Committee

2006 HGLFF staff
TRANSITION TEAM
Sixto Wagan
Dennis Draper
Alton LaDay
VOLUNTEERS
Stephanie Atwood, Treasurer
D.L. Murphy, Secretary
PROGRAMMING
Kristian Salinas*, Festival Curator
Margaret Zigman, Submissions Curator
PR/MARKETING
Reinhart Marketing
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Kim Thompson
*Houston-native Kristian Salinas has been a regular
curator for the Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
since its beginning. A graduate of the University of
Texas at Austin’s School of Radio-TV-Film, Kristian
was previously the Director of Programming for Rice
Cinema and the Managing Director of the Angelika Film
Center. He is currently a member of the Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston’s Film Committee and sits on the
Programming Committee of the Aurora Picture Show. Now
based in Los Angeles, he has worked as the Senior
Programmer for Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and
Lesbian Film Festival, and has been a regular
submission screener for both AFI Fest and The Sundance
Film Festival. Kristian makes his living as a
freelance publicist and copy writer, and is now
working on writing and producing an original
English-language telenovela.