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Christopher Halligan

Christopher Halligan (Director/Producer)

Christopher spent his early childhood in Nebraska and, after graduating from his high school near Seattle, Washington, returned to the Midwest to attend college at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After receiving his masters in film theory from UN-L, Christopher decided to throw his hat into the ring and move to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of writing and directing for film. He completed the professional program in screenwriting at UCLA in 2007. In 2005, Christopher wrote and directed a short, The Metrosexuals, which can be viewed at dovetail.tv. It was one of his scripts, however, Macon Jones and Infinite Blue Sky - a story about a Midwest farm kid who comes home from college to find his entire town hooked on meth - that was to open his eyes to the dark world of methamphetamine addiction and lead to the production of his feature documentary film, Methamerica. Christopher is also a full-time English professor at Compton College in Los Angeles.



David Greenberg (Editor)

Dave Greenberg graduated from Rutgers University with a double major in Art and English in 1989. With Film as a perfect meeting place of the two disciplines, he set out for Los Angeles in June, 1990. Greenberg worked his way up the ranks of post production, serving as an apprentice on television movies that were still being cut on film before learning the new technology of digital editing. After working as an editor's assistant on "Candles in the Dark", a Christmas movie directed by the great Maximilian Schell, Greenberg would serve as editor for his first feature length project in 1994. Over the next several years, he would fluctuate between editing and producing low-budget features, and assisting on television movies for Hallmark Pictures, including the "Lonesome Dove" prequel, "Dead Man's Walk", working alongside future Oscar winners, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. In 1999, Greenberg would join the editing crew of one of television's longest running dramas, "Law & Order". He would edit several episodes including two of the spin off show, "Law & Order SVU". Greenberg would then spend a brief stint on Shawn Ryan's "The Shield", assisting, and cutting promos. From there, Ryan would give him his first opportunity as a series editor on "The Unit", a black ops military show created by David Mamet. Greenberg continues to produce and edit independent projects, mostly short films, in addition to his work in television.



Paul Samaniego (Cinematographer)

A native of southern California’s Imperial Valley, Paul developed an interest in photography and filmmaking at a very early age and could be seen running around his home town with his parent’s cameras, eventually building a local reputation for shooting quality still and video photography during his formative years in high school. Upon graduation, Paul enrolled in the cinematography program at Brooks Institute of Photography in Ventura, California. He received his bachelor of arts in cinematography in 2006. Since graduating, Paul has kept busy building a career in cinematography, having already shot several music videos, commercials, and short narrative films, including Chris Halligan’s first short film, The Metrosexuals.



Ben Rasmussen (Producer)

Raised in the suburban jungles of Minneapolis, Bernard Rasmussen was dragged up Catholic, the second of nine siblings. At age 18, Bernard evacuated to the sunny hills of Ventura, California straight out of high school to pursue a career in filmmaking. He received his bachelors in film and video production at Brooks Institute in 2005, and has since been very busy producing for over forty music videos, fifteen short films, four feature films, and dozens of commercials.



Jeff Parke (Co-Producer/Media Supervisor)

Originally from Long Beach, CA, Jeff graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 1999 with a degree in television and film. After six years working in business affairs and legal for John Wells Productions (“ER”, “The West Wing”) and New Line Cinema, in 2005 he became a writer and producer at Craig Murray Productions in Burbank. There, he quickly began creating television, radio, and online spots and content for Disney-Pixar films such as “Cars”, and the Academy Award-winning “Ratatouille”. Jeff is currently working as a freelance producer.