About

An accomplished young filmmaker who has been directing and shooting movies since a very young age. Michael has produced numerous independent works of varying lengths, from short 30 second commercials to a full length feature.

Michael has produced work for such clients as Lexus Hybrid Living/Articulate, Sunsweet Growers, UC Berkeley, MIX Magazine, The Owl Mag, VISA/T-Mobile, Skywalker Sound/ILM, Apple, Tyler Florence/MACY'S, Bay to Breakers, as well as being involved in the production of
number of music videos for Bay Area based bands.

Tucker recently finished directing a short narrative, "The Reunion of Amilia Marbleberry and Marcy Stills" which is currently slated for future festival screenings.

A talented filmmaker whose passion for film and music has led him through an array of experiences. He realized early on shooting live music and music videos would combine his two passions. Brandon got the opportunity to join rock band Pearl Jam on their 2003 Riot Act tour to shoot the multi platinum selling live DVD “Pearl Jam: Live at the Garden”. Since then Brandon has been shooting for top rock and hip hop artists like; Wu-Tang Clan, Sleater Kinney, Lauryn Hill, OK GO, Mos Def, Sparta, De La Soul, Jet, Dispatch and many others.

Brandon has also produced content for such companies as Mix Magazine, Remix Magazine, Omega Watches, Lexus Hybrid Living, The Collective Sound, Capitol Records, Highway Video and many others. He has also worked as a camera operator on a handful of feature length narrative and documentary films. He has produced and directed many short films of his own, some under contract and some independently. The independently produced short films have garnered festival attention and the most recently produced film was the recipient and made under the coveted Kodak 35mm grant. Brandon is currently in development on his first feature length script with a boutique production company in Los Angeles.

Alex Calleros has wanted to make films since he was 7 years old, when he saw Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" in theaters. Since then, Alex has produced countless short films and enjoys every step of the film production process, from writing to directing to editing.

He received his B.A. in Film & Digital Media Production at University of California, Santa Cruz. His senior thesis project, "Another Way", is an ambitious short film musical created in collaboration with local indie singer/songwriter Birds Fled From Me and fellow director Michael Tucker.

Since his graduation in Spring 2008, Alex has worked in post-production on music videos, television shows, and feature-length film productions in Los Angeles.

Like countless other teenagers, Gawain was originally inspired to play and write music while listening to the Beatles. He completed a degree in jazz performance (guitar) from the University of Utah, and during this time performed frequently with the Utah Symphony, under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart.

Upon graduation, he spent most of the next six years touring North America, Europe and Australia, first with American banjo/slide guitar virtuoso Tony Furtado and then with Austrialian pop phenomenon Ben Lee, with whom he appeared on late night shows with David Letterman and Conan O’Brien. Several years ago Gawain began to focus on producing and composing. In 2005 he produced a song with singer Judith Edelman that was featured on the Stephen Foster tribute album, Beautiful Dreamer; the album won a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album. Gawain now owns and operates a studio in the East Bay while still finding time to play with numerous local artists, most notably singer/pianist Tim Hockenberry (Transiberian Orchestra).

Deborah Coleman is a professional photojournalist, and has worked in the industry for over a decade. She is a Poynter Institute Fellow, was posted in the White House during the Clinton administration, and worked as a photographer at The Palm Beach Post, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and The Contra Costa Times. She is now the Photo Editor and behind-the-scenes documentarian at Pixar Animation Studios.

Deborah has worked directly with a wide range of subjects, from Heads of State, CEOs, actors and directors, to rural villagers in Guatemala and monks in Cambodia. She is comfortable operating in both intimate and high-intensity situations -- whether it be at a wedding, portrait session, or event. With an eye for detail and a non-intrusive style, Deborah captures and portrays the best of your day, using the light, camera angles, and subsequent post-production work to provide not just a set of pictures, but memories that last a lifetime. To see Deborah's work, go to: colemanfoto.com

A pioneer in niche market publishing, Dennis created BAM Magazine in 1976 to give the West Coast entertainment industry a way to reach young people at a reasonable cost. An innovator from the start, he made BAM the first publication to be distributed free at point-of-purchase in retail outlets throughout California.

In 1978, Dennis founded the first Bay Area Music Awards, more commonly known as the "Bammies." He continues to produce the internationally recognized awards program, which attracts over 6,000 music industry leaders annually.

In 1984, Dennis launched MicroTimes. This magazine focused on the heroes in the computing industry instead of the endless descriptions of electronics, and became the nation's largest regional computer magazine with a circulation topping 200,000 when sold in 1999.

Grammy award winning producer whose credits include some of Rock’s true legends; Yoko Ono, John Lennon, The Who, Supertramp, Slash, New York Dolls, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, and the hit mobster television show “The Sopranos”.

Starting out as folk musician and performer, he worked on Robert Kennedy's senatorial campaign as a song-writer. His first professional job was at a new recording studio Record Plant Studios, not as producer or engineer, but as the janitor.

Soon he was working at the recording desk contributing to projects by Miles Davis, The James Gang, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Moxy and Mountain. Later on as a Record Plant staff engineer Douglas also forged working relationships with Patti Smith, Blue Öyster Cult, the New York Dolls, Cheap Trick and most notably Aerosmith.

Ann Kroeber began her film career at the Office of Radio and Television at the United Nations. One day a colleague there asked her to record fireworks and ambient sound at a Chinese New Year Celebration. Her world changed that day when she put the headphones on. The textures and tones surrounding her became intensely fascinating. She broke recording conventions and returned with an aural pastiche that delighted her employee. After her assignment at the UN was complete she freelanced for the BBC, CBS, ORTF, and also did production sound on docs & low budget features.

She moved to San Francisco in 1978 and was hired there by Alan Splet to record sound effects for the Black Stallion, which won an Academy Award for Sound Fx Editing. Kroeber was a sound fx recordist and later fx editor with Splet on such films as The Elephant Man, Dune, Never Cry Wolf, Wind, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Mountains of the Moon, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Henry and June, The Mosquito Coast, and Dead Poets Society. She was the production mixer on Blue Velvet.

In 1999 she formed a company called Sound Mountain and has recorded and or provided sound effects for such films as The Star Wars Trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Gladiator, The English Patient, The Horse Whisperer, A Bug’s Life, K-19, Polar Express, The Village, Hidalgo etc. and many games. She was Sound Designer on Carroll Ballard’s recent Duma and Fx Editor on his Fly Away Home as well as Affonso Arau’s Zapata. She has also provided sound effects and sound designed for a number of popular Games. She produced a 3 CD set of sound effects for the Hollywood Edge called “Sounds of a Different Realm. The BBC, NPR, KPFA and Finnish Radio have interviewed her.

Stephen has been a working filmmaker and television director for the past thirty-five years. His career started in 1968 as a combat photographer in Vietnam, shooting pictures for The United States Army journal Stars and Stripes, The New York Times, Newsweek, and other major publications.

For the next twelve years, Stephen worked for PBS as a senior producer/director. During his time with PBS, Stephen created hundreds of documentaries and live television shows that won him numerous national and international awards (the New York International Film Festival, the Gabriel Awards, and the San Francisco International Film Festival to name a few) and such honors as being named American representative at the Rockefeller International Independent Film Symposium in Venice, Italy and receiving two Peabody nominations.

Stephen currently runs the premier filmmaking school SFDigiFilm located in San Francisco, CA.