We are very pleased to welcome Keith Williams to the judging panel. Keith is a scriptwriter from Neath in South Wales who has worked in London and Los Angeles on over fifty music videos, visualising songs for artists such as Olivia Newton-John, Elton John, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Bonnie Tyler and directors including Taylor Hackford, Tobe Hooper, Russell Mulcahy and Ivan Reitman. Now based back home in Wales, Keith continues writing original screenplays for shorts and feature films, working as script consultant on other producers’ projects and directing music videos for local rock bands. He also and presents his stage show 'When Music Videos Ruled the World' at various venues around the World, most recently at the Voulmentin Lit Fest in Northern France. Along side this, he has also just completed his memoirs, 'The Boy Who Went to Hollywood', detailing the five years spent working there as the world’s first video conceptualist in the early days of that industry. Stay tuned for more news about Keith's involvement in our festival in the coming weeks.
