TIM KIRKMAN (writer/director) Tim Kirkman’s documentary “Dear Jesse” was released theatrically in 1998. After its premiere on the acclaimed HBO/Cinemax “Reel Life” series, he received an Emmy nomination for writing. “Dear Jesse” won the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and was named Best Documentary (Runner-Up) by the Boston Society of Film Critics, as well as Independent Spirit, Gotham and GLAAD Award nominations. His second film was a performance documentary of David Drake’s “The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me.” A North Carolina native, he graduated from N.C. State and received an M.A. from The New School for Social Research in New York City.

GILL HOLLAND (producer) Nominated for the Spirit Award for Producer of the Year 1998, Gill produced Morgan J. Freeman's Sundance-winning “Hurricane Streets” (sold to MGM), the FOX sitcom “Greg the Bunny,” Tom Gilroy’s “Spring Forward,” Tim Kirkman’s Emmy-nominated “Dear Jesse,” “Spin the Bottle,” the AFI-winning “Bobby G. Can’t Swim,” “Sweet Land,” and “Mentor.” He produced three volumes of cineBLAST!, the short film video compilations and co-produced “Desert Blue” and Cannes selection “Inside/Out.” He is a reformed lawyer and a former NYU Graduate Film School adjunct professor. He worked at October Films (now Focus Features), and the French Film Office which represents the Cannes Film Festival in the US. He was on the jury for shorts at Sundance in 1999 and on the selection committee for the Academy Awards, Student Division 2002 and 2003. He founded sonaBLAST! Records, whose releases by Mark Geary both hit top 40 in Ireland.

LILLIAN LaSALLE (executive producer) Lillian LaSalle was the youngest franchised talent agent in the history of New York in 1996, representing actors in television, film and the Broadway Theatre. She formed LaSalle Management Group in 1998, specializing in the representation of actors, writers and directors. She is a graduate of the High School of the Performing Arts and graduated with honors from the Conservatory Program at SUNY Purchase. Since the merger of LaSalle Management Group with cineBLAST! in January of 2004, Lillian has also been Executive Producer of  SWEET LAND, starring Alan Cumming, and Co-Producer of SOUTHERN BELLES, starring Ana Farris. Recently, Lillian co-produced Morgan J Freeman’s JUST LIKE THE SON (with Rosie Perez) as well as the romantic comedy  UNDERDOG and MENTOR, starring Rutger Hauer. She continues to represent actors, writers and directors. In 2005, Lillian served on the voting committee for the Independent Spirit Awards and was a programmer for the GenArt Film Festival. She was on the jury for the Academy Awards, Student Division as well as the IFP McKnight Screenwriting Fellowship.

STEPHEN HAYS (executive producers) Stephen is General Partner and co-founder of Seneca Capital, a New York-based hedge fund, and has eighteen years experience on Wall Street. He has invested in various screenplay development, promotional and feature film projects. In addition, he is a Co-Producer for Jeffery Obrow’s (The Kindred, Servants of Twilight, Bram Stoker's Mummy) feature, “They Are Among Us” starring Allison Eastwood and Bruce Boxleitner, and Co-Executive producer for “Drop Dead Sexy” starring Crispin Glover, Jason Lee and Pruitt Taylor Vince.

CINDY TOLAN (co-producer/casting director) Cindy has cast three Rebecca Miller features, including both Sundance-winners “Personal Velocity” and “Angela,” as well as “The Ballad of Jack and Rose.” Other credits include John Sayles’ “Casa de los Babys” and Bill Condon’s “Kinsey” starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney. Cindy’s Broadway casting credits include  “Arturo Ui” with Al Pacino and “Avenue Q,” the  2004 Tony Winner for Best Musical.

LES FRANCK (co-producer/UPM) Over the last nine years, Les has worked as a grip, electrician, crane operator, generator operator, camera assistant, set dresser, production coordinator and line producer. He also spent three years at an equipment rental house, Cine Partners. Les produced “The Last Summer” and “Ding-a-ling-less” (Palm Beach Festival, winner, Outstanding Achievement in Production Award at the Indie Vision NY Film Festival.

ZEKE ZELKER (co-producer) The son of a preacher woman, broke into show business, peddling balloons as a clown at his great-grandfather’s amusement park. Zeke’s first exposure to the film industry was as an actor/dancer in John Waters’ “Hairspray.” Zeke drives the film movement and helped bring CBS’s “Swingtown” to his hometown Allentown. Zeke has produced, written, directed and edited two features; the experimental “Affairs” (which holds regional box office records) and “A.K.A.-It’s A Wiley World!”, produced two soundtracks, wrote a cocktail book Wiley Cocktails, produced and acted in Mike Yurinko’s “Fading”, founded the Lehigh Valley Film and Video Council, introduced filmmaking to the Mayfair Arts Festival (shooting, editing, then projecting the short “Balloon Guy” in four days), produced television commercials. Zeke is currently developing three feature films and a television project.

KATHRYN FRANCIS TUCKER
MATT PARKER
CARLY HUGO
RAYMOND DeMARCO
associate producers

OLIVER BOKELBERG (cinematographer) Oliver has been a cinematographer for seventeen years. He won the New York Film Festival Vision Award for his work on “The Citizen,” and wide acclaim for “The Station Agent.” Most recently, Oliver shot the 2005 Sundance favorite, “Strangers With Candy.”

CAITLIN DIXON (editor) Caitlin has worked with director Tim Kirkman for nearly a decade, collaborating on his previous documentary "Dear Jesse" and editing “The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me.” She has edited documentary television work that has appeared on PBS, Discovery, Discovery Health, The Learning Channel, ABC, A&E, and Cinemax Reel Life.

J.SHAUGNESSY (production designer) Jim has worked in the art department on three productions including the Mandy Moore hit “A Walk to Remember,” “Strike the Tent,” and “The Dukes of Hazzard.” He was production designer on “Southern Belles.”

SUSAN OLIVER (costume designer) has designed costumes for “Strike the Tent,” “Southern Belles,” and “Red Means Go.” She has also worked in the costume department on numerous films, including “All the King’s Men.”

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