Producer, Sound of My Voice
Nominated for: Best First Feature

A Stanford graduate, Shelly Surpin co-founded the Media Access Center, a San Francisco Bay area documentary production company which pioneered the use of hand held portable video recording in the 1970’s. She later received a law degree from Boalt Hall at the University of California at Berkeley and has practiced entertainment law for over twenty years as a partner at Surpin & Mayersohn, LLP. The firm focuses on transactions relating to film finance, development, production and distribution, including representation of numerous independent filmmakers and production companies.

She is Chair of SubSCREEN, the LosAngeles County Bar Subcommittee for Film & Television Screen Entertainment, and also serves on the Executive Board of Stanford in Entertainment. She participated in the First International Animation Forum at Zhengzhou, China. As associate producer on The Doom Generation and Nowhere, and co-producer on Prague Duet, she has worked closely with clients to help realize their vision on the screen.