ADVISORY BOARD:

DAVID MODIGLIANI (Producer/Director) makes film and theater at the intersection of the personal and political. Texas Monthly named him as one of four “next great Texas directors.” He recently concluded his three-year fellowship at the Michener Center for Writers with the Austin production of his play, WIRELESS-LESS (nominated by the Austin Critics Table for “Best New Play.”) He has a BA from Harvard University and an MFA from UT Austin. CRAWFORD is his first feature-length film.

MATT NAYLOR (Editor/Associate Producer) edits the annual five-part Students of the World documentary series which airs at the Clinton Global Initiative. 501 Post, Austin’s premiere post-production facility, handles everything from national TV spots for CBS sports to groundbreaking films like Robert Rodriguez’ SIN CITY.

DAVID RICE (Composer/Associate Producer) has built a reputation for authentic, organic music since releasing solo albums on Justice and Columbia Records. He co-wrote the theme to ABC’s hit sitcom HOPE AND FAITH and PBS’ ENDLESS FEAST and has licensed dozens of songs to TV and films including MATCHSTICK MEN and ROSWELL. His collaborations with Mandy Moore have earned him two platinum records. In partnership with Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records he scores the annual Students of the World documentary series. He is executive producer at JSM Music.

DEBORAH EVE LEWIS (Co-Director of Photography) holds documentary feature credits such as P.O.V.’s LAST MAN STANDING (Paul Stekler), First Run Features’ WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE- George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America (David Van Taylor & Calvin Scaggs) and four ITVS-funded projects, including TROOP 1500 (Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein) named documentary of the year by the National Board of Review.

TANYA SCHURR (Associate Producer) is a stage manager and producer based at the University of Texas at Austin, where she is pursuing a BA in Theatre & Business. She works in multiple areas of production, from opera & dance to film to university-wide events.

EMILY HARRISON (Designer/Associate Producer) creates the graphics for Live Action Projects and its individual productions. A former editor of the HARVARD LAMPOON, she is the photography editor and a contributing writer at SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.

JOSH BRAUN (Producer’s Representative, Domestic) heads Submarine Entertainment, which has represented SUPER SIZE ME, CONTROL ROOM, SPELLBOUND and other major documentary films.

ANNIE RONEY (Producer’s Representative, International) heads Ro*Co Films International, LLC, which has represented NO END IN SIGHT, BORN INTO BORTHELS, JESUS CAMP, and now CRAWFORD.

RYAN PAVELCHIK (Co-Director of Photography) has published in MUSED, RANT, SPECTRUM, THE CATALYST and PLOUGHSHARES. His photography has appeared in MUSED and American Theatre Magazine. His plays have been produced by the Studio Theatre at UCSB, The Actor’s Gang in Los Angeles, the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the Salvage Vanguard Theatre in Austin, where STATIC won an Austin Critics’ Circle Award. He is currently a professor in the visual performing arts department at California State University San Marcos. CRAWFORD is his first feature film.

BRYAN MOCHIZUKI (Web Designer) is the Program Manager at Students of the World, where he has produced work for the Clinton Global Initiative and non-profit initiatives like P+G’s Children’s Safe Drinking Water and TERI’s Lighting A Billion Lives.