Cole Dabney is the founder and president of the Austin Film Critics Association. He started a film review website, Cole and Bobby...at the Movies!!, with his former sidekick Bobby McCurdy while attending Austin's Bowie High School, and later became the chief film critic and movies editor at INsite Magazine and Study Breaks Magazine, as well as the film critic for Austin's Fox affiliate, KTBC (Fox 7 News).

Cole regularly appears on television and radio talking about film (most notably as a guest on CNN), and has participated in many post-screening discussion panels. In 2011, he served as a juror for the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival Awards.

Originally from Georgetown, Texas, Cole graduated from the University of Texas in 2010 and is currently pursuing his dream as a music video director. You can view his directorial portfolio on his website, cdab.tv.