Director -
Renata Green-Gaber
With an eye towards directing, Renata committed herself to a four year acting program at the renowned Playhouse West School & Repertory Theater in Los Angeles under the tutelage of actor Jeff Goldblum, believing that in order to get a great performance a director should understand the actors journey and speak their language.
She has since been involved with film production for over 15 years, having worked on a myriad of indie features with such stars as Cuba Gooding Jr., James Franco, Ron Perlman, and Morgan Fairchild, as well as working for the FOX TV reality show Trading Spouses.
To date she has been nominated twice for Best Director after having directed ten short films of varying genres, an eight part Film Noir Web series and her directorial feature debut, the teen thriller What's Eating Todd? received distribution with Indican Pictures
Consulting Producer -
Franco Sama
Sama has Executive Produced an impressive array of over twenty (20) independent feature films including most notably, Guns, Girls, and Gambling starring Academy Award Winner Gary Oldman, Christian Slater and Dane Cool which is quickly becoming a cult favorite; this film was released in theaters on December of 2012 and in January of 2013, acquired a worldwide distribution deal from Universal Pictures.
His shingle “Samaco Films” is currently financing and producing a slate of several independent feature films, including 3 psychological thrillers, all of which are projected to begin principle photography before winter of 2019.
Most recently Sama has become the newest member of the Board of Directors for the Non-Profit organization New Filmmakers, LA and is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America.
Writer -
Jon Rannells
Jon Rannells is a prize-winning playwright whose plays have been performed around the world and translated into several languages. Described by Evan Solomon of CBC as, “…a brilliant writer, raw and whip smart.”
Jon’s plays have been performed by companies in Toronto, Montreal and throughout Europe. Jon is also the co-founder of the Dogtooth Theatre Group in Toronto.
As a feature screenwriter, Jon has several properties currently optioned in Hollywood as well as being the writer on the produced films Whoa Man , and Ruby Booby.
Singer Songwriter-
Maggie Baird
In 2009, Baird released her debut studio album, We Sail. In 2013, she wrote and co-starred with her son Finneas O'Connell in the film Life Inside Out.
In 2016, she edited the music video for Six Feet Under for her daughter Billie Eilish.
Maggie Baird has written and recorded the theme song for Stand The Gaff titled "Love You 'Til You're Whole", Produced by and featuring accompanying vocals by her son Finneas O'Connell.
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