RUSS BARNES – DIRECTOR/WRITER

Having moved from a lucrative and successful career in Silicon Valley,Russ has since followed his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Through several independent productions of others and his own and then working in distribution, Russ found himself, after a life-changing event, compelled to write and direct his own work.



DEAN SCHALLER – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ACTOR - PHIL

After recently graduating from UCLA Theater and Film School, Dean has pursued his acting career both on stage and off. Dean has been drawn towards telling unique and independent stories.



JOSEPH JETT SALLY – EDITOR

After working as an Assistant Editor on such films as Captain Ron, Look Who’s Talking Now, Guarding Tess, Jungle to Jungle, Flubber, and the new Star Wars Trilogy, Jett has moved into the editing chair. He co-edited the pilot for Gideon’s Crossing, worked with George Lucas on the 2004 release of the director’s cut of THX1138, and was one of the editors on the latest segment in the Star Wars Trilogy, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Most recently, Jett worked on the ABC Family drama Wildfire.

OTTO KRAUSE, P.H.D. – PRODUCER/ACTOR- REV. JIMMY CHRISTMAS

Otto received his doctorate in Poor, Hungry and Dirty from the University of the Streets of New York. Spending years in the City drinking and doing mountains of cocaine, Otto worked as a model in the United States and Japan. As well, Otto appeared in numerous major motion pictures, commercials and TV shows including, Nash Bridges, The City and currently Deadwood. With this film, Otto has initiated the start of his 20-year dream of producing and acting in his own features.



LOUIS ANTHONY PEREZ – WRITER/CREATIVE CONSULTANT

Louis worked as an actor both in New York and Los Angeles for over 20 years before embarking on a writing career under the guidance of David Milch at Red Board Productions. Lou has appeared in 14 major motion pictures as well as various TV shows and commercials. It was while working on "NYPD Blue" as an actor that Louis met David Milch and started an 8-year mentorship that has blossomed into the research and development of various television series including the HBO hit series Deadwood. When not lending his talented and unique voice to independent films, Louis is developing an untitled show for Red Board.



SACHA RIVIERE – DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Originally a still photographer, Riviere has moved into cinematography shooting second units and additional photography on films of numerous genres, including the urban film Civil Brand starring Mos Def, Da Brat and Francis Shepard; the horror title Silent Screams starring Macolm McDowell and Angie Everheart. Since 2002, he has directed the photography on his own slate of films, the comedy The Company and most notably two documentaries shot in Africa: Africa Mashariki Nafsi and Xia Xia: Voice of Our Ancestors. The latter winning best documentary at the Action Film Festival, 2004. His work as a photographer was recently exhibited in Create Fixate’s 2005 Photography Show in Los Angeles.



PIERO MURA - SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR

After working in every aspect of sound for film, Piero has earned great respect for his work on such features as 16 Blocks, War of the Worlds and Freedomland. He has been nominated three times for the Golden Reel Award from the Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA.



TOM WOOSLEY - COPRODUCER

A veteran of independent productions, Tom has worked as screenwriter and producer, most recently, on Army of the Dead, Attack of the Sabretooth and Sabretooth for the Sci-Fi Channel.



JJ BURKE - MUSIC COMPOSITION/PERFORMANCE

JJ loves music. Only now moving into film and television composition, JJ is an accomplished jazz guitarist.