Derek Rydall

An actor, author, screenwriter, and licensed spiritual therapist, Derek is also founder of "The Center for Conscious Entertainment," empowering artists and executives to create from their soul, and "Scriptwriter Central," training screenplay consultants and mentoring writers. As a therapist, he’s counseled people from many walks of life, taught dozens of workshops, and trained Fortune 500 companies such as American Express and Disney. The nephew of legendary director, Don Siegel (Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz, Invasion of the Body Snatchers), Derek has starred in films & TV shows with Tom Skerritt, Charles Bronson, Elliot Gould, Tony Roberts, Polly Shore and others. As a screenwriter, he’s developed projects for the producer of Ghost, RKO, U/A, Miramax, Saturn (Nic Cage), Wildrice, Longbow, and many others, as well as staff writing for Fox, Disney and Deepak Chopra. As a Story Consultant/screenplay Doctor, he’s helped writers, producers, actors and directors turn books into screenplays, secure millions in financing, make 6-figure screenplay deals, get hired to exec produce, direct, star in their movies, obtain major distribution, and win awards. And as an Author, he has two books, "I Could’ve Written a Better Movie than That!: How to Make Six Figures as a screenplay Consultant – Even if You’re Not a Screenwriter," and "There’s No Business Like Soul Business: a Spiritual Path to Higher Entertainment" – both due out soon by Michael Wiese Productions/Publishing.

Allan Katz

Allan Katz is a screenwriter, actor, playwright, director and poet. H e wrote and starred in THE GUARANTEED WAY TO PICKUP SINGLE WOMEN, co-wrote and starred in MAD IN CANADA, and wrote and costarred in DIAMONDS with Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Dan Ackroyd for Miramax films. H e wrote the film DESERT STORM to be directed by John Milius and is currently in development on a number of pictures with ATOMIK PICTURES and HAND PICKED FILMS. Allan is interested in working with writers who want to really go for the home run, ar e willing to take criticism and understand that it is only in rewriting that screenplays find their true heart.

Jon Stevens

Before becoming an independent filmmaker, Jon Stevens served as a production executive at 20th Century Fox Television, ABC-TV in NYC, was DGA UPM on 5 feature films. Wrote and produced 6 Latino variety specials for Canal 47 in NYC; wrote and produced Demi Moore's screen debut feature film CHOICES, directed the independent feature film OUT 2 LUNCH! Wrote and directed the critically acclaimed IRISH WHISKEY, winning BEST DIRECTOR award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, BEST FEATURE FILM award at the Temecula International Film Festival; After a long uphill struggle, the film will open on 1,000 screens in the fall of 2005; As a journalist, Jon's director interviews have been published in the DGA Magazine; his book Actors Turned Directors - On Eliciting The Best Performance From An Actors, was published by Silman-James Press; As a story analyst, Jon has reviewed 907 screenplays.

Ed Munter

His work reflects an extensive background in screenwriting, production and music. In the field of advertising, he has won 26 CLIO awards for musical composition and production. In the field of film and television, he has written reality programming for MGM television and has created a number of feature film screenplays including a thriller for Michael Douglas, The Stranger Within. He is currently developing a mystical dramatic series for television, The Inner Dimension, which explores the spiritual reality that exists within the physical world. His background in screenwriting has also led him to teaching, inspiring him to work as a screenplay doctor and writing coach. Ed has written and produced a number of CDs of his songs, including Tracking Down The Soul and the soundtrack for the theatrical production, SoulJourney. The current theatrical production, SoulJourney, traces the path of a soul through the human experience. The production is running in the Los Angeles area.

German Michael Torres

German Michael Torres created and produced over half a dozen Television Series and Feature Films including Sci-Fi Channel’s award nominated series the Chronicle. Other titles include HudsonStreet which he created with writer Amy Ephron for Friends’ producer Kevin Bright and Warner Bros. TV, and Do Me A Favor with writer Ellen Sandler (Everyone Love’s Raymond) for NBC Studios. He also developed a children’s reality show for producer and actor Henry Winkler and co-created the Tenth Power with Blair WitchProject filmmaker Ben Rock for Big Ticket Productions. He developed feature films such as That Latino Thing for Underground Films and Maul of America with writer Matthew Jacobs (Emperor’s New Groove). As a client associate for talent and literary agency International Creative Management, he helped facilitate the production of Russell Crow’s drama Proof of Life and worked with such prolific writers and directors as Ted Tally (Silence of the Lambs), Taylor Hackford (Ray), Tony Gilroy (Bourne Identity) among others. German Michael Torres also assisted in the production of Little Women and Ed Wood for producer Denise Di Novi (Batman Returns, Edward ScissorHands). Before independently producing, he headed development for Silverlight Television at Warner Bros. TV. His love for politics has lead to the co-creation of The Political Channel which produces and distributes entertainment with a political twist. He studied Television and Film at UCLA and Psychology at California State University of Northridge. He continues to develop, create, and produce content for television and film. Full credits available upon request.

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Matt Siegel

Matt's biography will be posted soon.

Amanda Moore

Amanda's biography will be posted soon.

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