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ANDREW JAMES (Director, Cinematographer) is an award-winning director, editor, producer, and cinematographer. In 2009, he completed CLEANFLIX, a feature-length documentary about the short-lived sanitized film movement and the Mormon culture that created it. The often funny, and crowd-pleasing film had its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival where it garnered praise for its wit, dark irony, and even-handed storytelling. Since its premiere, CLEANFLIX has screened at more than 30 film festivals and screening series’ worldwide, landing the Best Documentary Award at the 2010 New York United Film Festival. The film is now available on iTunes, Amazon, Cable Pay-Per-View, Digital On-Demand, and DVD. Currently, Andrew is working as an editor on FAR BETWEEN, a feature-length documentary about the lives of gay Mormons. Andrew resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and has a BA in English Literature from Brigham Young University.

SARA ARCHAMBAULT (Producer) is the Program Director at the LEF Foundation, and a programmer and co-founder of award-winning nonfiction film series,The DocYard, at the historic Brattle Theatre. Sara has an extensive professional history in production, programming, and foundation work. She was the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Managing Director/Producer for Ebb Pod Productions on the Emmy-award winning documentary TRACES OF THE TRADE: A STORY FROM THE DEEP NORTH, and a Producer on Christopher Lydon’s online radio show OPEN SOURCE. She advises, participates on the jury and volunteers with a number of film festivals including her work as Chair of the Advisory Board at the Points North Film Forum of the Camden International Film Festival.

KATIE TIBALDI (Producer) is a writer, director, and producer born and raised in Michigan. Over the past ten years, she has worked in professional capacities for CBS, MTV, ABC, Bravo, TBS, NBC and as a Manager for the Traverse City Film Festival. Katie has also worked on several short and feature films, including as an Associate Producer for the award-winning documentary COURTING CONDI, which screened at over thirty film festivals worldwide and had a limited theatrical release. Katie earned her MFA and BFA degrees from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2007 and 2004, graduating with multiple awards including Best Graduate Short Screenplay in the 2006 Fusion Film Festival. Currently, Katie is a Consulting Producer on Melanie Schiele’s short film Rockaway, a Writer/Producer on the web series, PERKS, and part of the staff of the acclaimed television drama Damages.

GREG SNIDER (Editor) is the editor of the HBO documentary feature HOW TO DIE IN OREGON, winner of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Grand Jury Award. Greg’s editorial work on this film also won him the prestigious Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. The film has been airing on HBO since the fall of 2011. Greg also edited FACING THE STORM, STORY OF THE AMERICAN BISON, a co-production of High Plains Films, ITVS and Montana PBS. The film will air nationally on PBS’ Independent Lens in April of 2012. Greg's work also includes editing THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN, winner of multiple film festival awards including the Audience Award at Slamdance 2005. The documentary feature received international theatrical distribution and aired nationally on PBS.

JOE VAUGHN (Executive Producer) is a photographer and cinematographer based in Detroit, Michigan. Joe has been capturing images nationally and internationally for nearly 20 years. Recent projects include working with Eminem, Kid Rock, Mario Batali, Elmore Leonard, The Food Network, HBO, Time Magazine, Light of Hope – Africa, Fast Company, Sports Illustrated and the Times of London.

TORBEN BERNHARD (Co-Producer)

BRADY KIMBALL (Co-Producer)

DENNIS PRZYWARA (Co-Producer, Additional Camera, Assistant Editor)

JOLYN SCHLEIFFARTH (Associate Producer)

TIM MULHERON (Additional Camera)

MORGAN MARENTIC (Promotional Artwork)

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