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PETER SCOTT - Producer Peter Scott is the founder of management and production company Torque Entertainment. Peter’s two decades in TV and film have garnered him experience in numerous critical aspects of the industry. Beginning with production work at Universal on shows like Coach, Peter moved on to talent powerhouse ICM as an agent trainee, and later landed a creative executive position at a Universal-based production company. From there he segued into a loftier position, serving as the director of development at Michelle Pfeiffer’s Via Rosa Productions. Branching out on his own, Peter launched several entertainment industry businesses including a screenwriting competition, a screenwriting consultation business, and Torque Entertainment. His company Torque currently represents approximately 10 writers and 70 actors. MEGAN PETERSON - Director Megan Peterson , a Stanford and USC graduate, has been involved in features, television, and documentary filmmaking for more than a decade. Her foray into directing began under the tutelage of Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future), and her most recent projects include multiple re-creation-based series for the Travel Channel and TLC, a 20-episode series for Animal Planet and a music video for VH-1 breakout artist Nya Jade. Megan has collaborated with a number of other companies, including Authentic Entertainment, Painless Productions, GRB Entertainment, 1492 Pictures, Arcwelder Films, Aura Entertainment, and Greenhouse 405, on shows that have aired on Comedy Central, National Geographic, Spike and nearly all of the Discovery Networks. JOHN DOUGLAS SINCLAIR - Writer/Director John Douglas Sinclair is an award-winning writer and director living in Los Angeles. He received a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as well as First Place honors in the Screenwriting Expo, for his screenplay Split Infinity, written with Nova Jacobs. Previously, John took Grand Prize in the American Accolades screenwriting competition for his historical epic Black Bart, written with Marc Cebrian. With Jacobs, John wrote and directed a series of shorts, of which Schrödinger’s Cat won several awards on the film festival circuit, including top prize at the Festival of Fantastic Films in Manchester, England. In 2007, Sinclair wrote and directed the one-act stage play Taco for Grandma at Hollywood’s Theatre of NOTE. PYONGSON YIM - Director of Photography As a Los Angeles-based cinematographer, Pyongson Yim works in both television and film. She has traversed America and abroad shooting shows for the Travel Channel, National Geographic, and the Sundance Channel, among many others. Recently, two of the shows she photographed took top prizes at the Telly Awards, the Emmys of cable television. Pyongson has shot commercials for national broadcast as well as award-winning short films that have screened at festivals such as Cannes, HDFest, and LA International Shorts. Her feature work has screened at many festivals and enjoyed distribution via television and DVDs. In addition, a music video she shot has recently aired on VH1 Soul. A graduate of USC’s film school, Pyongson is currently working as a cinematographer on a feature drama and documentary. |