Eric Mofford (Producer) has been involved in over 50 film, television and on-line productions and numerous music videos, 30 of those projects as an Assistant Director and Production Manager, including the emmy award-winning
24, Clockwatchers, Kalifornia
and
Daughters of the Dust
. Now producing and directing, he co-produced the 13-part documentary series for PBS,
Senior Year
in 2001
.
His dramatic blues film,
Travelin Trains,
aired nationally on A&E and won a dozen national and international film festival awards including the CINE Golden Eagle. Recent credits include,
Houston We Have a Problem;
the live action portions for the EA video game,
Need for Speed: Undercover
, with Maggie Q;
Mandala
, a five camera live performance by world musician David Arkenstone; and the low budget comedy feature film,
Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis
. Before
Finding Hope
he had produced three projects with Diane Namm,
Telemafia
,
We’ll Always Have Dingle
,
The Sacrifice
and is now Head of Production. In June, 2010 he received the RAWARTISTS Filmmakers Award.
Mark Petersen (Director Of Photography) is one of the most diverse cinematographers in the business, working in feature, TV, commercial and documentary productions. Based in LA, Mark continues to grow and adapt to the rapid changes in the industry, whether it be a period film like
Paradise Falls
; a comedy,
Just Peck
and
10 Items or Less
; horror
PlayBack
and
XII
; drama
Hometown Legend
; or reality,
The Hills
; he continues to find a way to ‘see’ the story visually with original and compelling images. Mark is a leader to the crew and a confidant to the director.
David Dreyer (Production Designer) originally from Cocoa Beach, Florida, has now worked extensively all over the United States as an Art Director and Production Designer, mostly on Feature films and music videos. Recent credits include
Collar
and
Van Wilder:Freshman Year
. Previously, he was a Set Dresser and Decorator on such films as
The Clearing
,
Sweet Home Alabama
,
Run Ronnie Run
and
Friends & Lovers
.
Lindsay Mofford (Editor) graduated from Emerson College in Boston and started working with seminal documentary director Fredrick Wiseman. Eight movies later, Lindsay moved to Los Angeles where she has divided her time as an editor working on Hollywood blockbusters (
Sliver
,
Se7en
and
The Rock
), indie films, (
Disturbing the Peace
,
Irish Eyes
) popular television shows (
Journey of Allen Strange
,
South of Nowhere
) and acclaimed documentaries (
In the Bag
,
Funny Old Guys
,
SASA
,
Senior Year)
. Recently, she was the Co-editor of David Zeiger's award winning feature documentary on the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam,
SIR, NO SIR
. For Lindsay, it was rewarding to return to the original story
The Sacrifice,
with writer/director Diane Namm, and to continue with
Finding Hope.
The passion is editing, the thoughts are political and the love can be found
here
.
Buddy Judge (Original Music) has been writing and performing music since age 11. He performed with, produced, and wrote music with many different artists including Aimee Mann, Michael Penn, Liz Phair, and The Wallflowers - he was a singer/ songwriter in The Grays, with Jon Brion and Jason Falkner. After producing songs for Aimee's critically acclaimed record,
Bachelor #2
(many of which were featured in Paul Thomas Anderson's
Magnolia
) and performing on the Academy Awards in 2000, Buddy began writing music for film in earnest. Since then he has composed the score for many films, including the acclaimed documentary
Sir, No Sir!
, the "dada-mentary"
Certifiably Jonathan
and wrote additional music for the DVD release of David Fincher's
Zodiac
. Buddy has enjoyed creating the musical journey of Esmee Johnson's life from the short film,
The Sacrifice
to
Finding Hope
.
Ivy Isenberg (Casting Director) After graduating from the University of Southern California she worked in feature development and began representing actors. In 2001, she worked in Casting for MGM Studiios, including
Stargate
,
Dead Like Me
and
Jeremiah
. She was involved in casting the
Species
sequels and ABC Family movie
Initiation of Sarah
. In 2007, she started the full service casting company, ISENBERG CASTING. Clients include Seth Green's Emmy award winning series,
Robot Chicken;
Sam Raimi's company,Ghost House Pictures; Kevin Spacey's company, Triggerstreet; Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and now Diane Namm's company, Lady of the Canyon.