The players

Director - Andrew Kramp is a director, screenwriter, and producer. He holds an MFA in Film Directing and has twice been named a top ten finalist for The Academy Awards; for "Slip," in the Student Competition category, and for "No Salida" in the Short Subject category of the professional competition. For his thesis film, he won "Best Director" at the Savannah College of Art andDesign in 2005.

Andrew recently produced his first independent feature, "Latent Lava," filmed in New York, New Jersey, and India and served as Production Manager on the film, "Assata, aka Joanne Chesimard"which recently won "Best Feature" at the 2009 Harlem International Film Festival. Andrew will be directing the film, "The Weight of Dreams," based on his original screenplay, in 2010. Andrew has served as a lecturer at various events and schools, including the American Film Institute and the B&H Event Space.

Producer - Emerson St. John received his bachelors degree in Video & Film Production from EKU, and his Business Administration degree from the United States Army Training Center in Ft. Jackson, S.C. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University. As a member of the Department of Communication, he is the Media & Technical Supervisor. Emerson also works as an actor, writer, director, and producer in television, film, theatre, & radio. Emerson has appeared in the ABC made for television film 'A Horse for Danny', on NBC in 'Real Stories of the High Patrol', on the Travel Channel in 'American Icons: The Grand Canyon', 'Passion Fruits', 'Game Show Moments Gone Banana's', and is in pre-production for two upcoming films 'Broken April', and 'Window With A View'.

Producer - John Fitch III has a M.F.A. in Film from the Savannah College of Art and Design, along with 18 years of experience in TV, Video and Film Production, Sound Design and Project Management. He has taught film and video production at Johnson C. Smith University, the Lyndon Institute, The Light Factory and Eastern Kentucky University.

Cinematographer - Chad Cogdill Chad Cogdill has worked as a freelance Cinematographer including short narrative and experimental films and music videos. He received a B.S in Media Studies at Missouri Western State University and a Master of Fine Arts in Film from the Savannah College of Art and Design. His graduate thesis film, “Ma Chere`Petite Maxyme” won best graduate student film and best Cinematography for the 2005 school year. Cogdill’s production experience includes SD and HD video as well as 16mm and 35mm film formats. He resides in Berea, Kentucky, with his wife Jen, four year-old son Dylan and six month old daughter Ellery.

Writer - Scott Coykendall is a poet and writer in New Hampshire where he lives with his wife and daughters. He received his MFA in Poetry from Bowling Green State University then spent several years as a professional writer in the software industry. He's currently an Associate Professor of Professional Writing at Plymouth State University.