River Valley Film Festival
2026 Grand Jury

Ray Izad-Mehr
Filmmaker & Producer, Ozon Film Group

Russell Schwartz
Associate Professor, Creative Producing, Dodge College, Chapman University

Sara Vahabi
Awards Strategist & Film Publicist, Phase 2 PR

Sean Young
Actress
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Internationally acclaimed star of Screen, Television and Stage Sean Young has starred in over three dozen feature films, including such box office hits as “BLADE RUNNER”, “NO WAY OUT”, “ACE VENTURA PET DETECTIVE”, “COUSINS”, “WALL STREET” and “DUNE”. She has been fortunate to have worked with several of the most accomplished directors in the industry including Robert Altman, Harold Becker, Roger Donaldson, James Ivory, David Lynch, Gary Marshall, Ismail Merchant, Carl Reiner, Ivan Reitman, Ridley Scott, Tom Shadyak, Joel Shumacher, Oliver Stone and Gus Van Sant.
Young was born as Mary Sean Young in Louisville, Kentucky November 20, 1959, the daughter of Lee Guthrie, a screenwriter, public relations executive, and journalist, and Donald Young, a television news producer and journalist. She attended Cleveland Heights High School in Cleveland Heights, Ohio and then transferred to and graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan.
Young began her film career in 1980 in the film “JANE AUSTEN IN MANHATTAN”, followed by a small role in the 1981 film “STRIPES”,
Her body of work has established her versatility and exhibited her chameleon capability in her leading roles: from an other-worldly replicant in “BLADE RUNNER” opposite Harrison Ford, to the lusty mistress in “NO WAY OUT” with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman, to Michael Douglas trophy wife in “WALL STREET”, to the gracious wronged-woman in “COUSINS” with Ted Danson, to the ass-kicking, military helicopter pilot trading barbs with Nicolas Cage and Tommy Lee Jones in “FIREBIRDS”, to playing twin sisters in “A KISS BEFORE DYING” with Matt Dillon.
Sean's comedic skills were highlighted in “FATAL INSTINCT”, under the direction of Carl Reiner with Armand Assante, as well as “THE PROPRIETOR” which she starred with the incredible Jeanne Moreau.
No stranger to television, she has starred in such highly rated and significantly acclaimed Movie of the Week's as the award-winning legal drama,: “WITNESS TO THE EXECUTION”, “BLUE ICE”, with Michael Caine, and the mini-series “BLOOD AND ORCHIDS” with Kris Kristofferson.