Gregg (pictured with GMM actor, Lee Dawn Hershey) went back to college in his forties to pursue his first love, FILM! Two of his films, Speed Dating and the documentary, Challenger Street Newspaper, were shown at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival as well as the 2015 Hill Country Film Festival. He recently finished post production for two other documentary shorts and has several projects in development. He also is the owner of Gregg Baethge Films production company.
James earned his Master’s of Fine Arts degree in Film and Television production from the University of Texas at Austin and graduated with an honors degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago. He has studied filmmaking at New York University and screenwriting in the Writer’s Program at the University of California, Los Angeles. James has made several short films, and his musical film Step Fast was selected for the new filmmakers’ showcase at the Director’s Guild of America. Professionally, James has worked as a music video director for Warner Brothers and Elecktra Records as well as independent labels; and as an editor for Austin’s CBS news affiliate. He currently is the co-owner of Missing Hill Productions LLC and has several projects in various stages of development. His short film, Braver Than You Believe was the Winner of the Month for the DOSFF Film Festival and was an Official Selection for the Tenderheart Film Festival and TMFF Film Festival. Another of his short films, Recesses of Heart was a Finalist for the Sight of Sound International Film Competition. And he has just completed work on his latest short, Cheap Tattoos. James also teaches as a Professor at Austin Community College in the Radio-TV-Film department.
Eva was an Assistant with Promotions, Foley and Sound Asst. on the hit web series, Once You Leave. She is helping with Pre-production Research, and serving as a Development Assistant, and Creative Consultant to the project, Media Mavericks™. Most recently she worked as a business researcher for God Made Man, with other duties including prop design, wardrobe, and catering service.
Eva has a dual degree in English and Communication from Concordia University. On her free time she also creates collage art.
Ashley (pictured with GMM Makeup artist, Christie Rivers) is a kind and nurturing soul who works at the Austin Humane Society. She’s a lover of all animals. She’s helped out on several of Kayla Olson and Nate Locklear’s films including, The Date, Once You Leave, and God Made Man.
God Made Man is featured in the Spring 2016 issue of MovieMaker Magazine. GMM was selected among 4 other films for a section titled, “Numerous Projects in Various Stages of Development” and in the article, “Five Easy Pitches.” This section is dedicated to showcasing indie films in development, production or post production that are still seeking funds, equipment, crew and/or other types of completion materials. God Made Man is in post production and currently seeking $18,750 for post services, DCI print costs, film festival submission fees and travel, color grading fees, sound mixing and more! We’re looking for potential investors, donations, trade (as in, give us a discount or free service and we list you in credits) etc. We plan to have another fund raiser, we’re applying for grants and we’ll possibly run another crowd funding campaign.
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While enrolled at Austin Community College studying film, Jessica also worked as a Teacher’s Assistant in the Radio – TV – Film department. She spent the summer of 2014 in Hancock, New York working in the film department at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts, where she taught children of various ages how to create short films. The summer of 2015 she worked on the short film, Braver Than You Believe, directed by James Froeschle, as Script Supervisor. Since then, Jessica has continually worked on several films in many different positions, including writing and directing the short, Chalk which screened at the SXSW 2015 film festival.
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Claire considers herself a product of the “weird” city, growing up surrounded by live music, art, and a fantastic film culture. From as far back as she can remember she has always had a deep love for film – finding inspiration from movies such as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and the work of Tim Burton, at an early age. She received an Associate’s of the Arts Degree in Radio, Television and Film from Austin Community College during which she was also a Teaching Assistant within the RTF department. Claire loves being part of a film crew and contributing to the thriving cinematic community.
Kirby was born in Texas but grew up along the west coast. Upon moving to Austin she began her career in the film industry working as a grip, gaffer, and assistant camera. She has worked on various indie features, shorts, and commercials such as Slash (2015), Three Point Dynamics (2015), and Easement (2015).
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.