Chris Armstrong - Writer / Director
Chris Armstrong is the founder of the LA based production company Elysian Pictures, and the writer/director of the indie films Scenario for Delirium, Dalton's Reward, and Chasing Contentment. With an assortment of productions solely under his name, he has also attained a variety of experience in all aspects of development and production on over 30+ films. Along side his actress/wife Jenn Gotzon (Frost/Nixon) he was one of the faces of NAB (National Association of Broadcasters), and a frequent speaker at RED camera events. He is currently in preproduction on a “genetics thriller” to be filmed in New Orleans in the summer of 2009.
Email: carmstrong@voteforthecat.com
URL: http://www.elysianpictures.com
Jeff Bartsch - Executive Producer
Producer Jeff Bartsch is a multi-faceted communicator and entrepreneur born in Adelaide, South Australia. Unfortunately for his future dating life, an early move back to the US eliminated any prospect of an exotic accent. At age 4, his mother caught him plunking out tunes on the family's piano and decided to start him on piano lessons. In high school, Jeff could be seen lurking in the halls of his rural Iowa high school with a VHS camera on his shoulder, shooting and producing all his own projects. College found Jeff studying music composition, Bible studies, and, later in LA, film production.
As a freelance film and TV editor, Jeff has worked on primetime content on ABC, NBC, FOX, ESPN, and many shows including Supernanny and America’s Next Top Model. Preferring not to spend the rest of his life in a darkened edit bay, he now focuses on producing through his company Resolve Entertainment.
Resolve’s first feature, 13 Months of Sunshine, is an Ethiopian-American romantic comedy currently playing internationally in theaters and film festivals. Stained, an award-winning futuristic drama, was the first film shot on the RED One camera ever to take top honors at any film festival (Best Picture, 168 Festival 2008).
With Resolve’s various freelancers and producing partners, current projects include multiple feature films, short-form branded content, and Editmentor.com, an online service that helps aspiring filmmakers and videographers communicate more powerfully through editing.
And while he regularly enjoys the lolcats at www.icanhascheezburger.com, Jeff has never actually owned a cat.
Email: jbartsch@voteforthecat.com
URL: http://www.resolveentertainment.com
Chris Roberts - Producer
Chris Roberts is the son of a blacksmith (dad) and a pastry baker (mom) from Livermore, CA. He moved to LA just six months ago to pursue his dreams of working in the entertainment industry. Armed with big dreams and few contacts he started out on this mission. Pulling together a group of friends for the Crash the Super Bowl contest, he produced three commercials. One of them, "The Chase," was chosen as a finalist in the competition. Now, thanks to Doritos, he is being given the opportunity of a lifetime to have the first commercial he ever produced in the national limelight.
Email: croberts@voteforthecat.com
URL: http://www.chrisrobertsproductions.com
Aaron Matthew Kaiser - Producer
Aaron Matthew Kaiser is a development producer and owner of AntiKaiser Productions, based in Burbank, CA with an additional presence in San Diego, CA. His professional producing credits date back to 1999, when he was a contributor to the Emmy award-winning program Fresh Point on XETV Fox6 (now CW6) in San Diego.
Recently, Aaron has been making a name for himself in the competition circuit. "The Chase" marks 5 out of 6 competitions he has either received an award in, become a finalist, or outright won the contest. In baseball terms, that would be an .833 batting average.
Competition wins include “Best Film of San Diego” (plus three other awards) in the 48 Hour Film Project 2004, with the short film Three Lives featuring Doug Jones (Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer), and the music video Give It Up for the Christine Evans Dailymotion Video Contest in 2007. Another finalist award was for the pilot script of the animated series Dr. von Kaiser in the Slamdance Teleplay Competition, an honor of beating out nearly 500 other scripts. The other two projects, Wannabe and Get Off My Set! were made for the 48 Hour Film Project 2005 and the Filmaka Demo Pilot competition for FX, respectively. The former received regional accolades and both are currently being reformulated for possible new media series.
Under the AntiKaiser banner, Aaron is currently developing over 20 projects for various mediums, including television, anime, new media, graphic novels, and feature films. Several are slated for 2009 releases, possibly as early Q2. Additional details may be found at www.antikaiser.com
Email: akaiser@voteforthecat.com
URL: http://www.antikaiser.com
Brandon Lippard - Director of Photography
Brandon is best known for his work on the award winning short film "Stained", which garnered 8 awards at the 168 Film Festival in 2008 including Best Picture and People's Choice Award. It also became the first film shot on the RED One camera to win Best Picture in a film festival, creating industry buzz and quickly establishing Brandon as an expert on RED technology. He is also a two-time nominee for best cinematography at the 168 Film Festival.
A Seattle native, Brandon graduated from Victoria Motion Picture School in 2001. He made the move to LA in 2004 to pursue his love of filmmaking. Cutting his teeth in reality TV, he began shooting for the Speed Channel and the UK's Sky TV. He quickly segued into music videos, commercials, documentaries and feature films. Through these projects Brandon has added several stamps to his passport, shooting around the world from Europe to the rice paddies of Cambodia to the epic savannas of Kenya.
Some of Brandon’s recent clients include Microsoft, Sony, HP and Honda. He has shot music videos for bands including Switchfoot, LAX and Katy Perry.
Email: blippard@voteforthecat.com
Chris Witt - Editor
Chris Witt has a heart for redemptive storytelling and has made that his focus for the projects he chooses to collaborate on. Along the way, he has picked up several accolades for his editing. His feature film, Clear Lake, WI, starring Michael Madsen, won the Audience Choice for Best Feature Film at the 2008 Boston Film Festival. Clear Lake, WI also garnered Chris a Best Editor award at the 2008 Wild Rose Film Festival. Chris' film Stained, in which he won Best Editor during the 2008 168 Film Project, has been recognized for nine awards including the 2008 Redemptive Storyteller Award at the Redemptive Film Festival. Chris' documentary "A Ripple of Hope" won Best Documentary at the 2008 Harvest Moon Film Festival and the Audience Choice for Best Documentary at the 2008 Heartland Film Festival. Most recently, Chris edited a :30 commercial that became a Finalist in the 2008 Crash the Superbowl Doritos competition. Chris Witt currently resides in Los Angeles where he works as a Picture Editor in both film and television.
Email: cwitt@voteforthecat.com
