Judi Levine
Festival judge
Judi Levine has had an extensive producing career in feature films, television mini-series and documentaries, and has been associated with award-winning film projects since her first short feature, *Plead Guilty, Get a Bond*, won an AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film.
Levine produced the award-winning feature film *The Sessions*, starring Oscar-winner Helen Hunt and Oscar-nominees John Hawkes and William H. Macy. A highlight of Levine’s career, the film won numerous international awards, including Audience Awards at the Sundance, San Sebastian and Mill Valley Film Festivals, a Sundance Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast, and acting nominations and awards at the Independent Spirit, Golden Globe and Academy Awards.
In 2017, Levine was a co-producer on the WWII drama *The Catcher Was a Spy*, starring Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and Guy Pearce, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and opened across the US that same year.
Levine recently completed the romantic comedy *Falling for Figaro*, starring Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald, due for release in 2021, and is currently producing the comedic drama *How to Please a Woman* in Perth, Western Australia.
While Levine has a number of projects in development through her company, Such Much Films, she also tours with the seminars *Jumpstart Hollywood*, aimed at helping aspiring artists find an easier path to establishing themselves in Hollywood.
Levine produced the award-winning feature film *The Sessions*, starring Oscar-winner Helen Hunt and Oscar-nominees John Hawkes and William H. Macy. A highlight of Levine’s career, the film won numerous international awards, including Audience Awards at the Sundance, San Sebastian and Mill Valley Film Festivals, a Sundance Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast, and acting nominations and awards at the Independent Spirit, Golden Globe and Academy Awards.
In 2017, Levine was a co-producer on the WWII drama *The Catcher Was a Spy*, starring Paul Rudd, Paul Giamatti and Guy Pearce, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and opened across the US that same year.
Levine recently completed the romantic comedy *Falling for Figaro*, starring Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald, due for release in 2021, and is currently producing the comedic drama *How to Please a Woman* in Perth, Western Australia.
While Levine has a number of projects in development through her company, Such Much Films, she also tours with the seminars *Jumpstart Hollywood*, aimed at helping aspiring artists find an easier path to establishing themselves in Hollywood.