spoke at the Christian Broadcasters convention in Moscow (2002) and taught video and writing classes in St. Petersburg (2002) and Alma-Aty, Kazakhstan (2002, 2003 and 2004). McDougal is former president and chairman of the board of International Christian Visual Media, a worldwide consortium of producers and distributors of Christian film and video that includes such organizations as World Wide Pictures, Gospel Films, and Focus on the Family. Since 1997, McDougal has administered a judging team for the Religion and Ethics division of the U.S. Film Festival, the largest non-theatrical film festival in the world, has been a judge in the Cinestory Screenwriting Contest, and heads a judging team for the student film category of the Cine Awards. McDougal has appeared as a panelist on various talk shows such as Geraldo, The Sally Jesse Raphael Show, PM Magazine, and The 700 Club where he has discussed filmmaking and family values. From 2000 to 2003, McDougal was professor of film and screenwriting at Regent University's Graduate School of Communication. During his tenure at Regent, McDougal's students produced scripts and movies including a film for Joel Freeman, former chaplain of the Washington Wizards titled “Return to Glory,” which received worldwide distribution. In 2008 and 2009, McDougal taught a film production workshop in the Tiltan Graphic Design College in Haifa, Israel through United Israel Media. UIM is an organization of local media producers that has its roots in the Jewish Messianic "Or haCarmel Congregation" of Haifa. This organization is a name that seeks to unite different media initiatives in Israel. In 2010, McDougal's feature film, Dog Jack, a story about the adventures of an escaped slave boy and his dog during the American Civil War, premiered in Pittsburgh at the Soldiers and Sailors Hall. It was accepted into 6 film festivals across the country, including the St. Louis International Film Festival, and won Best Drama at the San Diego Black Film Festival. In 2011, it had a limited theatrical release, and in 2012 came out on DVD and streaming at Redbox, Netflix, Amazon.com, Walmart, and other outlets. McDougal currently lives in Northfield with his wife Nevila, and children Eddie, Emilia, and Ben where he is working on his newest feature film. References External links http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_9pp48q https://web.archive.org/web/20090207074858/http://csec.org/about.htm ChristianMovies.com article http://www.dogjackmovie.com/SiteFiles/filmmakers.aspx Colorado College alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Winnetka, Illinois Regent University faculty People from Northfield, Illinois Film directors from