Carl Pfirman holds a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from the UCLA Graduate School of Film and Television, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Grinnell College in Iowa. His thesis film The Confession won a Student Academy Silver Award in the narrative category. The Confession was released theatrically by Jour De Fete films and screened at over sixty international film festivals, including the Los Angeles Film Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, South by Southwest, Cinequest, and Tampere International Short Film Festival. The Confession won jury awards at the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Atlanta International Film Festival, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival, as well as festivals in Kansas City, Seattle, Barcelona, and Turin, Italy. The film won the Golden Heron prize for best film at the 52nd Montecatini International Short Film Festival. Mr. Pfirman’s previous film Boy Next Door (1998) screened at over 70 film festivals around the world and won many audience awards. Boy Next Door aired on the Sundance Channel, Northwest Airlines, and Channel 4 (UK) as part of “The Shooting Gallery.” Mr. Pfirman’s previous films include Ciao Baby (1995) and Slow Dance (1997). Ciao Baby aired on the Independent Film Channel and screened at the Chicago Art Institute. Slow Dance screened at the Independent Feature Film Market as part of the Bravo/Independent Film Channel’s Student Showcase. Lucky Boy is a finalist in the 2004 Cinequest Film Festival Screenplay Competition.