market, an
international film, television and documentary market focusing on
projects in development that need completion funding or newly completed
projects seeking distribution. He has an MFA from the University of
Southern California. He was president of the Nashville Film/Video
Association, a membership-based trade organization. He was co-founder
of Nashville Cinema Partners, a video distribution company. He was
founding president of FilmNashville, a trade organization specifically
designed to facilitate creation of feature films, television programs
and documentaries. He was co-founder of FilmNashville Foundation, an
organization designed to facilitate funding for documentaries. He was
state-wide coordinator to secure Tennessee's first film incentives
legislation, starting with a $10 million fund that has continued to
roll annually. He has served on the board of directors of the Nashville
Film Festival, and on the board of advisors for the Nashville
Screenwriters Conference. He was producer of the 3-day Watkins
Independent Filmmakers Symposium. He produced the 10-day Nashville
Filmmakers Conference. He is a shareholder in Dream Balloon
Productions, an animation production company based on the Universal lot
in Orlando, Florida. He is screenwriter on two Dream Balloon
properties, Snowyville and Hawaiian Love, and a producer on Snowyville.
He was writer/producer of the Y2K Survival Guide with Leonard Nimoy. He
was executive producer of House of Numbers. He was executive producer
of the Nashville Filmmakers Anthology, a compilation of short works
including Forgotten Memories, X Marks the Spot, Shatterhand, Dear Mr.
Goodlife, and The Belcourt Boys, as well as Executive Producer on
numerous other short films, including Heavenly and Keep Door Closed. He
was producer and co-director of A Bend in the River, a documentary
about rehabilitating inmates at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
He has been producer of the Nashville edition of the 48 Hour Film
Project, overseeing creation of over 270 short films in seven years. He
is Executive Producer of the documentary A.D. 33. He has produced over
30 film-related symposia and events. He had his first play, "The Moon
Is A Serious Thing," produced at the Krannert Center for Performing
Arts at U of I Champaign/Urbana. He was publisher & editor of the
Chicago Musicale, a monthly arts & business paper covering music for
film, theater, dance in all musical forms, for which he edited and/or
wrote over 200 articles. He was editor of the Gramaphone (SIC) for the
Chicago Chapter of NARAS. He was president of the Lost Boys Foundation
of Nashville, assisting refugees from genocide in Sudan, and sits on
the board of directors.