Crew
Hon. Rory Owen Delaney
DIRECTOR
Rory grew up in Louisville, KY. He holds a BA in English from Yale University and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University where he studied under legendary screenwriter Walter Bernstein (‘The Magnificent Seven’). Rory wrote the short film ‘Rosy’ (Official Selection of the 2008 Florida Film Festival and Nantucket Film Festival) and edited the feature documentary ‘Method in the Mountains’ (Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the 2007 West Virginia Filmmakers Festival). In 2010 Delaney was named a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Steve Beshear. Rory lives in Los Angeles with his fiancee Maya Meinert and their two pugs.
Kyle Stratton Crace
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Kyle grew up in Marmet, WV, wedged between the coal fields of Boone County and the petrochemical plants of the Chemical Valley. He believes his family has suffered undue physical toll from their surrounding environment. Before filmmaking, Kyle worked as a fundraising consultant for the Fund For Public Interest Research in Hawaii.
Christina Voros
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of the “25 New Faces in Independent Film,” Christina’s first documentary short, “The Ladies,” received a Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival and jury prizes at Slamdance, GenArt and San Francisco film festivals. Christina is currently directing “Bloom City” about the largest collaborative public arts project in New York City history. A graduate of Harvard University, Christina recently completed a Dean’s Fellowship in cinematography at New York University.
Charles Krezell
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Charles is a NYC-based filmmaker who was born and raised in Washington D.C. His films have been featured at the Tribeca Film Festival, Tropfest, NewFilmmakers Film Festival and the Queens International Film Festival. His feature film, “Medium Hot,” received the Best American Feature Film Award at the 2008 Heart of England International Film Festival. His work has appeared on PBS, The Today Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and ESPN. His 2007 short “Xapin and Axul,” shot in Guatemala, is part of a new release by Mulatta Records entitled “Yol.”
Sergei Krasikau
PRODUCER | STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Born in Belarus, Sergei began his career as a journalist for his nation’s largest independent newspaper. Upon arriving in the United States in 2000, Sergei apprenticed with German filmmaker Karola Ritter on “The Last Piece.” Other credits include several projects with Mohammed Naqvi, including U.S. principal photography for “Shame,” a SHOWTIME documentary on ritual gang rape in Pakistan. Sergei is currently producing “Bloom City”, a documentary about an ambitious public art project in New York City.
PG Banker
PRODUCER
P.G. was born and raised in Nashville, TN. He studied music and creative writing at King’s College in London, England, and graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Music and English Literature. In 2004, P.G. entered the field of marketing and digital communications where he programmed, operated and designed content for an internal television network at Nashville-based shoe retail corporation Genesco Inc. In 2008, he left the corporate world and joined the team at Hummingbird Productions where he currently does marketing and music production for film, television and radio.
Jason Brubaker
PRODUCER
Jason is a Hollywood based motion picture producer. Jason became interested in environmental advocacy after revisiting the Pennsylvania trout streams he once fished with his father – the fish are no longer safe to eat due to high levels of PCBs.
Wade Smith
PRODUCER
Wade grew up in Paintsville, KY, a small town in the rolling eastern Kentucky hills. Wade is an environmental consultant who has worked on some of the largest environmental litigation cases in the United States. Since 1995, Wade has been involved with environmental cases in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, West Virginia and Kentucky. He is a certified radiation safety officer and holds a private pilot’s license.
