Lone Pine: Where the Real West Becomes the Reel West
This Years Theme: 
Steve Latshaw takes on a NEW ROLE as The Museum Director and names Melody Holland Ogburn, who will return, to be the 2025 Film Festival Director.
Yes, for many, you know the name “Holland.” Melody is the daughter of Dave Holland, one of the founders of the Lone Pine Film Festival. Melody has long been involved with the annual Film Festival taking on varied roles in “wrangling” celebrities and for many years, developed and guided a few of our great Lone Pine Location tours, made famous by her dad. I know you will all join me in welcoming Melody in her new role with the Film Festival.
In 1989, Lone Pine Business and Community leaders formulated a plan to pay tribute to the extensive Hollywood heritage of the Eastern Sierra and the actors, directors, and producers who had been coming for years to make films in Lone Pine and the surrounding area. Hollywood’s long standing love affair with the unique landscape brought an extensive list of talent including actors Errol Flynn, John Wayne, Gene Autry, Spencer Tracy, Robert Downey, Jr. and Jeff Bridges, as well as directors, Budd Boetticher, John Ford, Quentin Tarantino, William Wellman, and William Witney.