Gabriel Horn (born 15 March 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in and produced or consulted on numerous television shows,

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, and independent films, including Tom Huckabee's '' Carried Away'' and the 2023

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film The Dresden Sun. Gabriel Horn is co-founder of Big Bear Film Summit, which, in the age of

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, was designated one of the best 2020 online fests by FilmFreeway.

Film

Born in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of the US, Gabriel Horn has long been part of the city's indie filmmaking community. His 16-year friendship with

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colleague Tom Huckabee resulted in several television shows and films. In an interview with Dallas Observer after Huckabee's death, Horn stated, "...(he put) himself into creative talent with inspirational people...that's what he taught me to do as well." Gabriel Horn was cast as the lead in the 2010 film '' Carried Away''. Actor Bill Paxton was originally set to play Horn's father in the movie, but the role went to Mark Walters due to scheduling issues. Horn also served as

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. The film saw modest success and accolades. Director Tom Huckabee would later say, "It was Gabe who lit the fuse of Carried Away by reading the script and saying he wanted to star in it...it was (Horn's) enthusiasm for the project that caused me to commit all the money from the sale of my house in Los Angeles." Gabriel Horn was a consulting producer on the 2023 film The Dresden Sun, starring

and

Picasso's Christ

Gabriel Horn's "unfinished" documentary ''Picasso's Christ'' has received both praise and conflict. The movie features Oscar-nominated filmmaker

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, actor Xander Berkley, artist Shepard Fairey, and

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of the FBI's art fraud division, among others. Horn's often collaborator Tom Huckabee produced. The ''Picasso's Christ'' central "crime & fraud" storyline, with little focus on

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, was later acquired by CatchLight Studios' Jason Clark, a producer having deep and current history with

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and the Fuzzy Door production company. Collaborating with Horn, Clark shaped the crime storyline into a detailed late 2023

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, with plans to later create a narrative TV series.

Big Bear Film Summit

In 2020 (during the

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), Gabriel Horn and partner Mike Hansen created Big Bear Film Summit, in

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. Forced by the global

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shutdown to go digital, the partners managed to have a well-received run, with subsequent fests announced for 2021. The 2021 version of Big Bear Film Summit was also a success.

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