Jose Camarlinghi
La Paz, Bolivia
For more than thirty years, Jose Camarlinghi has been in love with the Bolivian Andes. He became a German Alpine Club certified guide in 1984 and founded Andean Summits, a company that organizes and guides expeditions in Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Ecuador. In 1993, he finished studies in filmmaking, and completed a Master's in Scriptwriting in Barcelona, Spain, in 2003. Jose has since worked on several documentary films—with themes of adventure, exploration and anthropology—and is the director of JachaChaka (The Great Bridge), a Bolivian non-profit organization that develops mountain tourism projects with local Indian communities in the Andes.
Marina Cappabianca
Rome, Italy
Marina Cappabianca acquired production experience in college with the internationally respected Italian TV production company Paneikon, which she directed from 1997 to 1999. She has coordinated a number of international productions in the fields of natural history and science, with partners including Discovery, National Geographic, WGBH Nova, WDR, ZDF, BBC, France 2, France 3, France 5, TVNZ and NHK. As the executive producer for Capmar Studios since 1999, Marina specializes in development and production of documentaries with deep attention to environmental conservation, especially oceanic.
Her most recent project, “The Enigma of the Polluce Shipwreck,” was awarded the Gold Fin as Best Historical Documentary at the International Film Festival of Antibes in France.
Kathy Fitzgerald
Taos, New Mexico
Kathy Fitzgerald was raised in Italy and spent her high school years in England before attending college in Boston. After working on documentaries for RAI-TV in Rome, she teamed up with her husband, Michael, to form their own production company, Ithaca films, which has produced films such as John Huston’s “Wise Blood” and Tommy Lee Jones’ “The Three Burials of Melchiades Estrada.” Kathy’s most recent project is a documentary film about the Quechua weavers living in the shadow of Mt. Ausungate in Peru. A film festival junkie, she is eagerly looking forward to jurying at this, the “other” festival, in Telluride.
Barton G. Lewis
Michigan, USA - British Columbia, Canada - Peru
Barton Lewis first ventured to Peru in the mid-1960s and has been dedicated to a plethora of environmental, cultural, health and eco-tourism projects ever since. His careers have included export development in India and Afghanistan, ski resort management in Canada, natural food stores in the American West, as well as international event and concert production. Barton co-founded a film distribution company, was director of public relations for a 2.4-billion-dollar public development corporation, and served as director of the Banff Festival of Mountain Films. He was founding director/president of the pioneering Adventure Network International, Inc--the only private firm providing logistical services to national governments, scientific organizations and tourism in Antarctica. He is the managing director of the RainForest Institute, LLC, as well as a contributing editor of “National Geographic Traveler” magazine. Current endeavors focus on multi-platform, multi-content media creation, plus stand-alone book and event marketing production—in his spare time.
Michael Mayzel
Markham, Ontario, Canada
Working with Valhalla Wilderness Society, Michael Mayzel--executive vice president of DayMen Photo Marketing LP and the owner of Lowepro--spearheaded Lowepro’s campaign and contribution towards the successful creation of a Spirit Bear Wilderness Park in British Columbia, in one of the world’s oldest coastal rainforest in April 2001. He also worked alongside the Raincoast Conservation Society to secure the purchase of the largest trophy hunting concession in North America, effectively stopping grizzly bear and wolf hunting in the British Columbia middle coast. With The Manfrotto Group, a world leader in the design and manufacture of photographic and video camera supports and other professional photography equipment, he is coordinating green initiatives for the imaging industry. Michael is a passionate photographer and motorcycle rider.
