Paul Carlin (Los Angeles, CA) was born in California and graduated from California State University Northridge with a BA in Radio/TV/Film. As a freelance editor and visual effects artist, Carlin has created, edited and composited hundreds of national spots and shows. His past is rich with experience creating visual animations for countless documentaries by major Hollywood production companies. He is a certified discreet trainer for smoke and fire and works occasionally as a class instructor. Carlin is currently working with Eva Sippel on the film Noah's Ark, in which 10 volunteers from Southern California will travel to Bucharest, Romania in the spring of 2006 to rebuild Noah's Ark dog shelter. Schnuffie Productions will document this endeavor in HD to raise awareness about the stray dog problem and shed light onto the darkness that has enveloped Europe's poorest country for years.

Tom Curran (Los Angeles, CA) is an Emmy Award-winning cinematographer whose work has appeared on ABC, Discovery Channel, Discovery Health Channel, History Channel, PBS, ESPN and Independent Film Channel. He recently moved to Los Angeles from Boston. Currently, Curran is working as a director and cinematographer on various television programs. He taught cinematography in Jordan this past summer with the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. At the 2000 New England Film and Video Festival, Curran won Best Cinematography for his work on the documentary Iditarod, A Far Distant Place. Known for his background in adventure shooting in extreme locations, he is also branching out into directing. Recently he directed 12 camera crews for Popularity Contest, an MTV reality series that aired on Country Music TV. Curran made his directing debut in 2002 with his documentary Adrift (www.adrift-movie.com), which is currently playing nationally on PBS and is being distributed by WGBH. The film won a jury awards at the Miami International Film Festival and the Cincinnati and Anchorage Film Festivals. Curran studied at the American Film Institute in 2003 and is a graduate of Boston College. tom@adrift-movie.com.

David Gaynes (New York, NY) recently completed his first feature-length doc, Keeper of the Kohn, which won the Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2005 Vail Film Festival and the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2005 Palm Beach Film Festival. The story follows 73-year old Peter Kohn through life's trials. Peter is believed to be autistic and is a living-legend in the sport of lacrosse; the film documents his final season as he deals with the terminal illness of a close friend and decides to retire from his career. Gaynes shot two documentary features in the past year and is building credits as a cinematographer as well. He also shoots and edits story-driven, short-form documentaries and videos commissioned by a variety of New York-area corporations and nonprofits. More information is available at www.outoftheboxtv.com, including the anguishing details of his wretched former career in television journalism. dgaynes@outoftheboxtv.com.

Eva Sippel (Burbank, CA) was born and raised in Germany, where she studied politics and theater at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. After moving to Southern California, she furthered her studies at California State University Northridge, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Radio/TV/Film. Sippel embarked on a successful career as a radio producer at KFWB, the number one news station in Los Angeles, during which she was awarded two Golden Mikes. She has also produced various television shows, as well as independent films, and recently published a book of poetry titled Breathing In. Sippel speaks fluent English, German and French and is currently studying Romanian. Sippel is currently working with Paul Carlin on the film Noah's Ark (see above).

Tracy Ullman (Chicago, IL) is a producer who began her television career in the Gaelic language department of BBC in Glasgow, Scotland. After working for BBC and ITV on a variety of programs, ranging from game shows to documentary series, she returned to Chicago with her first feature documentary under her belt, Rush, about the collegiate Greek system and how it plays a role in deciding class arrangements in America. She began producing documentaries for PBS affiliate WTTW on such series as Chicago Stories, Wild Chicago and Artbeat. Most recently, Ullman finished producing a program for the series American Justice on North Carolina author/murderer Michael Peterson. She is currently producing a program for Storm Stories on The Weather Channel about an F-5 tornado that ravaged Chandler, Minnesota. In her spare time, Ullman is in production with a feature documentary entitled The Almighty Popes about the fallout of a white, middle class gang on the southwest side of Chicago.