Executive Director: Molly Fergusson
Molly worked to organize the first annual Oxford Film Festival in 2003, joined the festival as a Co-Director in 2004, and was named Executive Director in 2010. Before moving to Oxford, Molly lived in Wilmington, NC, where she worked with an independent film producer on documentary and commercial projects. She is an attorney who teaches legal writing and contract drafting at the University of Mississippi Law School.
Contact: molly [at] oxfordfilmfest.com
Production Director: Micah Ginn
Micah is an award-winning filmmaker-producer and a 1996 graduate of the University of Mississippi. After graduating from college, Micah moved to Los Angeles where he worked in various jobs in the film industry, including casting, development, script-analyst, and on-set production. After five years in California, Ginn moved home to Mississippi and has since produced several short films as well as the feature-length documentaries The University Greys and Undefeated: The Chucky Mullins Story. His most recent film “The Night of the Loup Garou“, has been hailed as “the greatest Werewolf movie ever made in Taylor, Mississippi”. Micah is the Production Director of OFF and has been volunteering with the festival since its inception in 2003. He also has a fondness for red sport coats and sunglasses.
Contact: micah [at] oxfordfilmfest.com
Operations Director: Michelle Emanuel
Communications Director: Melanie Addington
Melanie has worked with the Oxford Film Festival for the last five years, first joining as a screening committee member, then volunteer coordinator in 2007 and the Media Coordinator in 2008. In 2009 she became an assistant director of the festival and in 2010 co-director of the festival. She works full-time as a staff writer for the Oxford Eagle and writes about film in a weekly column for the Oxford Town. She also writes the film blog Oxford Film Freak and serves as a guest blogger on blogs for the Oxford Film Festival. She is currently working on her first independent film as a screenwriter and producer.
Hospitality Director: Diala Chaney
Volunteer Coordinators: Kristin Rogers and Detra Payne
This will be Kristin’s 4th year as a volunteer with OFF which brings together her love of film and organization. Kristin works at the JD Williams Library at Ole Miss as a Library Specialist in Acquisitions/Technical Services. She and her husband, Stephen, are huge movie lovers and have their own library of over 250 films. In addition to film Kristin enjoys reading, scrapbooking, activities with her Church, singing in the Oxford Civic Chorus, and hanging out with friends and family.
Gift Bag Coordinator: Susan McPhail
Susan is the mother of three adults including a daughter who has autism, and she’s the wife of Oxford’s own Johnny McPhail. She has taught special education at the North Mississippi Regional Center for the past 22 years and is a state autism consultant. Susan has been active with the Oxford Film Festival from the beginning and has worn a variety of volunteer hats including ticket sales, transportation, donation wrangling, and gift bag coordinating. She loves every aspect of the festival and especially cherishes the many friendships formed from her years of involvement.
