Festival Announcements: 2009

Kerry O'Quinn will be the host & emcee for the first annual Big Bear Horror Film Festival.

In 1972 Kerry launched a New York magazine publishing company with Norman Jacobs. They started with a soap opera magazine, and in 1976 Kerry made a dream come true when the first issue of STARLOG appeared on newsstands.

In 1977 STAR WARS hit movie theatres with a sonic boom, made the cover of TIME magazine, and suddenly science fiction was hot! In the next few years, Kerry and Norman created FANGORIA, CINEMAGIC, FUTURE LIFE and COMICS SCENE – a family of specialty newsstand magazines for genre fans.

They expanded with books on SPECIAL EFFECTS, ALIENS, SPACESHIPS, TOYS & MODELS and SPACE ART. Kerry produced soundtrack albums (Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST, THE AVENGERS, ROCKETSHIP X-M, etc.) and live events -- STAR TREK 20th Anniversary at Disneyland and STAR WARS 10th Anniversary with George Lucas.

He launched O’Quinn Productions with SCREAM GREATS, a video series for Paramount, and he developed FUTURETALES, a science fiction series for HBO. Working with Lucasfilm and other companies, they became the world’s largest publisher of licensed magazines for movies and TV – building a publishing and production empire with more than two-dozen monthly magazines, all targeting a young worldwide audience.

STARLOG and FANGORIA continue to reach the largest magazine audience ever in the realm of science fiction and horror movies – more than 30 years later, spanning several generations. The magazines now have web sites, major fan conventions and popular radio shows.

Kerry not only managed the business, he designed logos and wrote articles, interviews and scripts. Several years ago he sold his half of the company and moved to Hollywood to write and produce. Currently, he’s developing a dozen feature films – including Ayn Rand’s ANTHEM.

In addition, Kerry has written two books, two stage musicals and is involved in six television projects – mostly science fiction, horror, fantasy and superhero adventures.

In 2007 Kerry was honored by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films with the Saturn Service Award -- presented by his friend, producer Tom DeSanto (X-MEN, TRANSFORMERS).