STEPHEN GYLLENHAAL
co-writer/director
Award-winning director Stephen Gyllenhaal’s productions include PARIS TROUT, for which he received a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials, as well as WATERLAND, A DANGEROUS WOMAN, LOSING ISAIAH and HOMEGROWN. In 2012, he received a DGA nomination for Outstanding ... MORE »
PEGGY RAJSKI
producer
Peggy Rajski is a veteran producer with many years experience bringing provocative, groundbreaking films successfully to the screen.Rajski’s producing credits include TOWELHEAD, HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, LITTLE MAN TATE, THE GRIFTERS, MATEWAN, EIGHT MEN OUT and THE BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET. Her ... MORE »
MICHAEL HUFFINGTON
producer
Michael Huffington has a distinguished career as a dedicated public servant, successful business executive, film producer and philanthropist whose charitable activities span the globe. In 1998, he was the co-chairman of a successful California ballot initiative to raise the price of cigarettes by 50 ... MORE »
MATTHEW R. BRADY
producer
Emmy Award-winning Matthew Brady founded MRB Productions in 2001. MRB produces content across all media channels and specializes in independent features, television shows, sports promos and commercials.Early on, the company found success with short comedic features for ESPN and ABC. MRB Productions ... MORE »
BRENT STIEFEL
producer
Brent Stiefel is a former pharmaceutical executive who now focuses his time and resources on two of his passions: philanthropy and emerging entertainment opportunities. Among his most recent projects is the just-launched Townie Records, a new kind of music label based on uniquely artist-friendly ... MORE »
PEGGY CASE
producer
Peggy Case is an award-winning producer and director of documentaries and dramas. She produced David Russo’s dark, stylish comedy THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF LITTLE DIZZLE and Robinson Devor’s ZOO. Provocative and controversial, ZOO was an official selection in the 2007 Sundance Film Festival ... MORE »
PHIL CAMPBELL
author/associate producer
Phil Campbell once persuaded 22 other Phil Campbells and one Phyllis Campbell to join him for a convention in the town of Phil Campbell, Alabama. The event earned him a mention in Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Before authoring ZIONCHECK FOR PRESIDENT, which GRASSROOTS is adapted from, he was an ... MORE »
JUSTIN RHODES
co-writer
Justin Rhodes writes, directs, and lives in Los Angeles. He came to filmmaking by way of animation after a detour through architecture. In 2008 he directed the award-winning CONTRACT KILLERS for First Look Studios, currently in worldwide distribution and airing domestically on Showtime.In addition ... MORE »
ROBIN GURLAND
co-producer/casting director
Robin Gurland started her career doing local casting for Francis Ford Coppola’s Commercial Pictures where she cast over a dozen feature films including Wayne Wang’s JOY LUCK CLUB and Sam Raimi’s THE QUICK AND THE DEAD. Her first feature as casting director was Henry Selick’s JAMES AND THE ... MORE »
KATHLEEN MAN GYLLENHAAL
co-producer
Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal is an independent filmmaker, Yale graduate, and Fulbright Scholar who hails from Hawai’i. She is the writer/director of a diverse body of award-winning documentaries and dramas including THE INTERVIEW, a Kafkaesque French-language film set in Paris, SITA: A GIRL FROM JAMBU ... MORE »
JOHN MISNER
associate producer
Real estate developer John Misner caught the acting bug early and by the age of ten was appearing regularly on the children's shows "CAPTAIN KEN'S SHOWBOAT" and "CARTOON CUT UPS" produced by NBC affiliate WOC TV in Davenport, Iowa. He continued acting throughout high school and college. Faced with ... MORE »
JOE SHAPIRO
associate producer
Joe Shapiro is a self-described recovering computer geek. After a successful career in software (he was one of the developers of Vermeer's FrontPage which was acquired by Microsoft in 1996), he returned to one of his earlier passions - acting. Some years later at the end of an indie film shoot, he ... MORE »
NEIL MANDELBERG
editor/associate producer
As an Emmy-winning editor Neil Mandelberg has been a respected member of the entertainment industry for over 20 years. He has been involved in dozens of popular series, mini-series and films, including MEDIUM, EQUAL JUSTICE, THE TEMPTATIONS and many more. He won two Emmys for his work on the ... MORE »
SEAN PORTER
director of photography
Cinematographer Sean Porter brings a wide range of experience to GRASSROOTS. His crafted and personal style is a culmination of over 10 years of cinematography, lighting and storytelling experience. His previous feature film, BASS ACKWARDS, directed by award-winning filmmaker Linas Phillips (WALKING ... MORE »
LAURIE HICKS
production designer
Laurie grew up in Oakland, California where a brief stint with theatre acting started a lifelong interest in storytelling. Laurie graduated from Seattle Central Community College’s intensive Film & Video program in 2002 where she worked as a director and production designer on several narrative ... MORE »
RON LEAMON
costume designer
Ron has been designing costumes professionally since 1975 when he began his career in theatre. He worked under the talents of Barbara Matera of New York and spent four years at Walt Disney World as their Assistant Costume Designer for entertainment.Ron has an extensive background in costume history ... MORE »
DAVID MEINERT
music consultant
David Meinert is the founder of Fuzed Inc, an artist management company, and co-owner of Fuzed Travel, a boutique travel agency specializing in travel for people in the entertainment business. Fuzed is also co-owner of the Capitol Hill Block Party, the ‘best little music festival’ on the West ... MORE »
JOHN RICHARDS
music supervisor
John Richards is one of the most influential DJ’s in the country. As host of KEXP’s Morning show for the past decade, John in the Morning has been breaking bands and changing the way we listen to radio. Richards was instrumental in expanding KEXP’s audience through its strong on-line presence ... MORE »
AMY LINDSEY RICHARDS
music supervisor
Amy Lindsey Richards is a music industry trailblazer, renowned for her ability to produce extraordinary music events with scant resources. Her resume includes a show curator for the Northwest Folklife Music Festival, program logistics manager for the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival, and live ... MORE »
ALETHIA AUSTIN
music supervisor
Alethia Austin broke into the music industry in 2001 working in artist marketing, licensing, music branding, music journalism and artist management before she became an independent Music Supervisor in 2006. CBS, VH1, and ESPN are among the notable companies Alethia has assisted with their music ... MORE »