Director

Jon Crowley has been a founding member, judge and M.C. of the FilmOneFest for all of the festival's ten years. In addition to having served as a vice president at the FOOD and Syfy networks, Crowley was an executive at truTV where he co-created and executive produced the hit comedy series, The Impractical Jokers. He also writes, produces and directs for popular shows such as House Hunters International, Growing Up Hip-Hop and Marriage Bootcamp. This last year, Crowley won two Television Academy Emmy Awards-- most notably for a live, two-hour town hall about the opioid crisis. In November, Crowley was elected to the town council.  He lives in Atlantic Highlands with his Wife (who serves on the Board of Education) and teenage son.

Gedney has been working in the music side of the film industry for more than 25 years.  He has collaborated with top Hollywood talents, including Ron Howard, Robert De Niro, Malcolm D. Lee, Wes Anderson, Jodie Foster, Lasse Hallstrom, and Ang Lee.  Most notably, Gedney received a Golden Reel for his work on the Oscar winning film “Chicago.”  Recently he’s worked on the award winning films "The Hundred Foot Journey,” “Girls Trip”, “A Dog’s Purpose”, and “Warrior”.  Gedney is currently working on the highly anticipated film “The Nutcracker And The Four Realms” for Walt Disney Pictures, which will be released on November 2, 2018.

He’s an award-winning journalist specializing in movies and travel and a contributing editor to the Arts & Leisure News Service, a national syndicate based in Manhattan.  He has written extensively about films and filmmakers for New Jersey publications, including the Asbury Park Press. Zak also hosts film series at New Jersey libraries.

Susan Littenberg has edited over 20 feature films including 13 GOING ON 30, CHARLOTTE’S WEB, and A LOT LIKE LOVE. She was nominated for Best Edited Comedy for EASY A at the 2010 ACE Awards. As First Assistant Editor she worked with Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley, and with Ang Lee on SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and THE ICE STORM.
Susan most recently was a producer on the award winning documentary BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY, and has been consulting on several independent Feature Films. She teaches editing at AFI and the graduate school at UCLA. 

Robert O’Connor is the founder and Artistic Director of FilmOneFest.  He is a practicing artist and musician whose work has been exhibited internationally, most notably at New York Studio Gallery where he had two solo exhibitions of his paintings, prints and videos.    

He holds an MFA degree from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a bachelors and masters degree from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.  He also studied at the Art Students League of NY where he received the prestigious Edward McDowell Grant. He has participated in several film festivals including the Chicago Underground Film Festival and the Provincetown International Film Festival.  His videos have been shown at Jersey City Museum, the Monmouth Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, and at Mass MoCA.  On the music side, he has been studying composition and orchestration at the Juilliard Evening Division since 2014 and attended the European American Musical Alliance at the Schola Cantorum in Paris in July of 2016.  

Robert is very proud of his community arts work, and in particular,  FilmOneFest.  When he moved to the beautiful Bayshore town of Atlantic Highlands in 2006, he quickly got involved with the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council (AHAC) and suggested the idea of a one-minute film festival.  He worked closely with his Co-Director Julie Gartenberg, whose organizational skills were a perfect match to his creative skills.  They worked hand-in-hand to assemble the strong team of professionals that form the core of today’s festival.  Sadly, Julie passed away in 2015.  We believe, she would be proud that the festival is still thriving and happy to know that all the work and love she poured into it continues to bring art and joy into the world.