Dave received his training in Theater Arts at Brigham Young University. He is an accomplished stage and screen actor and also a comedian.

Dave's film credits include: The Truman Show, Payback, Reventant in Nevada, Anatomy of an Assassin, Six String Samurai, Road To Nowhere, She's So Lovely, and To The Ends Of Time.

Dave's stage credits include: The Garrens Comedy Troupe (3 Years), The Hauska Comedy Troupe (3 Years), Comedy Of Errors, Murder At Rutherford House, Witness For The Prosecution, The Nerd, Scapin and The Three Musketeers.

David Shipp, yes our guy from the Chuck-A-Rama commercial, grew up in San Pedro California. He loves to laugh and you can see him gun down the good guy in next summer's action "Con Express."

A native of San Gabriel, California, Roberta Shore began her career at age ten, singing country western songs at supermarket openings with Tex Williams, who invited her to join his weekly TV show from Knotts Berry Farm. She subsequently joined the Pinky Lee Show, NBC's number one rated children's daily television program. From there she went on to make several guest appearances on such TV shows as GE Theatre with Ronald Regan and Nancy Davis, Father Knows Best, With Robert Young, The Donna Reed Show, Ozzie and Harriet, Zane Grey Theatre, Laramie, The Tall Man, Lawman, Wagon Train, Maverick, as well as numerous appearances on the Lawrence Welk Show. She appeared many times on The Mouseketeers (though not a Mouseketeer herself), including the role of Laura the snob, Annette Funicello's nemesis on Disney's Annette series. Roberta is perhaps best known for her starring role as Betsy Garth, opposite Lee J. Cobb on NBC's series, The Virginian.

Roberta's movie credits include the role of Francesca in Walt Disney's The Shaggy Dog with Fred McMurray, and featured roles in Because They're Young with Dick Clark and Tuesday Weld, The Young Savages with Burt Lancaster, and A Summer Place with Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue.

As a singer, Roberta performed the theme song for The Shaggy Dog, toured Australia with the Mouseketeers, did many recordings with Lawrence Welk on the DOT label, and for Walt Disney on the BUENA VISTA label with the Tutti Commerata orchestra, including an album with Rex Allen featuring songs from the score of the motion picture Say One For Me. She also made an album for DECCA with Virginian regular Randy Boone entitled Singing Start of the Virginian, which showcased songs performed on the TV series.

Sandra Shotwell is a Professor of Theatre teaching voice, speech and acting in the Actor Training Program (ATP). She has an M.F.A. in acting from the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and Advanced Diploma in Voice and Speech (ADVS), with Distinction, from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She will certify as a Laban Movement Analyst (CLMA) in August of 2002. Sandra is a former member of the Board of Directors with the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Inc. (VASTA) and a post editor of the VASTA Newsletter.

She has worked with Pioneer Theatre Company as vocal/dialect coach and as an actress. She works out of Salt Lake City as film, television and voice over talent. With the department she has directed BEAUX' STRATAGEM, ANNA CHRISTIE, STREET SCENE, PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, TOP GIRLS, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, and LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT; with the Utah Classical Greek Theatre Festival TROJAN WOMEN, PERSIANS, and HIPPOLYTUS, as well as being a member of the creative team (Voice) for ANTIGONE; with Creede Repertory Theatre's STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, and with Salt Lake Acting Company's KEELEY and DU. Along with directing, she assists with vocal and dialect coaching for departmental productions and also coached with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2000 season productions of WIT and NIGHT OF THE IGUANA.

Arlene has lived and worked in Philadelphia, Boston and Martha's Vineyard. She now resides and paints in Utah and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Having earned her BFA and MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and the Boston Museum School, Arlene has, for thirty years, worked professionally as an artist. Her portrait business, "Animals with Attitude", reflects this depth of art experience. The commissioned paintings capture unique personality traits of each pet. The animals often express a subtle humor or unexpected life-like characteristic. "I want my clients or any pet lover to respond from the heart when they look at my paintings. The animals take on a life of their own and the viewer is drawn into that world".

Having worked in animation for over 25 years, in genres as diverse as features, commercials, and theme park ride films, Bob Simmons brings with him to Swan Animation the experience he has gained as a visual effects artist on such projects as El Dorado, Prince of Egypt, The Swan Princess, FernGully, All Dogs Go to Heaven, The Land Before Time, Thumbelina, and Cats Don't Dance, for which he was nominated for an Individual Achievement for Effects Animation Award in 1997. Bob's credits span such studios as Dreamworks, Warner Bros., Turner Feature Animation, Rich Animation, Don Bluth Studios, Kroyer Studios, and Hanna-Barbera. Bob has been a director of special projects and commercials, and is currently co-director of animation on The Velveteen Rabbit.

Dr. Siska is Chair of the Division of Film Studies at the University of Utah. He served as Chair of the Department of Theatre from 1991 to 1998 and Director of the Film Studies Program from 1983 to 1991. Prior to coming to the University of Utah in 1977, Dr. Siska was Assistant Professor of English and Communication at Mundelein College in Chicago. Professor Siska holds a B.A. degree in English from the University of Notre Dame (1968); a M.A. degree in Communication from Stanford University (1970); and a Ph.D. in Film from Northwestern University awarded in 1976.

Siska has published two dozen articles and reviews in publications including Film Quarterly, The Quarterly Review of Film Studies, Wide Angle, The Journal of the University Film and Video Association, Cinema Journal, Literature/Film Quarterly, and The Christian Century. He has published book chapters on The Art Film and Formal Reflexivity, and the book Modernism in the Narrative Cinema. In addition, he has delivered two dozen conference papers and invited lectures on subjects ranging from Japanese cinema to Postmodern film noir to screenplay structure.

Professor Siska has film festival awards for his 16mm films Hannah and Make Your Own Steps, was the writer and editor of The Black Hills Flood, and editor of 14 other films. At the University of Utah, Dr. Siska's teaching responsibilities include the History of Film sequence, graduate seminars in film genre and authorship, and narrative screenwriting. As part of the University's commitment to Distance Education, he has offered the History of Film as a telecourse from 1988-91 and 1995 to the present.

Dr. Siska participated in the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars at the University of California at Berkeley in 1989 and Yale University in 1983. He was a Danforth Foundation Associate from 1980 to 1984. Professor Siska is currently a member of the Tanner Humanities Center Faculty Advisory Committee and the University Research Committee. He has previously served on the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, University Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee, Liberal Education Council, University Press Editorial Advisory Committee and Honors Program Advisory Committee.

Bio (from press kit for "The Birthing of Iosepa"):

Daniel M. Skaf, native to Sao Paulo, Brazil, traveled and studied in Hawaii for 10 years. In 2001 he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brigham Young University-Hawaii with a B.A. in International Cultural Studies, communications emphasis, and a minor in Information Systems. In 2000 Skaf was employed by Olelo Community Television at the Kahuku Satellite. He conducted workshops for community members in Production, Field Technician and Editing including Final Cut Pro. Skaf proposed and initiated the BYU-H internship program and was named 2001 Olelo Employee of the Year. Skaf currently resides in Southern California as a graduate student of Chapman University's MFA program in Film and Television Production. Skaf wrote, directed and edited, "Keepers of Culture" and "The Birthing of Iosepa", which were aired through Olelo and DirecTV. Skaf's career goals are to work in the film and television industry and to teach at the university level. Skaf is happily married to Jacquelyn H. Skaf.

In 2012, Brian produced Final Recourse starring Teri Polo, Chaz Palminteri and Tia Carrere in Dallas, Texas. The same year, Brian directed a Grindhouse/Action movie, .357 starring, Fred “The Hammer” Williamson and William Katt.

In early, 2013 Brian wrote a script called Defending Santa, which was quickly acquired by ION Television for their Christmas 2013 line up. Brian later directed the film, which stars Dean Cain, Jodie Sweetin, John Savage and Jud Tylor. The production companies behind Defending Santa, Odyssey Entertainment and Cartel Pictures signed him to direct another feature in their slate, the suspense/thriller, Anatomy of Deception, which stars Natasha Henstridge, Lochlyn Munro and Miranda Frigon. Anatomy wrapped production mid-­-September. More recently, Brian signed a deal to direct the Family Christmas film, The Puppy Christmas Caper for Goldstein Douglas Entertainment due to start production early 2014.

Brian has a profound knowledge of postproduction. He’s edited five feature films and supervised them through the final delivery requirements provided by distributors. Brian understands how important it is to put a budget on the screen, but more importantly, he grasps the elements needed to tell a well-­-crafted story. His favorite quote from the highly regarded film Director, Alfred Hitchcock is this, “To make a great film you need three things -­--­--­- the script, the script and the script.”

Skousen has also made a number of low-budget narrative films, although none have been distributed nationally, but some have been supplied directly by the filmmakers to fans. He was quite young when he made his first feature-length film in 1993: a science fiction action adventure film titled "The Power of the Mind" which he co-wrote, produced, directed and edited. In 1998 he co-directed and edited (along with Phillip Boyack) a short comedy film titled "Quest for the Holy Snail," which was popular among local fans. Director (and co-writer with Paul Green) of the feature-length tongue-in-cheek action films "The Legend of Pretty Boy" (2001) and its sequel "The Legend of Pretty Boy II" (2003), both available on video and DVD from the producers. Assistant director of Kels Goodman's Latter-day Saint-themed feature film "Handcart" (2002). Along with fellow Shinebox filmmaker Paul Green, Skousen entered the 24 Hour Filmmaking Marathon that was part of the 2nd LDS Film Festival, held in Provo, Utah in November 2002. The short film they produced, "The Redemption," competed against films by nearly 40 other teams, but did not win. Skousen directed the short dramatic film "Don't Hang Up" (2003, 7 minutes, color), which competed in the 3rd LDS Film Festival (Jan. 2004) and was described thus: "A desperate voice calls out in the night. Is anyone listening?" Skousen's short film "Rain" also competed in the 3rd LDS Film Festival.

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