About: Creators

• Brian A Ross - “Writer / Director”

  

  Hailing from the hills of Eastern Kentucky, Brian attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts where he wrote, directed and produced a number of award-winning sketches and short films, including the acclaimed Red White and Bluegrass and Left On Sunset, recipient of the “Panavision New Filmmaker Grant”. In addition, Brian was a producer on Science Fair, a thesis film by Dean Fleischer-Camp awarded first prize for writing and editing at NYU’s annual First Run Film Festival. Since graduating, Brian has written and produced projects for NBC, USA, MTV, and VH1’s Best Week Ever. He is also a contributing writer for the popular political comedy website, The Full Ginsburg. Most recently, Brian directed and wrote the original screenplay and music for Big Country Blues, a 5 episode web series that has already garnered numerous accolades including “Best Drama” at both the ITVfest and IFQ Film & New Media Festivals, was an Official Honoree at the 2011 Webby Awards, won top prize at the 2011 Telly Awards for Drama and Music, and previewed at the Cannes Film Festival as an Official Selection of the Marseille Webfest. Currently, Brian is shopping a feature screenplay while also developing a second season of Big Country Blues.

  IMDB page: imdb.com/title/tt1860399/
  Vimeo: vimeo.com/brianross
  Contact: brian (a) bigcountryblues.com

• Jonathan Rippon - “Producer / Director”

  

  Jonathan was born in the desert outside Los Angeles and is a graduate of New York University's Film and Television program, where he was a recipient of the "Panavision New Filmmaker's Grant". He produced the feature film Consent, which won the "2010 Domani Vision Award" at VisionFest. He has produced short content for Jim Beam, the Museum of Modern Art, the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater, Details.com, GrowingVoices.org and the Huffington Post.
  
  IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm2757752/
  Contact: jonathan (a) bigcountryblues.com

  
  

• David A Erickson - “Cinematographer”

  

  David is a freelance cinematographer and gaffer based in Brooklyn, NY. David’s first feature film, Consent, recently premiered at Dances with Filmes in LA and VisionFest in NYC. David works frequently with comedians Jenny Slate (Saturday Night Live) and Gabe Liedman (VH1's Best Week Ever). Their short, Where's the Tickets, was screened at the Museum of Modern Art. David is also a Director of photography for Noise Makers, a music and interview web series hosted by MTV's John Norris. David grew up in a small town in New England and graduated from New York University’s Tisch School Of The Arts with a focus on production and cinematography.

  Website: erickson-films.com/index.html
  IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm2602955/
  Contact:  david (a) bigcountryblues.com

• Tania Bijlani - “Production Designer”

  

  Originally from Mumbai, India, Tania is a New York City based Production Designer working in Film, TV, Commercial and Music Video. Her most recent credits include Production Design for feature films Sleepwalk with Me, directed by Mike Birbiglia and Seth Parish and Missed Connections, directed by Martin Snyder, as well as a commercial for “Pimp My Ride” to be shown on The Speed Channel. She is a graduate from the MFA program of Design for Stage and Film at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU where she received the Leigh Rand Scholarship, TSOA Graduate Scholarship, and J.S Seidman Award. She is a member of IATSE United Scenic Artists, Local 829 as a Scenic Designer and is represented by Elevation Talent.
  
  Website: taniabijlani.squarespace.com
  IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm3098652/
  Contact: taniabijlani (a) hotmail.com

• Keith Waggoner - “Composer”

  Originally from Northern California, Keith currently resides with his family in Los Angeles, where he works from his home studio writing music for film and television. Though he plays a number of instruments, his main song-writing tool is the guitar. In 2010 Keith wrote the score for the indie feature Death and Cremation, which was picked up by Chiller Network and premiered in August 2011 to over two million viewers, ranking the film one of Chiller’s top 5 most viewed programs of the year.
  
  Website: greycoals.com/
  IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm3480719/
  Contact: k.l.waggoner (a) gmail.com 

• Complete Crew list

  Producer ............................. Annie Gillies
  Art Director ......................... Raquel Cedar
  Set Dresser ......................... Sean Murray
  
  Wardrobe ........................... Tal Kohen
  Casting Director .................. Olivia Stanchina
  Associate Producer .............. Eric Cunningham
  Associate Producer .............. Sandra Kampf
  
  2nd Assistant Director ......... Chris Dodds
  Production Manager ............ Valerie Champagne
  Location Manager ................ Angie Polk
  Location Manager ................ Stephanie Day
  Location Manager ................ Stephanie Rutkowski
  
  NEW YORK UNIT 
  Gaffer ................................. Andrew D'Aurora
  Key Grip .............................. Meg Shrock
  Assistant Camera ................  James Madrid
  Additional A.C. ..................... Alberto Mojica
  Additional A.C. ..................... Mary Neary
  Additional A.C. ..................... Glenn Chin
  2nd Assistant Camera ..........  Esteban Pedrazza
  Key P.A. .............................  Johnathan Bowling
  Production Assistant ............. Simon Levine 
  Production Assistant ............. Matt Meche
  Production Assistant ............. Jeff Vanderkruik
  Production Assistant ............. Tim Stapleton
  
  NASHVILLE UNIT
  Producer ............................. Andrew Galloway
  Assistant Camera ................. Mike White
  2nd Unit D.P. ....................... Mike White
  2nd Unit A.C. ....................... Chris Jenson
  Production Assistant ............. J.P. Durant
  Production Assistant ............. Eli Griffith
  
  Production Sound ................. Silver Sound
  Audio Mixer ......................... Theodore Robinson
  Audio Mixer .........................  Reed Adler
  Audio Mixer .......................... Hunt Beaty
  Boom Operator ..................... Eric Branting
  Boom Operator ..................... Dan Jamieson 
  
  Edited by .............................. Brian A Ross
  Edited by .............................. Jonathan Rippon
  Edited by .............................. Cory Choy
  Sound Editor ......................... Jeff Seelye 
  Re-Recording Mixer ................ Jeff Seelye
  Colorist ................................. Josh Bohoskey
  Smoke Artist ......................... Brendan O'Neil
  Graphic Designer ................... Andrea Duarte
  Additional Art ........................ Mark Kearns
  Additional Art ........................ Hand Carved Design
  Additional Art ........................ Stu Melvin
  Web Designer ........................ Mark Kearns
  
  Music Supervisor .................... JD Duarte
  Music Supervisor .................... Jenna Rubenstein
  Legal ..................................... Matthew Kamen, Esq.
  Music Consultant ...................   Philip Smith
  Music Consultant ...................   Danny Adkins