Meet our Jury!

Anthony DeVito

Anthony DeVito is the co-founder and Communications Director of the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and  a SAG-AFTRA actor, with TV credits that include Season 4 of House of Cards, NBC's The Mysteries of Laura and Blindspot,  HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Rescue Me and more.  He appears in the 2017 Slamdance Audience Choice winner 'Future '38' alongside Betty Gilpin (GLOW on Netflix) and Sean Young.  Anthony also has over 20 years experience in the world of advertising as an award-winning art director, copywriter and creative director, working on ads and campaigns for television, print, interactive and social media at NYC's top ad agencies.  He is also the main creative force behind the branding, graphic design and marketing of the IndieBOOM! Festival.

Eric Trenkamp

Eric Trenkamp is an award-winning writer/director whose short films and documentaries have been featured on IFC and Current TV, as well as in festivals in New York and Los Angeles. His feature film American Bomber won awards at numerous film festivals, including the Manhattan Film Festival (Best Feature), Art of Brooklyn (Best Director) and Mississippi International Film Festival (Best Feature) and is currently distributed by IndiePix Films. He lives in Brooklyn, New York where he is on the faculty of the Film/Video Department at the Pratt Institute.

Alan McLane-Alejos

Alan McLane-Alejos is a León, México and Brooklyn based film curator with 10 years of experience in festivals and film education. He has been involved within New York independent film community programming series for the Bushwick Film Festival, collaborating as jury member for The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival since 2014, Cine Las Américas International Film Festival in Austin, 2017 and overseas as jury member for the Jaipur International Film Festival, India in 2017. Site