Anthony Grippa, Co-Writer/Director  started making short films in high school using borrowed equipment and his friends as actors. He was given the "Emerging Filmmaker Award" at the 2007 Woods Hole Film Festival for Running Funny, his first feature film, which is available on DVD from LifeSize Entertainment. Anthony recently wrote and directed the short film Skeeball. He is a graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in History, and currently lives in New York City, where he is developing his next feature film.

 

Matt Christensen, Producer  Matt earned his undergraduate degree in Creative Writing and English at UCLA and went on to work in Los Angeles as an assistant to Writer/Producer Chris Brancato during the final season of Brancato's ground breaking Sci-Fi Channel series, "First Wave." Matt then relocated to New York City to attend Columbia University's prestigious, award-winning MFA Film program. After graduating from Columbia, he worked as a producer for the Tenafly Film Company, where he developed multiple feature scripts and television concepts and produced the Tenafly feature film, "A Jersey Christmas." Currently, Matt continues to write and produce award-winning film, television, and other broadcast media from his home in Los Angeles.

 

Charles Evered, Co-Writer CHARLES EVERED took his undergraduate degree from Rutgers-Newark and an MFA from Yale University, where he studied with the Academy Award winning director George Roy Hill. Mr. Evered has written screenplays and teleplays for studios such as: Universal Pictures, NBC, Dreamworks and Paramount Pictures. He has won several awards for his writing including The Berrilla Kerr Award, The Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, The Chesterfield/Amblin Fellowship, The Edward Albee/William Flanagan Fellowship, The Bert Linder Fellowship, The Lucas Artist Fellowship and The Crawford Playwriting Award. His published plays include: The Size of the World and Other Plays, The Shoreham, Wilderness of Mirrors, Teds Head, Clouds Hill, Celadine and Adopt a Sailor. Mr. Evered's produced film and television credits include Running Funny, produced by InvisiFilm and the black and white double episode of Monk titled "Mr. Monk and the Leper" for USA Network, starring Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub. Mr. Evered directed the feature film Adopt a Sailor, for WonderStar Productions. Adopt a Sailor has been chosen as an Official Selection at The Palm Springs International Film Festival, set to premier in early 2009. The film stars Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Coyote and Ethan Peck. Mr. Evered also directed the short film Visiting. Mr. Evered's work has been profiled in The New York Times, BBC World and on NPR, among other outlets. He is a former Lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, where he was attached to the Navy Office of Information. He divides his time between Los Angeles, California and his home in Princeton, New Jersey.

www.charlesevered.com