Jacques Thelemaque ( ) is an American

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and

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best known as the president of the Los Angeles film collective

Filmmakers Alliance Filmmakers Alliance is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles. It was founded by Jacques Thelemaque and Diane Gaidry. Its over 300 members provide a support system through which members share time, energy, expertise, equipment and creative ...

Biography

Thelemaque studied briefly at the

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, but his film career began in 1993 when he co-founded

with his then-wife,

Diane Gaidry Diane Adair Gaidry (October 11, 1964 – January 30, 2019) was an American film and theatre actress. She is best known for the character, Simone, in ''Loving Annabelle'', and also starred in '' The Dogwalker'', directed by Jacques Thelemaque. ...

. He built the grassroots film collective from a loose-knit group of filmmakers into an important independent filmmaking resource organization with films screening at every major festival in the world and receiving global distribution. He has overseen the production of hundreds of films and developed a wide range of innovative and impactful filmmaking support programs. In 2004, he and producing partner

Liam Finn Liam Mullane Finn (born 24 September 1983) is a New Zealand singer and musician. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child. He is the son of musicians Sharon and Neil Finn. In 2020, he joined his father's band, Crowded ...

formed FA Productions, of which they are Co-Presidents. Jacques himself - and through FA Productions - has produced several feature films including "Shock Television", " The Dogwalker", " Within", "Midnight Movie" and "The Revenant". He is also a co-producer on Brooklyn Reptyle’s "Audie & the Wolf". In 2005, he was named Chief Community Officer of the festival submission/filmmaker support site, Withoutabox.com. He left that company prior to them being acquired by the

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. As a writer-director his work includes the feature film " The Dogwalker" (

Los Angeles Film Festival The LA Film Festival was an annual film festival that was held in Los Angeles, California, and usually took place in June. It showcased independent, international, feature, documentary and short films, as well as web series, music videos, episod ...

Hong Kong International Film Festival The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), is one of Asia’s oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies, filmmakers from different countries in Hong Kong. HKIFF screens around 230 films ...

, Best First Feature -

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 ...

), as well as the shorts "Transaction" (

Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,66 ...

, winner of the Grand Prix du Jury Award in the Labo Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival), "Infidelity (in equal parts)" (

), "Egg' (

Mill Valley Film Festival The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual American film festival founded in 1977. History In October 1977, Mark Fishkin, Rita Cahill and Lois Cole organized a three-day film festival. It featured three film tributes, Francis Ford Coppola's ''T ...

, Best Comedy Short -

, Jury Award for Best Short – Methodfest) and "Love Without Socks" (AFI FEST -

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). He regularly participates in filmmaking panels, seminars, workshops and classes. He was on the board of directors for The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (now Film Independent's

) and currently sits on the advisory board of the IFP Emerging Filmmaker Labs as well as the boards of the Downtown Film Festival and the

Ashland Independent Film Festival The Ashland Independent Film Festival is held in Ashland, Oregon, United States. It has been organized by the non-profit Southern Oregon Film Society since 2001. Founded by D.W. and Steve Wood, the festival is held each spring over five days at th ...

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References

External links

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A Filmmaker's Life - Official Blog of Jacques ThelemaqueFilmmakers Alliance Official SiteOfficial Website of Diane GaidryFA ProductionsOfficial Website of The DogwalkerClermont-Ferrand Short Film FestivalAshland Independent Film FestivalDowntown Film FestivalMethodFestOfficial Website of WithinOfficial Website of Midnight MovieWithoutaboxBrooklyn Reptyle Productions
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