Carson, Sarah, No Forwarding Address
Sarah Carson is a junior at Spring Arbor University in Michigan. Since the production of No Forwarding Address, she has been living in the university's editing suite and has learned to find joy in the little things in life - like sack lunches from her fantastic academic advisor.

Daigle, Reed, Sur l'Amour des Rêves (On the Love of Dreams)
Reed Daigle is a filmmaker and photographer from New Orleans. He graduated from the University of New Orleans in film studies in 2001. He currently works with MorLyf Concepts, a music, film, and video production company started by hiphop artist Darius J.

Dorsey, Greg, Waiting for Grace
Greg Dorsey is a graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Telecommunications. Currently, he serves as director at WJCT, a Public Broadcasting Station for the Greater Jacksonville area. Greg is also the Video Producer at Southpoint Community Church and the COO of Mustard Seed Pictures.

Hall, Adam, Mildly Fiercesome: The Creative Process and Infomercial
Adam Hall is an independent filmmaker along with being a full-time college student. He writes skis and videos weekly for Campus Crusade at Carson-Newman College. In his spare time, he writes bios for his film festival entries.

Hertenstein, Mike, The Gun
Mike Hertenstein has worked as a magazine writer and editor and began directing music videos and promotional films in the 1990s. He oversees the annual Flickerings Film Showcase as a part of the Cornerstone music and arts Festival, held each summer in Central Illinois.

Hilpert, Mark, Thr3e 6ix 5ive

Kostic, Aleksandar, Room
Aleksandar Kostic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. After exploring photography, music, and acting he moved from Serbia to Cyprus and worked there as a freelance 35mm/16 mm film camera assistant, operator and assistant to DPs in commercials and films. Two years later, he arrived in New York to pursue a certificate in Film Production at the New School University of New York. He completed two short 16 mm films in 7 months in 2003. He is currently in production of his first feature documentary, Greenwich Village Through the Eyes of 95.

Masucci, Dan, The Last Round
Dan Masucci (director) is a stay at home dad and part time waiter who directed the award winning film, Murphy's Law. Joe Masucci (producer) is a combat veteran who left the Marine Corps' to pursue his dream of movie making. Film Threat calls The Masucci brothers "indie iron men" and they have been named in the category of Best Local Filmmaker for four consecutive yuears in the Metroland's Readers Poll. The brothers were featured in the book "Making Movies with iMovie" and in the Norwegian magazine, Film. Their film Murphy's Law was part of the 2002 Flickerings Film Showcase.

Moreland, Michael, The Brain Scanner
Michael Moreland is currently working as an assistant editor with CTN, a post-production facility in Oak Park, Michigan. He holds his B. A. in Cinema & Photography from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Michael has worked on several short films, written several screenplays, and interned with the American Film Institute.

Needleman, Neil Ira, Two Survivors
"I've been documenting my family and Brooklyn origins since I borrowed my Uncle Meyer's old 8mm movie camera when I was 12 years old. Over the decades these documentaries have evolved to Super8, VHS, Hi-8, and now, naturally, miniDV. If I live so long, I know that I'll eventually become very much like you see my Uncle Meyer in Two Survivors. I no longer deny it or fear it. But all things considered, that ain't too bad." Mr. Needleman's film Latest Memories was part of the 2003 Flickerings Film Showcase.

Nikkel, Kevin, Dial "M" for Monster
Kevin Nikkel is an independent filmmaker from Winnipeg, a city on the mostly frozen Canadian prairie. He has a growing list of short video projects under his belt and is saving his pennies to shoot more stories on 16mm stock. When he is not making indie films, he is helping run Catacomb Microcinema, and when he is not doing that he is trying to keep up with his day job as a high school English teacher.

Regner, Chris, Behind the Praise Band
Chris is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a concentration in Film. His Wolverine credits include: Cinematographer - Chair Today, Gone Tomorrow. Sound - The Uncertainty Principle. Gaffer/Best Boy - Some movie he's forgotten the title of, but it was really good - it won a student award.

Riemer, Noah, Most Wonderful People

Rust, Carl, Violent Ballet and Rust
Carl Rust is guerilla filmmaking personified. No topic or image is too strange or bizarre that he can't twist it a little more. He is approaching 50 with the mentality of a 15 year old. His wife puts up with his nonsense for some reason and his children just shake their heads and sigh. He was recently inducted into the Midwest Championship Wrestling Hall of Fame and is studying for his school administrator's license. Scary.

Ryan, Shane, A Normal Life and The Little Guy Kicks Ass
Shane Ryan has been facinated by filmmaking since he was 5 yrs old. Shane's first film, Isolation, was part of the 2003 Flickerings Film Showcase.

Scolaro, Jesse, Deprivation
Jesse Scolaro graduated from the film conservatory program at SUNY Purchase in 1997 and, in 1999, co-founded The 7th Floor, an independent film production company. His award-winning short film, Togetherlessness, played at film festivals around the world. Deprivation is Jesse's feature film debut.

Staron, Nicholas, and Staron, Christopher, The Elephant
Nicholas Staron is a twenty-one year old cinematographer and producer from Medina, Ohio. He and his twin brother, Christopher Staron, have been working together for most of their lives. He graduated from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, with a degree in Cinema and Photography. In addition to writing the screenplay for "The Elephant," he has also written two feature length scripts which he is currently looking to sell. Christopher Staron is a twenty-one year old director of several shorts which he produced with his twin brother, Nicholas. Born and raised in Medina, Ohio, Christopher attended Ithaca College and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2003. He also interned in Los Angeles as a camera intern for the Bernie Mac Show. He and Nicholas now tour the country speaking about their films. In addition to writing the short story that "The Elephant is based on, Christopher has written a feature-length screenplay that he is looking to sell.

Strantz, Judah, Who is Johnny S.
Judah Strantz: a young man from Northern Indiana that likes watching movies and making them. Judah's film Lint in My Pocket was one of the Best of Flickerings, 2002.

Travis, Jeffrey, What's Wrong With This picture?
Jeffrey Travis grew up in Argentina and recently began to pursue his interest in filmmaking. In his first year, he has written, directed and/or co-produced ten short films, He is currently working in preproduction with Dos Gringos Productions on a feature film.

Waitman, Lon, Footsteps Revisited
Lon is an animator, editor, juggler, actor, director and disciple of Christ. His ministry/company, Vertical Hold Animation is based in Atlanta, GA.