Sallie Mayne
Executive Director

In 2004 Sallie Mayne joined Nashville Film Festival as Executive Director with over 25 years experience in advertising, marketing, promotions and public relations as well as event coordination. Coming to Nashville in 1988, she served 13 years as the marketing and public relations director, as well as designed the marketing materials, for Nashville Children’s Theatre. Prior experience included advertising director for a 17,000-seat arena promoting such groups as Eric Clapton, Bette Midler, Kenny Rogers, Fleetwood Mac, Rosanne Cash, Larry Gatlin, Joni Mitchell, and events such as the Texas Rodeo, Ice Capades, Ringling Bros. and the Harlem Globetrotters. 

She served as an advertising account rep for various clients including 7 Up, RC Cola, KGW Radio and KATU Television, and worked on 20^th Century Fox (Los Angeles) account which included marketing campaigns for Prizzi’s Honor and Cocoon. Currently, she is a member of the Tennessean for the Arts, Advisory Board for The Art Institue of Tennessee - Nashville, Nashville Arts Coalition, Metro Arts Executive Network, Association for the Future of Film & Television, The Frist Center and University of Florida Alumni organization.

sallie@nashvillefilmfestival.org

Brian Owens
Artistic Director

Brian Owens joined NaFF in its 40th season. The movie industry is changing around us and it is becoming more difficult to see the independently-minded, challenging films that used to come to our art house theaters. Brian thinks a film festival is more important than ever for those of us who seek to expand our horizons, and he hopes to play a vital part in bringing some of the best cinema the world has to offer to Nashville. Brian believes that it is an honor to be joining this fine team.

brianowens@nashvillefilmfestival.org

Ted Crockett
Director of Finance and Development

Ted Crockett became a permanent employee of the Nashville Film Festival in the spring of 2007. He worked under contract with NaFF during the 2004, 2005 and 2006 festivals as box office manager. Crockett moved to Nashville in 1998 after graduating in Broadcast Journalism from Brigham Young University. For over five years he worked at the business management firm Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy handling the finances of many entertainers including, Wynonna & Naomi Judd, Gary Allan, Shawn Colvin, Garbage and others. Crockett continues to provide financial services to several private clients and spends his extra time working with sculpture, oil painting and music.

ted@nashvillefilmfestival.org

Joe Pagetta
Media Relations Manager

Joe Pagetta has been the Media Relations Manager for Nashville Public Television and the Nashville Film Festival since 2006, seeing both organizations through periods of incredible growth. Previously, he was the assistant manager of marketing in the general licensing department at BMI for seven years, where he worked extensively on the Country in the Rockies benefit event. Born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, he studied journalism at New York University and holds a B.A. in English from St. Peter's College.

He currently sits on the board of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Midsouth Region. When he’s not promoting the great work of NPT and NaFF, he’s busy being an independent singer-songwriter, writing essays, riding his bike, reading or tending to his book collection, or trying to perfect his Italian-American cooking technique. He’s most proud of the sandwich named after him at Savarino’s Italian Cucina in Nashville.

jpagetta@wnpt.net