Stephen Les has written and directed fifteen short films, including the Seattle International Film Festival selection, "The Red Ball". He was a founding board member of WigglyWorld Studios, the independent film center in Seattle, and sat on the board of directors of the Rainy States Film Festival. He was a charter member of IATSE Local 488 in Seattle. He has worked for many years in the film industry in diverse roles: as a grip on NORTHERN EXPOSURE, DISCLOSURE, THE VANISHING, and THIS BOY’S LIFE; negative cutter on Sherman Alexie’s SMOKE SIGNALS, and John Waters’ CECIL B. DEMENTED; and VFX production coordinator on ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, and STAR TREK NEW VOYAGES: WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME. He has now embarked on his career as a Writer-Director of feature films, and is currently in postproduction on one of his films, entitled LOST TO LOVE, a romantic drama with an offbeat sense of humor about the reunion of two former lovers. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Filmmaking from New York University with an emphasis in directing, and Philosophy as a second major. He has furthered his directing studies at HB Studios in New York, and with Judith Weston in Los Angeles.

Producer and Director of Photography Ryan K. Adams has been making films for 15 years.  Ryan studied classical experimental cinema at The Evergreen State College.  Ryan’s collaborations with experimental filmmaker Jon Behrens have been shown worldwide and are distributed by Canyon Cinema.  As a Director of Photography, Ryan has shot dozens of short films, music videos, and documentaries.  Most notably, the short films “Little Farm” and “The Rambler” showed at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 and 2008.  Ryan has photographed many music videos including “Mary” for The Duchess and The Duke (Hardly Art Records), which aired on MTV and “Baker Lake” for Sera Cahoone (SubPop Records).  He shot the feature WILLIAM NEVER MARRIED, by writer/director Christian Palmer.  Most recently Ryan completed principal photography on the feature LOST TO LOVE.

Wen Marcoux is a motion picture producer, and a partner with Ryan Adams and Gil Ponce in the production company Block My Eye. She has nine years of experience in the film industry. Last year she completed the feature film WILLIAM NEVER MARRIED, written and directed by Christian Palmer. She has recently finished with production on the feature film LOST TO LOVE, which is currently in postproduction. Previously she worked as an editor, notably on the documentary BIG AIR, NOT BIG HAIR. She has also worked in set design and is an accomplished visual artist. She is the business manager for the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle Washington.

Gil Ponce is a motion picture producer, and a partner with Ryan Adams and Wen Marcoux in the production company Block My Eye.  He produced a 35mm feature film, TALL AS TREES, from his own story idea.  He produced a second feature, WILLIAM NEVER MARRIED; and a third, entitled LOST TO LOVE, which is now in postproduction. His company is also in development on a 16mm feature, THE OREGONIAN, by director Calvin Reeder.

The bulk of Greg Michaels’ professional work has been in theatre and television.  He is best recognized as the villain in the “Tempus Fugit” episodes of THE X-FILES.  He has worked on scores of episodic television shows including MILLENNIUM, TEXAS JUSTICE, SO WEIRD, WILD SPACE, ATOMIC TRAIN, and STARGATE SG1----to name a few.  His favorite theatrical roles include Teddy in WHEN YA’ COMIN’ BACK, RED RYDER; the title role in CYRANO DE BERGERAC; the lead, Thomas, in Pulitzer Prize Winner D.L. Coburn’s BLUEWATER COTTAGE; and Claudius in HAMLET.

Sarah Milici graduated with honors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the British Academy of Dramatic Arts Midsummer at Oxford program.  She was named Show Business Weekly’s “Best Newcomer” in 2001.  She has appeared in 42 theatrical productions, most notably playing Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET, and Cecily Cardew in THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.

Sarah Crowe is a First Assistant Director in the motion picture industry.  She has assistant-directed two feature films and has worked in various capacities on nine short films and music videos.  She is a founder of, 47 North, a production company which has contributed resources to the making of eleven short films.

Erin Viraldo is a Production Designer who has worked on seven movies, such as THE WHOLE TRUTH, BETTY, SHALLOW COPY, THE HOUSE I KEEP, NIGHT BLIND, and THE DETAILS.  She is a graduate of the Michigan State University program in film production.  She is also a programmer for the East Lansing Film Festival.

Jens Larsen is a Production Sound Recordist for the motion picture industry.  He has recorded location sound for four feature films and a variety of short films.  He is a graduate of the Audio Production program at the Art Institute of Seattle.

Lindsey Watkins is a hair and makeup stylist for motion pictures and commercial photography, with three years of professional experience.  Previously she worked in graphic arts, and has done considerable work as a fine artist.  She is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design.