Writer | Director | Producer

Rory Dean is an experienced writer and director. He wrote and directed the 16mm short Just Before Over and The Dinner Party in 2005. He completed the 24p NTSC short The Way We Say Goodbye and the 16mm color film The Rail Yard in 2006.  In 2007 he earned his MFA in Motion Pictures & Television from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.   He has been a camera operator on Boxing Dreams, a gaffer on the short Ashes and Blood Stolen , and Assistant Director on The Shroud and Vicious. Currently he's working on two feature length screenplays, a novella, and collaborating with his wife Melissa on a documentary about famed North Beach Caffe Trieste and West Coast coffee pioneer Pappa Gianni.

Producer | Stills | Storyboards

Melissa is a photographer, storyboard artist, and fine artist who has worked as a script supervisor, art director, production assistant, actor, and assistant director for many of my productions. A graduate of JFK University in Berkeley, Melissa has also served as still photographer and developer of promotional material such as movie posters, postcards, and illustrations. She has acted in many of my short films and has garnered recognition from peers and staff at the Academy. Melissa is also a co-founder of the artist collective We Are Pale and creator of the comic Bloodroses. She is currently working on various projects including the documentary about Pappa Gianni.

Boom | Production Asst.

Julia is a UC Berkeley grad, double major in history and film theory. She wrote her honors thesis on female sexual radicals during the fin de siècle England. While at Cal she taught a De-Cal course (democratic education at Cal) titled "Female Sexuality" for 2-1/2 years. She interned at the International Museum of Women in San Fransisco producing multimedia pieces for the museum's first curated exhibit "Celebrating Women All Over the World." For the past three years she has worked for Onomy Labs, Inc., a start-up company that designs and builds high tech interactive exhibits for museums and visitor centers. As their first employee she started off as a production assistant and machinist and now does marketing and operations. In her free time she volunteers at LYRIC (lavender youth recreation center) in SF, teaching a women's health series to teens.

Production Designer

Emily is an artist and musician with varied interests that serve her passion for production design. Emily was the score music supervisor for the feature Journey from the Fall in 2006 and Lead graphic designer/set decorator for the local feature Harrison Montgomery, now in post production. She has lent her attention to detail and creative eye on the short, The Shroud and juggles her time between a variety of pursuits including music and art.

Art Director

Lisa "Roxy" Hyden is a creative and resourceful production designer and art director in the bay area. She worked on the short Eyes of a Child in 2005 and was the production designer for the short Sun After Darkness in Berkeley that same year. In 2006, she put her talents as an art director to work on two short films, Filter and Indiscreet in San Francisco. Her latest project as production designer, the indie feature Harrison Montgomery is currently in post production.