Mark Voelpel and Charles Haine will join the festival’s inaugural virtual career fair to inspire the next generation of cinematic storytellers. Brooklyn College’s Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema faculty are hitting the film festival circuit again as professors Mark Voelpel (head of digital animation and VFX) and Charles Haine (head of cinematography) have been invited to inspire the next generation of cinematic storytellers at the Astoria Film Festival Virtual Media/Film Career Fair to be held on March 23–25. Voelpel and Haine will join 30 seasoned and celebrated voices on six panels of industry professionals across film, television, and digital media. They will participate in this inaugural celebration of media careers as part of the Astoria Film Festival Film Education & Outreach programming, intended to help youths from underrepresented communities get a stronger foothold in the media industry by gaining work experience, mentors, and career advice from industry professionals. About Mark Voelpel Mark Voelpel is a Clio-winning director of record for more than 60 commercials for clients such as Samsung, Google, LG Digital, Chrysler, and Intel; three award-winning narrative films; a documentary; and a collection of short political satire videos. He supervised visual effects for feature films such as The Shadow, Braveheart, Demolition Man and The Last Action Hero. He was the DP for a variety of short and feature films, including the award-winning feature documentary One Nation Under God and the short The Strange Case of Balthazar Hyppolite, which was a finalist for Best Short for the Academy Awards. Read Mark Voelpel’s full bio. About Charles Haine Charles Haine directed his first feature film, Angel’s Perch, in 2012. Among Haine’s other directing highlights are a music video for Fitz and the Tantrums; the launch spot for the U.K. startup Gamestick; fashion advertisements for Fais Do Do and Emory K Holiday; and countless book trailers for Simon & Schuster, Penguin, Quirk, and many others, including the recent trailer for Chuck Klosterman’s novel The Visible Man, Ransom Riggs’ original Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, and the hit trailers for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls for Quirk Books. In 2008, Haine founded the Academy Award–nominated production company Dirty Robber. Read Charles Haine’s full bio.
