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- Actress
- Producer
Cynthia Sikes was born on 2 January 1954 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988) and JAG (1995). She was previously married to Bud Yorkin.- Judy Busey was born on 2 January 1944 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. She is an actress, known for American Pie Presents: Band Camp (2005) and History's Mysteries (1998). She was previously married to Gary Busey.
- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Chuck Bowman was born on 2 June 1937 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Incredible Hulk (1978), T.J. Hooker (1982) and Sophie Chase (2006). He has been married to Lisa Donaldson since 31 August 1979. They have one child. He was previously married to Marilyn Stanton Capps.- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Scott Thomas was born on 22 December 1975 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Raven's Home (2017), Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012) and Day of the Dead (2021).- Adrian Roberts was born on 16 November 1942 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for The Rainmaker (1997), Love Crimes (1992) and Stomp! Shout! Scream! (2005).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
- Cinematographer
Spencer Gillis is a writer/director, camera operator, and member of the Society of Camera Operators.
With his 2013 short film, GUN, Spencer marked his directorial debut by premiering in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. GUN screened at over fifteen festivals world-wide earning the Grand Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival along with Best Actor and Best Narrative at Hollyshorts Film Festival. The film is available on iTunes and is being distributed by SHORTS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. His latest short film SWEEP (2015) premiered at the prestigious Aspen Shortsfest and went on to play at twelve festivals, winning the Audience Choice Award for Best Short at FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival.
As a co-founder of 2.35, Spencer has produced award winning narrative and documentary short films as well as directed work for VICE media. He has also screened his work and lectured to film students at colleges around the country like Cornell, Denison, and Florida Atlantic University. In 2014, Spencer was invited to serve as a short film juror for the Milwaukee Film Festival.
Spencer's professional background includes experience as a camera assistant spanning more than twenty feature films - including SHAME, BLUE VALENTINE, ARBITRAGE and OUR IDIOT BROTHER - in addition to work in documentary, episodic television, commercials and web content. Spencer credits his philosophy and style of direction to years spent on set observing the process up close - particularly his work with directors Derek Cianfrance and Steve McQueen.
In 2012, Spencer transitioned professionally into camera operating. His work illustrates a wide range of shooting styles: reality television shows for DISCOVERY, TLC, and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, webisodes for 30 ROCK, as well as films and scripted television like ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, CHICAGO PD, and EMPIRE.
Gillis, a Kansas native, previously studied at the University of Iowa where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Cinema and Master of Arts in Film Studies.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Kenyon Hopkins was born on 15 January 1912 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He was a composer, known for 12 Angry Men (1957), The Hustler (1961) and East Side/West Side (1963). He died on 7 April 1983 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, conductor, violinist and teacher, educated at the Eastman School of Music (with a scholarship at age 14), the American Conservatory (Master of Arts) with Leo Sowerby, and Harvard University with Walter Piston ad Nadia Boulanger. He taught violin and composition at Monmouth College and composition and music history at Columbia University (1937) and Teachers College. Joining NBC as staff composer in New York in 1940, he was music director for the Motion Picture Bureau at the Office of War Information (OWI). During World War II, he composed and conducted films, and from 1946 he was guest professor at USC. Joining ASCAP in 1945, he had a Guggenheim fellowship (the first post-service grant) and was awarded the American Prix de Rome. From 1960 he was a lecturer under the auspices of UNESCO.- Mildred Burke was born on 5 August 1915 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. She is known for ...All the Marbles (1981), Below the Belt (1980) and Lipstick and Dynamite (1949). She died on 18 February 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
- Location Management
- Producer
Michaela Morgan was born on 30 June 1978 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Blind (2004), Grow Up, Tony Phillips (2013) and The Retelling (2010). She has been married to Aaron Morgan since 25 May 2002.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Phil Ehart was born on 4 February 1950 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Suicide Squad (2021), James at 16 (1977) and Kansas: Rhythm in the Spirit (2017). He is married to Laurie Ehart. They have two children.- Actor
- Producer
Trevor Murdoch was born on 10 September 1980 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and IWA Mid South: Gory Days 4 - Home Sweet Home (2008).- Additional Crew
- Actress
- Music Department
Conductor and arranger, educated at Wilberforce University (MA), and Allen University (Mus. D.) She conducted the Eva Jessye Choir, with appearances in universities and colleges with symphony orchestras and in festivals throughout the United States and Europe. On Broadway, she appeared in the musical "Porgy and Bess" (and was the choral director for all "Porgy and Bess" productions between 1935 and 1958 including American and European tours) and "Lost in the Stars", and the opera "Four Saints in Three Acts", plus films and television, as well as television writing and directing. Also, she was an American consultant for the BBC in London, head of the music department at Morgan State College, and composer-in-residence for Maryland State College. Joining ASCAP in 1957, her musical arrangements included "An' I Cry", "Who Is That Yondah?", and "The Spirit o' the Lord Done Fell on Me", plus sixteen songs and stories for the collection "My Spirituals".- Actor
- Soundtrack
Rodney Lay was born on 13 February 1940 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Possums (1998) and Palo Pinto Gold (2009).- Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, to a Mexican father and German-American mother, Pablo, born Paul, served in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, and received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Columbia University. He was also a Fulbright Scholar for two years in France and spent a year at Yale University studying theater. Mr. Vela served as director of the Theater Program at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont from 1966 to 1975. He also taught at such institutions as The City College of New York and Denmark's National Theater School. Among his notable students were David Mamet and William H. Macy. Director, performer (and a "bon vivant"), he was a member of composer/director Meredith Monk's performance group, The House, since 1975. He was also a director of cabaret and solo performances in New York, and performed as an actor in many productions with Bread and Puppet Theater, Ping Chong, and at La MaMa, etc. He died on July 26, 2021 in Brooklyn. He was 97 years old.
- Rudy May was born on 18 July 1944 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA.
- Gary S. Paxton was born on 18 May 1939 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. Gary S. died on 17 July 2016 in Branson, Missouri, USA.
- Sound Department
- Producer
- Editor
Ryan Scott Jones attended college at the University of Kansas, receiving his BA in Film Studies.
After graduation, he co-founded the company 'SenoReality Pictures', with collaborator Patrick Rea. In 2004, he and Rea teamed up with Stephen Deaver and Bobby McGee to begin production on their first feature length film, The Empty Acre (2007). He would then go on to work on Nailbiter (2013) in 2013.- Sound Department
Steve Kibbons was born on 23 October 1951 in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA. He is known for CBS Summer Playhouse (1987), The People Next Door (1989) and Seinfeld (1989). He died on 14 November 1992 in North Hollywood, California, USA.