the filmmakers
Cinequest Film Festival 2020
Dir. Melody C. MillerDIRECTOR, CINEMATOGRAPHER, EDITOR
Melody is a multi-award winning filmmaker who works to make a positive impact in the world with her projects. She's worked on films across the United States, Asia, and the United Kingdom. Her favorite poem by ruth weiss is "TEN TEN". |
ruth weiss 91st Birthday
Dr. Elisabeth P. MontgomeryEXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Elisabeth has produced documentary films in Asia, South America, and the United States for the last 30 years. She has been a long time friend of ruth weiss and a huge fan of The Beat Generation. Her favorite book by ruth weiss is "DESERT JOURNAL". |
Melody C. Miller and Elisabeth Montgomery at the premiere of ruth weiss, the beat goddess documentary at the Asolo Art Film Festival in Italy 2019
ruth weiss, 92, passed peacefully of natural causes on July 31, 2020 in Albion, California. She had no surviving children or family so her work is what will continue her line. The Director of the documentary Melody C. Miller and Producer Elisabeth P. Montgomery created a 501c3 non-profit called the "ruth weiss Foundation" to create opportunities aspiring and underserved poets and artists through an annual grant/scholarship. www.ruthweissfoundation.org
Eric F. MartinCO-EDITOR
Eric edited the feature documentary SHE’S THE BEST THING IN IT for Academy Award nominee Ron Nyswaner, and YouTube Red’s first virtual reality series and Hulu’s first comedic virtual reality series. |
Ketzi RiveraANIMATOR
An Animator currently based in Los Angeles, originally from Veracruz, Mexico. Graduated from the Art Institute of California. |
Jerry HeverlyASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Jerry is an English Literature Teacher of three decades who is always generating new ideas on how to educate youth. In addition to this documentary he has also produced California's Forgotten Children, a feature documentary about child trafficking directed by Melody C. Miller. |
Ida NowakowskaDANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER
Ida is a Polish actress for film, musicals, and a professional dancer. She is a soloist of the Musical Theater Roma in Warsaw, and has appeared in the musicals such as Peter Pan , Dance of the Vampires , Cats, and Phantom of the Opera. In 2016 she was jury judge of the show "You Think You Can Dance" |
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Stephen SpiesMUSIC COMPOSOR
Stephen started playing violin at the age of 5, and grew up largely surrounded by a family of folk musicians. He’s scored over 200 visual media projects including commercials for companies such as Mattel, Samsung, and more. He plays music for an orchestral, pop-rock band called Hello Noon spreading a message of positivity and inclusion through social activism. |
Bill JacksonSOUND MIXER AND DESIGN
Bill has been mixing sound for most of his life. He devotes much of his time to television and earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for HBO's Entourage. Jackson was a musician in his youth and during his early career worked as a recording engineer on gold and platinum records for such artists as Los Lobos and Sheila E. |
Jason KnutzenCAMERA OPERATOR, COLORIST
Jason has lensed feature documentaries such as Netflix film MUDBLOODS, human rights film CALIFORNIA'S FORGOTTEN CHILDREN, and nature film WILD ONES. As a colorist Jason has over twenty feature films under his belt that have premiered at Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and have been distributed by Universal Studios, Disney Studios, Vice Media, Lionsgate, and more. |
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Minmin Tsai1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA
A professional camera assistant and grip/electric working on a variety of feature, short, and documentary projects. Most notable film project from Martin Scorsese, Silence (2016). |
