Halfdan Hussey is the director and co-founder of
Cinequest Inc, and the CEO of
Cinequest Maverick Studio LLC. He is the author of ''To The Dogs'' and ''7 Powers of Creating'' and the film director, and producer of ''Life is Love'' and ''Seizing Me''.
Halfdan was named one of the 25 people who dramatically changed the Silicon Valley, over the past 25 years by Metro Newspaper 2010.
Early life
Hussey was raised in Boulder, Colorado. His father was a teacher and worked part-time as a projectionist. He graduated from University of Colorado with a degree in English. He later moved to New York City and took film classes at NYU. While writing the screenplay for his first film, ''He’s Still There'', he worked as a taxi cab driver in New York City.
Career
Hussey co-founded the
Cinequest Film Festival
The Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival is an annual independent film festival held each March in San Jose, California and Redwood City, California. The international festival combines the cinematic arts with Silicon Valley’s innovation. It is ...
with Kathleen Powell in 1990. It was listed as one of the top 10 film festivals and best digital festivals by ''The Ultimate Guide to Film Festivals'' in 2004.
Hussey has written two books, ''To The Dogs'' and ''7 Powers of Creating''. ''To The Dogs'' is a fictional novel about two brothers who must decide whether to follow their father’s footsteps in crime or take another path. ''7 Powers of Creating'' is a non-fiction novel that shows the seven necessary steps to transform one’s ideas into reality.
Hussey is the CEO of Cinequest’s Maverick Studio LLC. This company produces, co-produces, and distributes films, documentaries, television, and new media.
[LinkedIn Influencer https://www.linkedin.com/today/posts/halfdan-hussey-30698b8] In 2003, he produced and directed ''Seizing Me''. In 2008, he wrote and directed ''Still Waters Burn''. In 2014, he directed and produced ''Life is Love''. The film centers around Somaly Mam and young women who are survivors of sex trafficking in Cambodia.
References
External links
Bio at Conquest* http://www.metroactive.com/movies/Cinequest-2014-Preview.html
* http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/print-edition/2013/02/22/halfdan-husseys-silver-screen-dreams.html?page=2
* https://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2005/03/66755
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Businesspeople from Boulder, Colorado
Writers from Boulder, Colorado
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