Warren Etheredge is the founder of TheWarrenReport, an influential film industry tip sheet and film fan club dedicated to the empowering notion that “smarter audiences make better movies!” Etheredge is president and head of development for Lockspring Pictures and served for six years as curator of Bumbershoot’s 1 Reel Film Festival, the nation’s best-attended celebration of short cinema. He has written and directed more than 40 plays off- and off-off-Broadway, penned five books and several short films, and written countless magazine articles on film and related topics.