Season 7 T.G.I.M. celebrity judges
Thank God for Indie Mondays (T.G.I.M.) resumes for a seventh season on Monday evening, August 1. The popular event invites indie film enthusiasts (known as cineastes) to comment on submissions from all over the world that are being considered for inclusion in the Seventh Annual Fort Myers Film Festival in March 0f 2017. And to help get the discussion going after the presentation of each film, Director Eric Raddatz and Assistant Director Melissa Tschari DeHaven invite along a panel of celebrity judges for each T.G.I.M. event. On the pages that follow you will find profiles of the judges that include their credentials to provide insight and observations about the films you will screen.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.