Meaghan McKeon

Meaghan is a former Stag from the class of 2009.  During her time at Fairfield she enjoyed producing for Fairfield TV while interning at Saturday Night Live during her junior and senior years.  She went on to work for MTV and The Logo Network’s On-Air Promos Departments for a few years, developing campaigns for the Video Music Awards and other various tentpole events for the networks.

Meaghan is now a Senior Producer at TracyLocke, producing content for brands like Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Godiva and more.  She lives in Stamford with her husband Colin (another Fairfield alum!) and her French Bulldog, Munch, who is excited to watch the Cinefest films with her.  

Patrick Hendrickson

Hi there, I’m a marketing lead on the Amazon Originals Movies team. I am responsible for leading the overall strategy for our original genre movies. In this role, I lead cross-functional teams (e.g. Creative, Social, Media, PR, Synergy, Promotions, etc.) around the development and execution of our 360 marketing campaigns, while managing external relationships with key stakeholders such as producers, directors, talent, and co-production partners. I am currently working on the campaigns for our upcoming Blumhouse slate, the Joseph Gorden-Levitt lead thriller 7500 and the sVOD release of Knives Out.

Andrew Moriarty

Andrew Moriarty, is an Emmy nominated writer, producer, and puppeteer currently living in New York City. Having been influenced by the works of Jim Henson, Andrew landed his dream job in 2009 when he became a member of the Sesame Street family. Andrew has used his love of television, writing, puppetry, and music to help monsters, birds, grouches, and snuffleupaguses learn their ABCs and 123s. Andrew’s television writing credits also include children’s shows, If You Give a Mouse A Cookie, Nature Cat, Bubble Guppies and The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo.

Justin Craig

Justin is the owner of boutique production company, Cinephonic Media, which specializes in digital video production, consulting, and media training.

He spent 15 years in the news media, most recently as an Executive Producer and as film critic for a national outlet.

Justin is also a contributing writer for Film Score Monthly Online, the film industry’s leading periodical on film-music craft, where he has interviewed many of Hollywood’s top composers and film-makers. 

He is a Fairfield University alum. 

Marisa Forziati

Marisa graduated from Fairfield in 2015 with a degree in Film, Television, and Media Arts. She spent the next 3.5 years working as a video editor/associate producer for Outside Television, an adventure sports network and production company in Westport, CT. She is currently a video editor for Great Big Story in Manhattan, working on short-form documentary style stories. 

Fiorela Canaj

Fiorela Canaj is a Fairfield University alumni, class of 2011.  Currently she is a Digital Producer for the creative agency Real Pie which has offices in Norwalk, CT and Los Angeles. Prior to this she worked at NBC for four years as a Scripted Content executive. She also holds an MFA from UCLA’s Producers Program. Fiorela is still very connected to the Fairfield community having taught a class last semester. Cinefest was one of her favorite events as a student and she’s so excited to be able to be a Judge this year.