Our judges have personally selected the winners but will not all be able to be in Japan for the festival
Howard Kazanjian is the legendary award-winning producer of Star Wars-Episode VI-Return of The Jedi, Raiders of the Lost Ark and is a former Vice President of Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Gray Frederickson is the Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather Part II, was nominated for his work on the film Apocalypse Now.
Ralph Winter is the award-winning producer of the films X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and others.
Kanjiro Sakura is a Japanese producer, who helmed a number of shows in Japan and internationally.His works include renowned films such as “Inception” (2010), “WASABI” (2001), “Tetsujin 28” (2005), “KURO- OBI ”2007,“ Detective Mitarai’s Casebook – The Clockwork Current ”(2016) and more.
Gerald R. Molen is the Academy Award-winning producer of Schindler’s List and has also produced the films Jurassic Park, Rain Man and Minority Report among many other notable films.
Mark Joseph is an award-winning producer who has been involved in some of the biggest films in history including The Passion of The Christ, The Chronicles of Narnia, Ray, and Holes.He was a producer on Max Rose starring Jerry Lewis, The Vessel starring Martin Sheen and is currently producing the films Reagan starring Dennis Quaid and Dark Horse starring Tim Allen.
