BRIAN BENNETT graduated from the University of Richmond, with a BS in Business Administration, worked as an Account Systems Engineer with IBM, handling the Richmond Federal Reserve and Sovran Banks.  After a sabbatical of world travel, settled in Bangkok, produced several films and then founded the Bangkok Film Festival in 1998.  Brian enjoys films, attended many film festivals and wanted to bring a unique festival to Bangkok.  In 2010, Brian set up 9FilmFest.  The Bangkok Post Publishing joined to take this festival into the main stream. Now, in 2012 the festival has increased in size and we are called AIS presents Amazing Thailand 9FilmFest.

 

GARVIN BOONSONG has a BA in Agriculture Business and M.A in Geography from California university . He is currently pursuing a MA in Integrated Marketing Communications at DPUIC international College in Bangkok.  While living Thailand he worked as head of marketing for a thai ecommerce company selling nutritional product. Along with helping the 9Film Festival team,  Garvin Boonsong is currently helping the marketing of Rain Tree foundation, a nonprofit foundation based In Chiang Mai focused on improving the lives of rural communities.

In America Garvin Boonsong  worked in various positions including  as  a Micro Targeter for a national advertising company,  in the  Geographic Information and Global positioning system in agriculture, as well as in the wine industry. Garvin Boonsong business and career passion includes marketing, agriculture, economic development, and leadership development.  In his free time, Garvin likes to read a lot as well as spend time in nature.

NOPHAWA KIRDSOMCHIT (Cal) graduated from Rajamangala University of Technology (RMUTT), with B.A. Liberal Arts. Now studying MBA (Master of Business Administration) at Ramkhamheang University majoring Marketing. I worked in the hotel industry for a couple of years. I'd love to lie down and chilling on the beach, love everything about the beach activity. So it is my first choice to go and relax however going up high on the mountain is not that bad. I also like watching movies, reading books, listening to music, dancing, wakeboarding and many more! The whole wide world is out there to learn, just do whatever you want to and never forget to live your life. If you can't go to explore by yourself then just read while you breathe!