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Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker
Producer/Writer/Director

Award winning writer and filmmaker, Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker worked on eleven independent films in Los Angeles before writing and directing her first documentary, "When Buffalo Roam". The film won Best Social Documentary Short of 1999 at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.

Elizabeth's next project was a feature-length documentary, "The Trail of Painted Ponies", narrated by Ali McGraw and judged by Sony Classics in New York. The film won Best Documentary at the White Sands Film Festival of 2005, while Baker won Best Woman Director. It also aired in New York on PBS and was included in an exhibition of The Best of New Mexico Independent Films in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

In 2002, Baker worked closely with New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, and also recruited Shirley MacLaine, Val Kilmer, Marsha Mason and members of the New Mexico House and Senate, to pass groundbreaking film legislation. It was the historical beginning of New Mexico's vital film industry.

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Eric Zerkel
Art Director/Digital Imager

Eric Zerkel attended California Institute of the Arts for two years then transferred to The Otis Institute of Parsons School of Design where he received his Bachelor Degree in Visual Communication. Eric was nominated for the Key Art Award on both Judge Dredd and The Prophecy and built the final art for hundreds of major motion pictures over his 17 year career in entertainment advertising, and has also worked as a Disney Imagineer (Splash Mountain, Alien Encounter, Epcot), Puppeteer with Rick Baker on Gremlins 2, Locations Coordinator on Wild Hogs and Art Dept./Prop Maker/Set Decorator on Feature Film In Enemy Hands (2003), TV Commercials (State Fair Mini Corn Dogs, Nissan Sentra, Allstate Insurance, Oreck Air Purifier), Music Videos (Phantom Plant's Lonely Day, Flaming Lips' Do You Realize?), Cable Mini-Series (The Will, The Great Domestic Showdown, Next Action Star, & Angels on the Fairway's Celebrity Strip Poker.

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Sheri Mann
Producer & Talent Coach

Nationally renowned dialog coach, Sheri Mann has spent many years preparing actors and other celebrities in professional presentation for major motion pictures, television and public appearances.

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Deborah (Smith) Daughetee
Executive Producer/Writer

Debbie has extensive television production experience. She was a writer/producer for Touched By An Angel and Promised Land. She was the onset producer for both of these sister shows and participated in every aspect of production.

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Eileen Meyer

Eileen Meyer is a Composer, Producer, Writer, Television/Radio Programmer, and does Voice Overs.

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Larry Mitchell

Larry Mitchell is a Grammy Award Winning Musical Producer and has produced and plays with some of the finest talents in the country. Larry composes soundtracks for Film, Television and DVD’s.

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Jim Gallup

Jim Gallup is considered New Mexico’s finest over the shoulder sound recorder. He will provide professional sound in any format.