2001 Filmmakers
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Aziz, Norhaya, Meter Maid
Norhaya Aziz is a native of Singapore and a graduate of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. She received her undergraduate degree in Broadcast Design from Oral Roberts University. She has previously worked for CNBC Singapore, CBN, and recently been hired by Santa Monica studios in California. Her work has earned several production awards including a second place finish in the music video category at the Student Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Dickerson, Jason, Smoke Rings

Dunphy, Michael S., Enoch Harpazo and Femin-Eye
Fullerton resident Michael S. Dunphy majored in film at California State University and was just accepted into the "Act One: Writing for Hollywood Program".

Garrett, Kristin, Black Rock
Kristin Garrett is 30 years old. She spends most of her time doing volunteer production work for "The Gathering" a multimedia church service. Her only other independent work, "Alarm", was featured in the Colossal Film Crawl in 1998 and later in "the Best of the Colossal Film Crawl."

Gaston, Shannon, et al, Next Level: Hip Hop's Final Frontier
Shannon (aka "vessel") is a member of Rosedale Park Baptist Church in Detroit and sought to document the emerging Christian hip-hop world. To do so, he teamed up with filmmaker Greg Zonca, who has worked in broadcast television and radio since 1997, and is currently employed at Mort Crim Communications, Inc., in Southfield, MI.. Korey L. Campbell is the third member of Team Elohim, and is a member of Hope United Methodist Church in Southfield, MI.

Hertenstein, Mike Crossing Christmas Video
Long bothered by poets who sneak their own work into the anthologies they edit, this director directs the new Flickerings Film Showcase.

Hinton, Erica Morgan, Awake, My Soul
Erica Morgan Hinton made this film while studying documentary film at Georgia State University with the aid of (her now husband) Matt Hinton.

Jackson, Tom, Greetings from Missile Street
"Greetings From Missile Street" is producer Tom Jackson's first documentary. Previously he produced a weekly program on WCTV in Wilmington, Massachusetts, called "Progressive Profiles" on which he interviewed activists. His filmmaking education comes from the Boston Film & Video Foundation. Tom left his job at a Massachusetts hi-tech firm in order to work full time against the sanctions and produce "Greetings", after seeing the conditions suffered by ordinary Iraqis under sanctions.

Klassan, Bevan, Father and Silent Shadow
Bevan Klassan has been expressing himself with small, personal films and videos in the Winnipeg area since 1997. As co-founder of the Catacomb Microcinema, in Winnipeg, Canada, he opportunistically shows his films when completed.

Martin, Blair, Hills Like White Elephants
Blair Martin is a native Hooier who has lived in the Ozarks, the Appalachians, and the Bahamas. He is currently a doctoral student in Music Education at Indiana University and is the Worship and Arts Director at the Free Methodist CHurch in Bedford, Indiana.

Nikkel, Kevin, Portraits
Kevin has created six short films and videos since he started in 2000. As co-founder of the Catacomb Microcinema, he uses this venue as an opportunity for audience feedback.

Renner, Luke, Out of My Mind
A native of Anderson, Indiana, Renner is the chief media director for Off Center Studios, Inc. His works have been aired on several national television networks, including TNN and PAX. At the age of 25, he was recently named one of Christian Retailing's "Innovators Of the Future" and continues to pursue the spontaneous and unpredictable.

Rosenbarger, Nathaniel, The Expedient Anthropoid
Rising from agrarian life TO... agrarian life with a super 8. I've been making plebeian videos and such for most of my life and I'm currently "milking" my potential for "all it's worth." I hope to leave some sort of mark on this world if not through such films as this I'll do it with a big ol' hammer.

Skilleter, Michael, TR
Born in Aukland, New Zealand, Michael was oblivious to the world of film until the age of 9 when he saw Annie on the big screen in Dallas, Texasa. However, it was not until watching Terminator 2 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, that he thought there might be something to this filmmaking thing. So in 1991 Michael set out to pursue filmmaking as part of his plan for world domination.

Sutton, Jonathon, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
A native of Clyde, Ohio, Jonathon is a graduate of Malone College, in Canton, Ohio, the Los Angeles Film Studies Center, and Regent University in Virginia Beach. Jonathon has worked as a freelancer in Tidewater, VA., and is currently pursuing work in Nashville, Tennessee.

Troxel, Mike, Donation Day
For his day job, Trox works as a house manager at Jesus People USA. His other creative outlet is as a member of the band Seeds. Lately, he's started branching out with short films about community life shown at holiday parties, assisted by his fellow community member, Nathan Cameron.

Wall, J. Chris, String Theory and Addiction
J. Chris Wall is a filmmaker at Impact Productions. He has directed in theater, music video, animation and narrative styles. He is part of the DV revolution in modern filmmaking.

Whelden, Lynne, It's Gonna Take A God Thing
Lynn Whelden has been shooting videos for more than two decades. First as a local TV cameraman and then as a freelancer, Lynne has carve out his niche as the #1 producer of backpacking videos. However, his real heroes are missionaries. Lynne aspires to document their efforts in an honest and truthful style.

Whitlock, Randy, Pastor Tim
Randy Whitlock is a freelance video and multimedia producer. A film buff and a preacher's kid, he majored in Motion Picture Production at Wright State University. He is also the Director of Media at Miami Valley Community CHurch in Dayton, Ohio.



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