Cami J. Kidder Writer, Producer, Director
Cami J. Kidder moved to Los Angeles from Vermont a few years ago to pursue a career as an actor/singer/comedian. While she has achieved success performing, the lead role of Annie Oakley from Annie Get Your Gun among others, she was drawn into producing as she found herself wondering why there seemed to be a Storage Facility on every corner in LA. She hopes that her first film, will explain much of that mystery. In addition to creative pursuits in the entertainment industry Cami is also an accomplished marketing director and graphic designer with her own company, StarVehicle Enterprises and has recently launched her video production/editing company www.documentyourlife.com, to help others capture and preserve the important moments in their lives.
Cami holds a Certificate in Film & Television Production from Los Angeles City College and a B.A. from Keene State College, and worked for several years in the ski industry post-college. She is a strong skier having taught for 7 years and being the Sugarbush Recreational Racing Champion in 1997 and Mount Snows in 2001. Cami is now a full-time film student at LACC. She has written and produced 2 narrative short films that are just beginning their festival runs, and currently has several other feature documentaries:
Bottom of the 9th www.bottomofthe9thmovie.com (post-production)
Kissing Frogs www.kissingfrogsthemovie.com (production) and
Extra Innings (pre-production)
Lindsey Keith Jackson, Director of Photography, Editor
Lindsey Keith Jackson is a multiple Emmy and International Film and TV Festival of New York award-winning editor with a career spanning 26 years, from flatbed cutting to HD. He has also successfully tackled 2D and 3D graphics packages, winning three Promax Muse awards for his efforts. A graduate of the USC Film/Television School, he also has three independent films credited as DP and FX supervisor. Presently in the role of "preditor" at NBC4 in Burbank, he has been awarded several corporate citations for his work "above and beyond" the job description. Settled in Southern California with his wife, Terri and his son, Ian, Lindsey is pursuing interests in varied projects both personal and mainstream.
Edmond Allmond, Composer, Audio Post Effects Supervisor
Edmond Allmond is a composer, performer and producer with extensive background in many styles and cultures. Born in Los Angeles, California, this talented, composing pianist, classically trained clarinetist & vocalist grew up in the long shadow of the MGM Studios Lot (now Sony Pictures) in Culver City, and was contracted there as a staff composer, music and effects editor.
Allmonds credits also include music work for 20th Century Fox, Don LaFontaine, Custard Pie Films, Carolco, Lorimar, Saban Entertainment, and the recently completed John Ireland feature Johnny Morran. He is also recognized as a meticulous producer, with several album production credits for jazz releases, and still concertizes as his busy life permits. Allmond's television work credits include Facts of Life, Young Riders, Falcon Crest, Diffrent Strokes, Mad Scientist Toon Club, Power Rangers.
Terri Hardin, Associate Producer/Host
Terri Hardin is such a successful and multi-talented artist, her credentials may lead you to think this is more of that Hollywood fluffing, but, its all true. She began her career as a stunt double in "Dune" and playing the temple dog and part of the puppeteering team that gave the Marshmallow Man an expressive face in "Ghostbusters." Serving as an Imagineer for Disney beginning in 1987, she later earned a coveted spot on the Disney Sculpting Team. Terri was asked to do Muppet Vision 3D after Jim Henson noticed her work and invited her to come to work and write with him. She has done the ABC hit "Dinosaurs", "Lost on Earth," and is a Foster Farms Chicken. She creates maquettes and toy prototypes for many clients including Disney, Mattel, Nickelodeon, and Marvel. Recently; she was the ticket taker in "Men in Black II," has done stand-up at The Improv, is a very accomplished puppeteer, and is writing a one-woman show. She is currently working on the character of Dewey Dooit, a small boy who sings proactive songs for kids of all ages with celebrities like Dana Reeve (Chris widow), Mandy Patenkin and Bernadette Peters on a new set of CDs due out in May of 2005.
Dr. Frank Bettag, Associate Producer/Set Photographer/Cast
Frank "Doc" Bettag holds degrees in photography and audio-visual production, as well as a PhD in human behavior. He has produced one short film "A Match Made In Heaven," and three feature length films; "Under The Gun," "Road To Canyon Lake," and "STORE". As an actor he has to his credit commercials, a public service announcement, and many films with parts ranging from lead roles to featured. "Lights and Darks", one of the films he has a starring role in, has received five awards at various film festivals, the most current award being from the United Nations. He is currently forming a production company for film, television, and theatre.
Philo H. Barnhart, Animation Sequences
Philo Barnhart is a highly successful product designer and artist with more than 20 years creating original and classic characters for film, books, apparel, collectibles, fine art, portraits, special effects, comics, toys, costumes and much more for world-class entertainment, publishing and manufacturing companies. Specifically Philo was the Co-Designer of Ariel" in The Little Mermaid, provided new portfolios of Disney characters for movies, softlines, hardlines and toys including: The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Aladdin, Hercules, Tarzan, Fantasia 2000, Mulan, Toy Story, and Lilo and Stitch to name a few. He developed character models for the television shows "The Smurfs," "Galtar and the Golden Lance," "The Thirteen Ghosts of Scooby Doo," and "The Paw-Paws." His character focus for The Black Cauldron was on Princess Eilonwy, Gurgi and Ffewdur-Fflam. Even early in his career, Philo worked on notable projects like Star Trek - The Motion Picture as an Effects Animator Assistant. Philo has a degree from UCLA in graphic design and was awarded the Artist Achievement Halo for Outstanding Prop and Set Design by the Southern California Motion Picture Council in 2004. His teaching experience includes, Drawing of the Disney Princesses for Disney Consumer Products Division and Character Design Principles for Disney/MGM Florida.
Judy Koepke, Casting Director/Host Judy has often been told that she is a cross between Shirley Jones and Betty White. Her flair for the dramatic helped her during her many years as a teacher of English as a Second Language. Now, as a retired teacher, she has become passionate about projects that lead our culture in a positive direction. She loves working with different cultures and perspectives and is particularly interested in teaching conflict resolution techniques. She is now enjoying combining her interests by working in the media. Examples of her work include, working with Bonnie Jo Hunt, founder and President of Artists of Indian America where she was an Anglo performer and instructor working on Native America reservations with children and adults. By putting on community variety shows, she helped Indian people with issues of self-esteem. She researched, wrote, and performed, "Yahweh, God of Wrath? God of Love!" for churches and toured the show throughout the Southwest. She worked with preschools on a monthly basis creating shows that taught the same curriculum that the teachers were teaching in their classrooms.
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