in alphabetical order

KAROL TAFOLLA BALLARD

Since 1995, Karol has produced, written, and directed film & television. She wrote, directed, and produced the short "The Vampire Rose," and has worked on several Power Up Films and Brooklyn Reptyle Films productions. In 1999, she won an Eclipse Award as associate producer & co-writer for "The Best of Santa Anita." She attended UCLA for film production and is a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. She has written several shorts and screenplays, including "The God of Chocolate."

CHRISTO DIMASSIS

A multi-talented actor, producer, and veteran of numerous commercials and films such as Duncan's Dilemma, Carmento, and African-American Idol: The Search for the Next Black Leader, Christo knows a vast array of independent filmmakers and actors, and is active in both Filmmakers Alliance and IFP. He most recently produced and starred in the feature film Inside Irvin, available on DVD from Cinema Epoch. Christo is a veteran Sundance Film Festival volunteer.

ROGER M. MAYER

Roger M. Mayer is a film producer, writer and director and the founder of Brooklyn Reptyle Films in 2001. He is also the Festival Director of Silver Lake Film Festival in Los Angeles and has served 8 years running the Print Traffic department of The Sundance Film Festival, and recently the Tribeca Film Festival. 

JEFFREY JAY ORGILL

Orgill has recently wrapped production on his feature film, Boppin' At The Glue Factory a three-time Sundance Writers' Lab semi-finalist, and hand picked out of hundreds of films as one of the ten special invitees to the IFP Rough Cut Lab in New York.

Orgill has written and directed short films including The Dream Factory (Sundance 1999), Thaw (world premiere Los Angeles Film Festival, 2000), Greenlight Yourself (FA 2000), Indie Stew: Forty Years of American Independent Cinema (LAIFF, 1999), Wasted Energy (San Antonio Film Festival, Cacophony Film Festival) and music videos. Orgill is a recipient of the Film Arts Foundation Personal Works Grant (with Stephene Forte) for the experimental documentary, Family Cirkus, which he co-directed. (Screened at San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Minna Street Gallery, Arizona Educational Summit).

Orgill's producing credits include the Slamdance 1998 feature Caged, the 1999 Crowned Child presentation of Samuel Beckett's play, Endgame, and music videos. Orgill edited feature films including: Gacy (The Crawl Space), The Dogwalker, Burning Annie, Fever Pitch, The Big Day, Love Will Travel and music videos for artists such as Marilyn Manson. Orgill is a member of Filmmakers Alliance, earned his B.A. in Film Production from San Francisco State University, and is a graduate of Roger Corman's Film School, where he worked as an editor / assistant editor. Orgill has volunteered as a Print Runner for the Sundance Film Festival for over 8 years. Orgill's reel is available on request. (DVD)