Alf Seccombe

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Alfred Seccombe (also credited as Alf Seccombe) (born December 8, 1982) is an American film director, actor, and film festival director. [1] [2] He grew up in Carmel Valley, California and started making films in high school with Conall Jones. [3]

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He was the Director of Programming for the Palo Alto International Film Festival in 2011 and 2012. [1] [4]

Short films

Alf Seccombe's first notable film, Ringo , opened the inaugural Tiger Cub Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam. [5] [6] His film Young Dracula came in second in the Bay Area Short category at the 54th San Francisco International Film Festival. [7] [8] [9]

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  1. 1 2 Palo Alto: Tech zest-blessed fest, "Variety", Sept. 27, 2012, ""
  2. "Alf Seccombe", "Imdb.com"
  3. "IFFR Public Profile", Referenced on May 3, 2013
  4. , IndieWire , August 15, 2011
  5. "Filmmaker Magazine", Jan. 10, 2005, " Archived 2013-06-16 at archive.today "
  6. "Ringo (II) (2005)", "Imdb.com"
  7. "Awards for Alf Seccombe", "imdb.com"
  8. Susan Gerhard, "SF360", May 5, 2011, " "SFIFF54 Golden Gate Award Winners Announced | SF360". Archived from the original on August 26, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013."
  9. Dana Harris, "IndieWire", May 5, 2011, ""