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JILANN SPITZMILLER – PRODUCER Jilann was a producer and director on other Philomath Films projects including HOMELAND, CIRCLE OF STORIES and BLESS ME WITH A GOOD LIFE. She is also a cinematographer and has freelanced extensively within the documentary field, with her work appearing on NBC, PBS, A&E, Bravo and Discovery Health. Jilann directed segments for the NBC series Life Moments, which premiered in September 2002. Her work for the Indigo Girls (co-producer/ director/ cinematographer/ editor) is included in Watershed, a biographical video released by Sony Music. She directed and filmed two documentaries about fine artists working in France and Italy, Thoroughbred Pursuit and An American Painter in Italy. She is an adjunct professor of film at the University of Redlands in California, and at Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy. Jilann is also a painter and most recently has had solo shows in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico. |
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HANK ROGERSON – DIRECTOR, WRITERHank is a director, writer and actor who works both in fiction and non-fiction film. He co-produced, directed and edited HOMELAND, another Philomath Films documentary about four families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The award-winning HOMELAND aired on nationally on PBS in November 2000 and was seen at festivals around the world. Hank also co-directed and produced CIRCLE OF STORIES, a cutting edge multi-media project that brings to life the vibrant art of Native American storytelling on the worldwide web at pbs.org. The site was commissioned as a pilot site for the ITVS web-original series, Electric Shadows. CIRCLE OF STORIES played at The Sundance Film Festival in 2003 and at South X Southwest. Hank also freelances as a writer, director and producer within the film industry, with credits ranging from NBC to the Discovery Health Channel. As an actor, Hank has studied Shakespeare at A Noise Within in Los Angeles, and played Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Some of his other favorite projects include the play The Butter And Egg Man, and the independent film The Orange Orange (Gold Medal, WorldFest Houston 2001), as well as guest roles on E.R. and Judging Amy. Hank also performs improv at Bang Studios in Los Angeles. |
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SHANA HAGAN – DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYShana Hagan has photographed over 30 documentary and narrative films and has worked with such distinguished filmmakers as Jessica Yu and Michael Apted. Her work includes Breathing Lessons, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 1996 Academy Awards, an IDA award and an Emmy. Shana was also the director of photography on Philomath Films award winning documentary, HOMELAND, which received several critical mentions for its cinematography. Her recent work includes IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL, which premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival in the Documentary Competition; SUNSET STORY, which won Special Jury Mention at Tribeca 2003 and the Audience Award at the 2003 IFP LAFF; and Close To Home, which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Fim Festival in the Documentary Competition. Credits include shows for NBC, BBC, PBS, National Geographic, HBO and A&E among many others. Her work has been seen at major film festivals worldwide and in television broadcasts around the globe. |
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VICTOR LIVINGSTON - EDITOR Victor is an editor who is able to handle extraordinary characters with both sensitivity and subtlety. He was the editor on the acclaimed documentary feature, Crumb, directed by Terry Zwigoff. Crumb was released theatrically by Sony Classics and earned Livingston an American Cinema Editors Eddy Nomination for Best Documentary Editing. Victor most recently edited the 2003 Sundance Film Festival selection, Bukowski: Born Into This, which was released in 2004 by Magnolia Pictures. He also edited Woodrow Wilson for The American Experience on PBS; and They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of World War II, also on PBS. He began his career as an assistant editor on feature films such as The Right Stuff and And God Created Woman. He was also the dialogue editor on the Academy Award winning film, Amadeus. His work has also appeared in the PBS show, Life 360; on MTV; The Discovery Channel; ABC; and TNT among others. |
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JAMES WESLEY STEMPLE - COMPOSERJames Wesley Stemple has had a prolific career composing music for film and television, applying his natural diversity of style and attitude to suit each project’s inherent uniqueness. James is comfortable working both domestically and internationally, and has crafted music for features, television, documentaries, animation, commercials and live performance. Sparked by the challenges of exploring new directions and diverse styles, the projects he pursues are usually ones he feels strongly about, despite box office projections. His most recent work, Bukowski: Born Into This, was released in theaters by Magnolia Pictures in the summer of 2004. Other credits include Exploring The High Frontier for NBC/National Geographic, which received an Emmy Nomination, and the black comedy feature Every Dog Has Its Day. In the SHAKESPEARE BEHIND BARS score, James plays several instruments himself including the Appalachian Dulcimer, the Hammered dulcimer, guitar, baritone guitar, acoustic and electric bass guitar and keyboards. |
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