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 script 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/Script Doctor, he’s helped writers, producers, actors and directors turn books into screenplays, secure millions in financing, make 6-figure script 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 Script 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. He 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. He 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, are willing to take criticism and understand that it is only in rewriting that scripts 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.

Kurt Inderbitzin

With 9 films to his credit, an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago, and an MFA in screenwriting from the University of New Orleans, Kurt has a comprehensive understanding of both the creative and financial side of filmmaking. While Kurt was President of Abandon Pictures, Abandon produced the independent films Scotland, P.A., a Sundance Film Festival selection starring Oscar winner Christopher Walken, Oxygen starring Oscar winner Adrian Brody (both of which received national theatrical releases) and Off the Lip, a low budget surfing film. Kurt also wrote, produced and directed the ultra-low budget independent feature film Welcome to the Neighborhood, which won three "Best of Fests" at film festivals and was sold profitably to an international distributor, and produced and directed Brian Gina Nick, an independent horror film that is currently in post-production. Kurt has also written or produced seven television films for CBS, NBC, ABC, USA, Lifetime and TBS and worked for a year as a writer/consultant on TNT's original dramatic series Bull.

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 scripts 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 script 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.

Matt Siegel

Garrett Lambert

A professional actor, acting teacher, script analyst, and CEO of Awaken the Passion Inc, Garrett Lambert brings a holistic approach to his twenty-five years of diverse training and experience, and is recognized as one of the top coaches and trainers in the country. He is a Master Certified Coach in the following areas of discipline; NLP Trainer, Results Coach, Communication, Business, Relationship and Success Coaching. He has worked in Political and Fundraising Consulting partnerships as a Political and Fundraising Strategist consulting with the Democratic National Committee and working on Presidential, Senatorial, Gubernatorial, Congressional, Statewide and local campaigns. And he has helped tens of thousands of individuals and businesses define a winning strategy, develop high performance, and achieve massive success in every area of their business and personal lives.