Mikey Brown
2008 Planet Ant Film & Video Festival Director

Mikey has directed and/or edited dozens of shorts, commercials, industrial films and music videos as well as the first feature movie adaptation of a Planet Ant original play, Garage: A Rock Saga. He was nominated for a 2007 Detroit Wilde Award for Best Actor In An Original Production or Improvisational Comedy for his work in "Out of The Running" at Planet Ant. Mikey co-wrote and directed The Bannister's Wholesome Family Fun Hour at Planet Ant, a multi-media comedy, which received nominations for Favorite Original Production at the 2006 Wilde Awards and Best Music Video at the 2006 Detroit Music Awards. As a member of NPFC he co-composed original scores for Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour and OP King of Skate, ESPN; Lifetrack, BET; Detroit Public TV station ID's and others. Mikey plays with The Lincolns UK, shoe and The Twilight Babies (2004 Best House Band, Real Detroit; 2003 Detroit Music Award-Best Electronic Group).

The 2008 Jury:
Larry Joe Campbell ("According to Jim", ABC)
Andy Cobb (www.youtube.com/AndyCobbonUTube)
Josh Funk ("Wild 'N Out" MTV)
Nyima Funk ("Wild 'N Out" MTV; Thank God You're Here NBC)
Charles Cerginski (Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker)
Nate DuFort (Associate Producer, Second City Chicago; Former Planet Ant Festival Director)