Beca (pictured with GMM actor, Lee Dawn Hershey) is originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela but now resides in Austin, Texas. She’s worked as a photographer and videographer for The Daily Texan Newspaper. Between May of 2013- May 2014 she was first an Intern then an Apprentice for Austin Film Society. Soon after she interned for Detour FilmProduction- Richard Linklater’s company. Beca has also worked on several short films and features as director of photography, assistant camera, gaffer and more.
Janet studied cinematography at the University of Texas at Austin. She’s had an impressive career in the camera and electrical department on many feature films. She’s worked as Best Boy Electric on films such as Boyhood, The Tree of Life, Machete and Predators. She was a gaffer on Sonic Highways, It’s in the Blood and Puncture, among others. In 2010 Janet began working in animation and visual effects for Troublemaker Studios and was the Visual Effects Supervisor on Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Machete Kills and From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.
John (aka Jb) received his Associate’s of Applied Science degree from Austin Community College in film, while also working as a Teaching Assistant in the Radio-TV-Film department. He was the ADR Operator and Location Mixer/Recordist for Speed Dating (short) and Challenger Street Newspaper (documentary) both screened in the 2015 SXSW Film Festival. Soon after, he went to work as Location Mixer/Recordist for the short Braver Than You Believe and Assistant Camera & Audio Lead on Austin Community College’s public broadcast series Picture Up!
Besides creating a slew of other projects including a documentary on love, he also runs Newhouse Aperture, a media production company helping to edit, film, write and share unique and creative stories with the world.
Mark (pictured with GMM actor, Sebastian Cummings) is an actor, filmmaker, editor, and award winning magician, musician, and music composer with many years experience creating and producing audio and video content for multimedia, radio, television, and film. Past production credits include award winning software titles and films, videos, radio spots, parody videos, and television shows, including the Emmy® award-winning series on PBS, The Daytripper, the web series, Once You Leave, and the award winning feature film, Land of Leopold. Mark has taught video/audio production, and video editing in the department of Radio, Television, and Film, and advanced music composition and desktop music production in the department of Music Business and Performance at Austin Community College. In addition to his musical accomplishments, Mark has been performing magic since his childhood. He was the 2010 – 2012 president of the local Austin chapter of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, and since 2009 when he won the role of “Merlin The Wise” at Sherwood Forest Faire, he continues to entertain the thousands of attendees to the festival with his own unique style of magic, music, and comedy.
Alex edited and co-produced the short documentary, Challenger Street Newspaper, which was an Official Selection for the 2015 SXSW Film Festival and the Hill Country Film Festival. He also edited and co-produced a longer version of the same documentary now titled, Challenger: Voices From the Street. The longer cut was shown at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Adam was born and raised in Texas and spent many years in Austin studying television and film on his own, as well as when he was a student and Teaching Assistant at Austin Community College. In his time at ACC, he worked on many short films, web content, and live band performances/music videos. Adam initially discovered his love for film from watching Hitchcock films and early Scorsese films, as a late teen. He enjoys the teamwork and dedication it takes to get films made. He has aspirations of writing and directing as well. After ACC, Adam was a floor director at KXAN News in Austin, Texas. He now lives in Florida and is a Director for WFLA News Channel 8.
Brian Gallagher (aka Cousin Courageous) is a bedroom musician who writes instrumental tracks for films, as well as lo-fi indie pop music (under Bobee or Bedroom). He provided several tracks and even created new music for the webseries, Once You Leave. For God Made Man he created dozens of tracks for either background additional music, music for promotional material like trailers and music for behind-the-scenes material.
He currently resides in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, but misses Austin, Texas.
Christie (pictured with GMM actor, Gabriella Holland) studied FX makeup at Make-Up Designory MUD, a post-secondary institution that provides rigorous training in the field of makeup artistry for film, television, fashion, and retail. She has been key makeup artist and assistant makeup artist on several short films and features and has worked with Missing Hill Productions for it’s TV show in development, Media Mavericks™, the short film, Braver Than You Believe and now God Made Man.
(Pictured L-R, Nate Locklear, Sara Stein, Anne Wharton, Sarah Wingfield, Deanna Noriega, Samantha Ireland, Kayla Olson, center below- Gregg Baethge)
While studying dance at Austin Community College, Sarah (pictured with the GMM dancers/actors and crew) took Nate Locklear’s Film and Video Editing course to learn about film editing. They became friends, began sharing dance videos they liked and planned to work together in the future. Sarah was then accepted into The University of Texas at Austin, studying Humanities. Since 2012 she has worked as a dance Teaching Artist at Forklift Danceworks and as an Assistant Choreographer at Kids Acting & Center Stage Texas.
Once Nate Locklear (GMM Director) realized they were going to have an intense dance performance in the film Nate knew there was only one choice of who should choreograph. Sarah crafted an intense, modern, experimental dance built around the themes of flesh, anger, passion, possession and love. She and her dancers worked hard to create something visceral but still beautiful.
Jaclyn is an accomplished actor and screenwriter in Austin, Texas. She and GMM Producer, Kayla Olson met in a screenwriting class while in film school.