Paul Sirmons, President of ICVM
Paul Sirmons is an independent filmmaker with 40 years experience, the first 20 as a DGA Asst. Director on many TV series including THE WALTONS, QUANTUM LEAP, SEAQUEST & FALCON CREST. The last 20 years he’s been producing movies and TV shows, focusing more on faith-based and family productions. Paul served as Florida’s State Film Commissioner, appointed by then-Governor Jeb Bush, from 2005 to 2008, and wrote Florida’s first successful film incentive bill. He most recently produced the movies TE ATA and MONTFORD: THE CHICKASAW RANCHER, and line-produced the faith-based movies HOME RUN, LETTERS TO GOD and TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS. He’s been president of ICVM for five years, leading a Board with hearts to help Christian filmmakers.
Chris Rogers, Board Member
Chris Rogers is an award‑winning producer whose career spans more than four decades, including over 1,500 television episodes, dozens of documentary projects, and internationally released films. As founder of CDR Communications and 1 Voice Films, he has led creative teams across 30 countries, producing media that serves ministries, nonprofits, government agencies, and global audiences. His recent work includes major documentary releases and the groundbreaking Animated Word series, bringing Scripture to life through word‑for‑word visual storytelling.
Marc Harper, Board Member
Over the last 18 years, Marc has served many studios, producers and distributors and helped pioneer the resurgence of church movie nights. Marc has served on marketing teams launching movies such as Woodlawn, The Song, October Baby, Soul Surfer and Fireproof.
Dianne Becker, Past President
Winner of two regional Emmy’s and a background in television news, Dianne is a freelance documentary producer & film-maker with experience in three feature films, including End of the Spear.
Jared Geesey, Board Member
Jared Geesey is Executive Vice President, International at Angel Studios, where he leads global distribution strategy, partnerships, and theatrical expansion for one of the fastest growing independent studios in the world.
In 2023, he launched Angel Studios’ theatrical division, which has ranked as a top 10 US theatrical distributor every year since its inception.
Jared previously built the first transactional VOD platform for the faith and family market at ChristianCinema.com in 2014. He also serves on the board of International Christian Visual Media (ICVM).
Isaac Hernandez, Board Member
Isaac has over 40 years experience in the industry, including directing and producing hundreds of TV shows for the Trinity Broadcasting Network. He was also a programming executive for the network. Isaac was the director of PAXtv’s flagship show GREAT DAY AMERICA when the network first launched. Currently, as Vice President of Programming and Syndication, Isaac is responsible for the acquisition and scheduling of Christian movies for Parables TV and Upliftv, a Faith based entertainment network on Directv.
Beverly Holloway, Board Member
Beverly Holloway has been an independent Casting Director for TV, Feature Films, and New Media for over 30 years and is proud to be a member of The Casting Society of America. Her credits include THE CHOSEN, UNSUNG HERO, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE and the recent sequel, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE 2.
Rick Garside, Board Member
Rick Garside has produced over 100 hours of feature films and directed a number of award-winning dramas. Rick has produced films for Sony/PureFlix including ‘Once Upon a Time in Mongolia’, ‘An Unlikely Angel’, (the #1 movie for almost 6 months on the platform), and Badge of Faith.
Rick and his wife of 35+ years have 6 children and are very involved in their local church. Rick also enjoys the outdoors and volunteers as a National Ski Patrol.
Stephen Briggs, Board Member
Stephen Briggs leads Israel Matters as its Producer and Host. He also serves as Executive Director of Covenant of Hope Media, and Executive Produced Hatikvah Films’ multi-award-winning documentaries America and the Israel Effect and Cyrus Nations? UK. With decades of experience across radio, podcasting, film, and television, he helps Believers understand Israel through both journalism and cinematic storytelling.
Cameron Arnett, Board Member
Haitian born and current citizen of the USA, Camy “Cameron” Arnett is the founder of Christ Over Career, Saving Destinies and Childless Dads. An award-winning Actor and Director, he is also the CEO of Camy Arnett Production Studios, a Producer, Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur. Camy is married to BJ Arnett and the father of 5 wonderful children and currently 6 spectacular grandchildren. Follow him for more, at CameronArnett.com, CamyArnett.com and on IG and Facebook @CameronArnettActor
Maggie Riffler, Board Member
Maggie Riffler has 20+ years of experience in the audiovisual industry, She has worked in the Music business collaborating in the development of Spanish and Portuguese albums with Integrity Music as well as marketing and international distribution of other music labels in Latin America.
ICVM Staff (Coming Soon)
Nancy Rogers, Director of Operations
Nancy and her husband, Chris, founded CDR Communications, Inc. in 1984, a video and film production company that has been blessed to produce hundreds of commercials, documentaries, training films, and feature films.
After attending many wonderful ICVM Storytellers Conferences with Chris, Nancy was invited to step into the role of Director of Operations for ICVM—a role she has joyfully embraced.
ICVM is far more than a conference for filmmakers. It is a family of dedicated creatives passionate about sharing the message of Jesus with the world.
ICVM
Our Mission
“To be a supportive Christian community for those involved in the production and distribution of visual media; encouraging and networking to communicate Christ to the world.”
ICVM is a community of Christians involved in bringing the message of Christ to the world through the use of media. As an organization, we are committed to bringing together like-minded individuals with the same passion, and helping our members multiply their effectiveness through every possible opportunity.
ICVM started with the advent of the Christian film industry. Many companies formed to meet the demand of more and better quality dramatic movies with a spiritual emphasis. Children’s videos started to proliferate as more and more parents became frustrated with what was coming out of Hollywood.
Today ICVM is a consortium of producers and distributors making a difference in the world through visual media. The ICVM membership family includes media organizations and media missionaries as well as individual video producers, independent writers, directors, actors and even some individuals who are simply interested in supporting Christian films and filmmakers.
Whatever your niche, we ask you to prayerfully consider joining this group who will encourage you to fulfill God’s call for your life.
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Become a Member
ICVM Members receive exclusive benefits, discounts on annual events, premium event access, video recordings and more. Learn more about our membership opportunities for individuals, small organizations, and large organizations.
Register for Events
Join our upcoming annual Crown Awards, Christian Film Market, Script to Story Pitch-A-Thon, and Investors Lion’s Den at our annual conference held in Washington DC at the Hyatt Regency Dulles.
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ICVM is a non-profit organization, all volunteer led. Our events are not possible without the financial support of our sponsors & donations. We work hard to give our sponsors benefits and exposure at the conference as well as year-round.
